Cold Cover TEST #2

Hi Lynda!

Just to reiterate, the main focus of the book is toxic orange fog and the people in gas masks & suits trying to escape it.

If there's anything that looks wonky to you or if you think I can improve anything, just send me an email.

Thank you soooo much!!!

Cold Cover Test

Quick facts:

1) In Coldest Night, the most important thing is the toxic orange fog overrunning the big apartment building and town, so that was my main focus. (And, there are birds in an upcoming scene...)

2) Unlike circuses and clowns, there are very few good images involving fog, so the covers aren't very impressive.  :(

3) The first image is a "Pre-made" cover for sale on a site for about $60. I'm considering it, but it seems winter-ish, and that's wrong for the book.

4) There are 14 covers. Sorry. I get carried away when I think Dear-Lord-why-does-everything-look-like-crap?!

5) Make your top 3 picks and reply in the comments with the picks and any suggestions you have (ANYTHING!) or send me an email.

Thanks!!

Lettering test

Hi friends!  I've been struggling to choose a title font for the Soul Cutter re-release. I waffle between a standard, straight font and one that looks a bit Middle Eastern. Dark Fantasy books use both plain font and decorative font. Although the  book is horror, horror-style fonts really don't work with the new "fantasy" type cover.

So do me a favor and look at the cover images and let me know your top choices and give any feedback you want or send comments to laura.6eg@gmail.com

(Yes, there are 12 ... Sorry...)

Thanks!

#2

#1

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7

#8

#9

#10

#11

#12

Test & Poll #3 for Pro-Novelists

I'm hoping the poll at the bottom works better than the last two. *Fingers crossed*



COVER #1 - Choose 1 of 3 fonts you like the best: 
(And Kim, I blued the clown face so the teeth are less noticeable! lol)

#1 - B

#1 - A

#1 - C

COVER #2 - Choose the 1 of 2 fonts you like the best:

#2 - A

#2 - B

COVER #3 - Choose the 1 of 2 background colors you like the best:

#3 - A

#3 - B

COVER #4 - Choose the 1 of 3 background covers and styles you like the best:

#4 - A

#4 - B

#4 - C

Create your own user feedback survey

-- For Pro-Novelists :)

Just FYI, several betas thought Bloodwalker was a Mystery/Thriller. One (Graeme Ing of Untethered Realms) thought it was an Urban Fantasy/Mystery. Since I know horror generally sells badly, I'm willing to go the Mystery/Thriller route or even bill it as UF. 

Cover standards are very different. Horror covers are dark and ominous, often with blood or a scary face on them. Thriller covers are rather dull colored with a landscape or symbolic "thing" (like a bird or a gun)  in the center and HUGE GIANT letters for the title and author's name.  Fantasy is multi-colored and "pretty."  I happen to prefer landscape-ish ones with some background depth, but I've made a bit of everything. :)

Here they are - all 9.  Any and all feedback is great.  Be as tough as you like.  I don't need the type of fluffy kudos we give other authors who have sucky covers.  If these don't work, I can design others.

And I'm even test running a poll at the bottom - so try and see if it works. 

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7

#8

#9

Pick the Cover You Like Best

Test 3

Test 2

MMM Horror Quiz



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Horror Quiz

Using the pictures on the right, answer the questions on the left.

1. Who is the lady on the red couch?

Vampira
Elvinia
Elvira
Morticia Addams







2. What movie is this group from?

Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Poltergeist
Firestarter
Jaws














3. Whose silhouette is this?

Rod Serling
Christopher Lee
Jimy Durante
Alfred Hitchcock












4. What's the name of the creature pictured in "Tales From the Crypt"?

Crypt Keeper
Bones
Freddy
Skeleton Man







5. What's the daughter's name in "The Addams Family"?
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday















6. Who played Beetlejuice?

George Clooney
Michael Keaton
Bill Murray
Nicholas Cage















7. How many Friday the 13th movies have been made?

6
8
10
12








8. What's the number of the house on Elm Street?

1428
558
169
108

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