So… I follow a lot of different YA, author and reading groups, which tend to have a lot of decent information and support. One of those I followed had a cover artist offer a free service to do a cover mock up. As I have time (the next book in the Queen series will most likely be available in Q1 of next year) and I’m less than 20 pages away from finishing a draft before it goes off to an editor, I thought, ‘Why not?’

I did send in some reference photos, including the Pinterest board, as well as the cover of the current novel.

While there are some elements I like, it looks far too novice to represent my story. The fonts are wrong, my name is too big and while I like the tag line (never mind the unnecessary comma), it is too far from where I think my final cover will end up.

I’d love to hear your thoughts and feedback!

Week by numbers.

September 14, 2017 ~ Ann Benjamin ~ Leave a comment

Actually felt like some progress this week! I hope you had a good one.

1, major (!) scene I conveniently forgot to write in a previous draft of The Queen 2. Past Courtney, that was not very nice of you — you had 3 drafts to get this right.
1, scene mostly written (see above).
75,062, current word count.
204 (out of 228), pages edited.
0, editors I have contacted yet (oops).
1, book finally sold yesterday! I was in a MAJOR slump, so this provided a bit of much needed optimism.
165, places contacted in total. Had a few more nibbles this week, so I need to get started writing some guest blog posts.
1, week left before my husband turns 40! Where does the time go?