I Crack Myself Up

Creating a cover idea is hard! It's not always easy to imagine how your baby will look in clothes it can't try on. In self-publishing it is your job as the author to micro-manage everything. When those adds say that YOU are in charge of ever part of the process, they mean it. They will not go anywhere without your say so. For some, that's awesome; more control! For me though, I like them to take some creative freedom just to see where it goes. On Obsidian Night they changed the font I had completely. At first I didn't like it because it looked very "gamer" like, but it grew on me.
The picture above is what I drew as an idea for the cover of Emerald Forest (Kind of looks like Baymax)
This one below was my draft cover of Obsidian Night. They thought the silhouette looked like an elephant and had to call me to ask what it was. It may not look so impressive... but that...

                                                           Turned into THIS!

Things don't always start out pretty, but that doesn't mean much. Change does exist and it has the potential to be amazing. If Emerald Forest make a transformation like Obsidian Night did, then I will have a good lookin' second book. Amber Falls cover is going to be difficult... but I'll paint another elephant and figure something out.
The lesson of this post is puberty is real.

With Love,
SKW