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My favourite book covers of 2013
One of my favourite parts of self-publishing my books is choosing the right cover. In the past I have used my own artwork, or photographs that have caught my eye in some way.
For me, the important thing is that the cover should reflect what is inside the book. I love art and I've always liked browsing bookstores just to look at the book covers. Some of them are very eye-catching and I've sometimes bought a book just because I like the cover so much!
I thought it would be nice as an end of year list to choose my favourite book covers of 2013.
I'm going to include the covers of my books, Delusion and Dreams, and 3, both of which were published this year. I love the photographs on the covers.
Here are my favourites from this year. (I'd also be interested in hearing about yours, so if you have any favourites, please comment with a link so we can all see!)
My Favourite Book Covers of 2013 (in no particular order)
Rise of the Shadow by J. Michael Radcliffe
The Christmas Spirit by Susan Buchanan
13 by Julie Elizabeth Powell
Delusion and Dreams
3
Nine Lives by Terry Tyler
Fastian: An Edgeweir Tale (The Weaver Saga, #1). by Jay Finn
An Eye For An Eye For An Eye by Marc Nash
Nocturnal Embers by Helle Gade
Sandcastle and Other Stories byJustin Bog
The Conversationalist by Justin Bog
A Virtual Love by Andrew Blackman
For me, the important thing is that the cover should reflect what is inside the book. I love art and I've always liked browsing bookstores just to look at the book covers. Some of them are very eye-catching and I've sometimes bought a book just because I like the cover so much!
I thought it would be nice as an end of year list to choose my favourite book covers of 2013.
I'm going to include the covers of my books, Delusion and Dreams, and 3, both of which were published this year. I love the photographs on the covers.
Here are my favourites from this year. (I'd also be interested in hearing about yours, so if you have any favourites, please comment with a link so we can all see!)
My Favourite Book Covers of 2013 (in no particular order)
Rise of the Shadow by J. Michael Radcliffe
The Christmas Spirit by Susan Buchanan
13 by Julie Elizabeth Powell
Delusion and Dreams
3
Nine Lives by Terry Tyler
Fastian: An Edgeweir Tale (The Weaver Saga, #1). by Jay Finn
An Eye For An Eye For An Eye by Marc Nash
Nocturnal Embers by Helle Gade
Sandcastle and Other Stories byJustin Bog
The Conversationalist by Justin Bog
A Virtual Love by Andrew Blackman
Update on my writing
I'm working on a few different projects at the moment.
1. "Triptychs" - What is that? I hear you ask. Well, I had to google the word when it was first suggested as a title for the upcoming anthology I'm working on with a few fellow writers. J. Michael Radcliffe suggested it, and when I found out what it means, I thought it was perfect for the book.
Triptychs will be the 3rd book in the Mind's Eye Series. Perspectives and Reflections, the first two books in the series were published last year. This is a series of anthologies where authors/poets write their story/poem inspired by a photograph.
The reason we're calling the 3rd book "Triptychs" is because there will be 3 poems/stories for each of the photographs featured in the book. Definition of "triptych": "a set of three associated artistic, literary, or musical works intended to be appreciated together".
I've written 2 new short stories for the collection, and there will also be stories from: Darcia Helle, J. Michael Radcliffe, Jason McIntyre, Julie Elizabeth Powell, Eden Baylee, Lisette Brodey, Marc Nash, Geoffrey David West, and Jay Finn. Poems will be contributed by Helle Gade and Ben Ditmars.
Photographs in the collection were taken by Martin David Porter and Helle Gade.
The anthology is almost finished. I'll have more news about that soon.
2. While we're on the subject of short stories, I will have a new short story collection out sometime this year (I say that optimistically as I am trying to fit it in between other projects!). This one is called 'Lost and Found'. One of the stories is called 'Lost and Found', but the collection will include some short stories I wrote in the '90s, which I thought were lost because they were on an old floppy disk and I couldn't retrieve them; recently I found typed copies in a drawer at home while cleaning (this is proof that I need to clean up more often!).
I was very happy to find them again after so many years, especially after thinking they'd been lost. So I thought that title would be very fitting for the collection. So far I've only typed up and edited one of the stories, so it may be a while before the book is ready to be published.
3. A Time to Tell - I'm working on a second edition of the novel. It was originally published in 2006 but is no longer available in paperback, so I'm soon going to release a revised/re-edited version in e-book and paperback. Watch this space for news.
4. My new novel will hopefully be ready for publication sometime this year. I wrote the first draft it in just under two months last year, which is the quickest I've ever written a novel. It usually takes me about 6 months. I've read over the first draft and done an initial edit, but will need to read it over again before sending to my editor. The novel is called 'In the Web of Dreams and Lies'. It's part thriller/horror, part romance/contemporary fiction, with a splash of humour and paranormal. I have already designed a cover for it, but will wait to reveal that nearer to the publication date.
Best places to keep up with my writing news are my website: http://www.mariasavva.com/site/ and my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Author...
1. "Triptychs" - What is that? I hear you ask. Well, I had to google the word when it was first suggested as a title for the upcoming anthology I'm working on with a few fellow writers. J. Michael Radcliffe suggested it, and when I found out what it means, I thought it was perfect for the book.
Triptychs will be the 3rd book in the Mind's Eye Series. Perspectives and Reflections, the first two books in the series were published last year. This is a series of anthologies where authors/poets write their story/poem inspired by a photograph.
The reason we're calling the 3rd book "Triptychs" is because there will be 3 poems/stories for each of the photographs featured in the book. Definition of "triptych": "a set of three associated artistic, literary, or musical works intended to be appreciated together".
I've written 2 new short stories for the collection, and there will also be stories from: Darcia Helle, J. Michael Radcliffe, Jason McIntyre, Julie Elizabeth Powell, Eden Baylee, Lisette Brodey, Marc Nash, Geoffrey David West, and Jay Finn. Poems will be contributed by Helle Gade and Ben Ditmars.
Photographs in the collection were taken by Martin David Porter and Helle Gade.
The anthology is almost finished. I'll have more news about that soon.
2. While we're on the subject of short stories, I will have a new short story collection out sometime this year (I say that optimistically as I am trying to fit it in between other projects!). This one is called 'Lost and Found'. One of the stories is called 'Lost and Found', but the collection will include some short stories I wrote in the '90s, which I thought were lost because they were on an old floppy disk and I couldn't retrieve them; recently I found typed copies in a drawer at home while cleaning (this is proof that I need to clean up more often!).
I was very happy to find them again after so many years, especially after thinking they'd been lost. So I thought that title would be very fitting for the collection. So far I've only typed up and edited one of the stories, so it may be a while before the book is ready to be published.
3. A Time to Tell - I'm working on a second edition of the novel. It was originally published in 2006 but is no longer available in paperback, so I'm soon going to release a revised/re-edited version in e-book and paperback. Watch this space for news.
4. My new novel will hopefully be ready for publication sometime this year. I wrote the first draft it in just under two months last year, which is the quickest I've ever written a novel. It usually takes me about 6 months. I've read over the first draft and done an initial edit, but will need to read it over again before sending to my editor. The novel is called 'In the Web of Dreams and Lies'. It's part thriller/horror, part romance/contemporary fiction, with a splash of humour and paranormal. I have already designed a cover for it, but will wait to reveal that nearer to the publication date.
Best places to keep up with my writing news are my website: http://www.mariasavva.com/site/ and my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Author...
Cover Reveal: Triptychs - Book 3 in The Mind's Eye Series
I'm very excited to announce that book 3 in The Mind's Eye Series will soon be available for pre-order at Amazon! It's in the final formatting stages at the moment :)
The book is called "Triptychs". The definition of the word is: "a set of three associated artistic, literary, or musical works intended to be appreciated together."
In the book, you will find eight photographs and three stories and/or poems which were inspired by each photograph. It was a bit of an experiment to see how similar/different the stories inspired by the same photo would be. As with all the books in the series, writers were allocated the photographs at random and were not given any information by the photographers.
The writers involved in the project are: Darcia Helle (who, like me, has been involved in the series from the start and has written stories for Perspectives and Reflections); J. Michael Radcliffe, Ben Ditmars, Helle Gade, and Jason McIntyre, who all wrote stories/poems for Reflections. New writers who joined us for Triptychs: Lisette Brodey, Eden Baylee, Marc Nash, Julie Elizabeth Powell, Jay Finn, and Geoffrey West.
Photographers involved in the series: Martin David Porter and Helle Gade.
Each writer has contributed two stories or poems. Everyone has different writing styles, so you'll find fantasy stories, suspense, dark fiction, literary fiction, experimental prose, and everything in between!
Here's the beautiful cover, which was designed by Jason McIntyre (from one of Helle Gade's photographs). Jason is one of the writers, but is also a talented graphic designer. He also provided the blurb for the book.
My two stories for this collection are called "Glimmer Siluridae" and "Lost in You".
The first one is a fantasy tale and the second a more reflective, dark fiction story.
You can find Perspectives and Reflections (the first two books in the series) at the following links (available in eBook and paperback)
Perspectives:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Perspectives-...
Reflections:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Reflections-M...
I'll let you know when Triptychs is available for pre-order! :)
The book is called "Triptychs". The definition of the word is: "a set of three associated artistic, literary, or musical works intended to be appreciated together."
In the book, you will find eight photographs and three stories and/or poems which were inspired by each photograph. It was a bit of an experiment to see how similar/different the stories inspired by the same photo would be. As with all the books in the series, writers were allocated the photographs at random and were not given any information by the photographers.
The writers involved in the project are: Darcia Helle (who, like me, has been involved in the series from the start and has written stories for Perspectives and Reflections); J. Michael Radcliffe, Ben Ditmars, Helle Gade, and Jason McIntyre, who all wrote stories/poems for Reflections. New writers who joined us for Triptychs: Lisette Brodey, Eden Baylee, Marc Nash, Julie Elizabeth Powell, Jay Finn, and Geoffrey West.
Photographers involved in the series: Martin David Porter and Helle Gade.
Each writer has contributed two stories or poems. Everyone has different writing styles, so you'll find fantasy stories, suspense, dark fiction, literary fiction, experimental prose, and everything in between!
Here's the beautiful cover, which was designed by Jason McIntyre (from one of Helle Gade's photographs). Jason is one of the writers, but is also a talented graphic designer. He also provided the blurb for the book.
My two stories for this collection are called "Glimmer Siluridae" and "Lost in You".
The first one is a fantasy tale and the second a more reflective, dark fiction story.
You can find Perspectives and Reflections (the first two books in the series) at the following links (available in eBook and paperback)
Perspectives:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Perspectives-...
Reflections:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Reflections-M...
I'll let you know when Triptychs is available for pre-order! :)
Triptychs available for pre-order!!
You can now pre-order a copy of the latest book in The Mind's Eye Series, "Triptychs" on Amazon Kindle! It's available at the special pre-order price of 99c/99p. The price will rise to £3.99/$3.99 when it's published on 16th March.
You'll find two new stories from me in the collection, a fantasy story called "Glimmer Siluridae", and a dark and twisted tale of love lost, called "Lost in You".
There are also stories from the talented, Darcia Helle, J. Michael Radcliffe, Lisette Brodey, Jay Finn, Eden Baylee, Geoffrey West, Marc Nash, Jason McIntyre, and Julie Elizabeth Powell, as well as poetry from the wonderful Helle Gade, and Ben Ditmars.
All stories and poems in the collection were inspired by photos taken by Martin David Porter and Helle Gade (you'll find the stunning photos in the book).
Grab your copy at the following links:
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Triptychs-Minds...
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Triptychs-Min...
Amazon AU: http://www.amazon.com.au/Triptychs-Mi...
Amazon CA: http://www.amazon.ca/Triptychs-Minds-...
Amazon IN: http://www.amazon.in/Triptychs-Minds-...
Amazon JP: http://www.amazon.co.jp/Triptychs-Min...
Amazon IT: http://www.amazon.it/Triptychs-Minds-...
Amazon ES: http://www.amazon.es/Triptychs-Minds-...
Amazon FR: http://www.amazon.fr/Triptychs-Minds-...
Amazon DE: http://www.amazon.de/Triptychs-Minds-...
Amazon MX: http://www.amazon.com.mx/Triptychs-Mi...
Amazon BR: http://www.amazon.com.br/Triptychs-Mi...
Amazon NL: http://www.amazon.nl/Triptychs-Minds-...
You'll find two new stories from me in the collection, a fantasy story called "Glimmer Siluridae", and a dark and twisted tale of love lost, called "Lost in You".
There are also stories from the talented, Darcia Helle, J. Michael Radcliffe, Lisette Brodey, Jay Finn, Eden Baylee, Geoffrey West, Marc Nash, Jason McIntyre, and Julie Elizabeth Powell, as well as poetry from the wonderful Helle Gade, and Ben Ditmars.
All stories and poems in the collection were inspired by photos taken by Martin David Porter and Helle Gade (you'll find the stunning photos in the book).
Grab your copy at the following links:
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Triptychs-Minds...
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Triptychs-Min...
Amazon AU: http://www.amazon.com.au/Triptychs-Mi...
Amazon CA: http://www.amazon.ca/Triptychs-Minds-...
Amazon IN: http://www.amazon.in/Triptychs-Minds-...
Amazon JP: http://www.amazon.co.jp/Triptychs-Min...
Amazon IT: http://www.amazon.it/Triptychs-Minds-...
Amazon ES: http://www.amazon.es/Triptychs-Minds-...
Amazon FR: http://www.amazon.fr/Triptychs-Minds-...
Amazon DE: http://www.amazon.de/Triptychs-Minds-...
Amazon MX: http://www.amazon.com.mx/Triptychs-Mi...
Amazon BR: http://www.amazon.com.br/Triptychs-Mi...
Amazon NL: http://www.amazon.nl/Triptychs-Minds-...
New Release: Extra-Curricular: Tales Told Out Of School, by Marc Nash
Marc Nash, one of the authors who was featured in Triptychs (Mind's Eye Series- book 3), has a new release.
"Extra-Curricular: Tales Told Out Of School" contains 44 flash fiction tales.
About the book:
Marc Nash's fifth collection of flash fiction and his most daring and innovative yet. Tales of Military Bands, Flea Circuses, Dying Languages, Witch Trials, Drones, Gumshoes, Bedroom Physics, Death Squads, Blind Lovers, Junky Angels, Poker Tics, Thermal Imaging Voyeurism, Recycling Etiquette, Plastic Surgery Zombies... 44 tales they didn't teach you at school but should have been on the curriculum.
Buy on Amazon worldwide:
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/ebooks/dp/B01...
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/ebooks/dp/B0145...
Author links:
Blog: http://sulcicollective.blogspot.co.uk/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/21stCscribe
"Extra-Curricular: Tales Told Out Of School" contains 44 flash fiction tales.
About the book:
Marc Nash's fifth collection of flash fiction and his most daring and innovative yet. Tales of Military Bands, Flea Circuses, Dying Languages, Witch Trials, Drones, Gumshoes, Bedroom Physics, Death Squads, Blind Lovers, Junky Angels, Poker Tics, Thermal Imaging Voyeurism, Recycling Etiquette, Plastic Surgery Zombies... 44 tales they didn't teach you at school but should have been on the curriculum.
Buy on Amazon worldwide:
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/ebooks/dp/B01...
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/ebooks/dp/B0145...
Author links:
Blog: http://sulcicollective.blogspot.co.uk/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/21stCscribe
