Karen Michelle Nutt's Blog, page 86
August 6, 2012
Behind the Scenes of Making a Book Cover: Twilight’s Eternal Embrace
Behind the scenes of Twilight's Eternal Embrace Book Cover
This vampire tale will soon be released with Rebecca J. Vickery Publishing sometime in September 2012. There may be a few minor changes, but for the most part the book cover is complete.
The cover consists of four photos: Jimmy Thomas stock photo, a moon scene, a woods scene and a medieval castle. (all paid for stock photos or public domain photos.)
Originally the woman was wearing a light pink nightie. Since this tale is an Upper Young Adult story, the woman need to be clothed appropriately and a light grey-blue dress looks quite lovely on her, don't you agree?
I added the background with two different stock photos, using the moon scene and the forest. I blended all the colors of each photo to match the grey blue theme I was going for. The castle for the back of the book was ghosted over the moon scene photo. The medieval jewelry was added, too. Every woman needs some bling. lol
So what do you think?
August 5, 2012
Six Sentence Sunday, Magic of the Loch #11
It's Six Sentence Sunday! This is the eleventh tidbit from Magic of the Loch. It's available for print now. Yeah!! E-book will be available on the 8th!
Michaela Grant travels to Scotland for a holiday, knowing this vacation is her last. A medical condition threatens her life and any chance of a future—until she meets Alan MacLachlin, a man forced to exist between two worlds.
In this scene: Michaela's condition may cause her to hallucinate. She's just asked Alan if he's real. A kiss seemed like a good way of proving it.
SIX SENTENCES:
Her eyes fluttered closed and on a sigh she gave into the kiss, giving as much back as he gave, softness and heat. When he came up for
air, he sought her gaze. “Do ye still believe I’m a figment of yer imagination?”
“If you are, I don’t care,” she whispered. Her lips were swollen from his kiss, her eyes glazed with passion. “Kiss me again, Alan.”
Thanks so much for coming by. I hope you enjoyed the six!
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1) pick a project – a current Work in Progress, contracted work or even something readers can buy if you’re published,
2) pick six sentences
3) post ‘em on Sunday
See? Easy. Want to play? See the site for information on how to do just that:http://sixsunday.com
If you have a Twitter account, you can add the hashtag #sixsunday to your tweets when you tweet a link to your Six Sentence Sunday post. If you’re a writer (regardless of published/unpublished status) come join us!
Six Sentence Sunday, Magic of the Loch #10
It's Six Sentence Sunday! This is the eleventh tidbit from Magic of the Loch. It's available for print now. Yeah!! E-book will be available on the 8th!
Michaela Grant travels to Scotland for a holiday, knowing this vacation is her last. A medical condition threatens her life and any chance of a future—until she meets Alan MacLachlin, a man forced to exist between two worlds.
In this scene: Michaela's condition may cause her to hallucinate. She's just asked Alan if he's real. A kiss seemed like a good way of proving it.
SIX SENTENCES:
Her eyes fluttered closed and on a sigh she gave into the kiss, giving as much back as he gave, softness and heat. When he came up for
air, he sought her gaze. “Do ye still believe I’m a figment of yer imagination?”
“If you are, I don’t care,” she whispered. Her lips were swollen from his kiss, her eyes glazed with passion. “Kiss me again, Alan.”
Thanks so much for coming by. I hope you enjoyed the six!
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If you'd like to participate with the Six Sentence Sunday here's what to do:
1) pick a project – a current Work in Progress, contracted work or even something readers can buy if you’re published,
2) pick six sentences
3) post ‘em on Sunday
See? Easy. Want to play? See the site for information on how to do just that:http://sixsunday.com
If you have a Twitter account, you can add the hashtag #sixsunday to your tweets when you tweet a link to your Six Sentence Sunday post. If you’re a writer (regardless of published/unpublished status) come join us!
July 30, 2012
Paragraph Challenge with Calisa Rhose
At KMN Books Blogspot, I have : Calisa Rhose has taken the Paragraph Challenge.
Tell us what you think? Did the paragraph make you want to know more?
Come by and find out: http://kmnbooks.blogspot.com
July 29, 2012
Six Sentence Sunday Magic of the Loch #10
It's Six Sentence Sunday! This is the tenth tidbit from Magic of the Loch. It's available for print now. Yeah!! E-book coming soon!
Magic of the Loch is a romance between Alan and Michaela, but there is also a mystery the two will need to solve. A sinister shape shifter with a vendetta against Alan threatens Drumnadrochit. He's made Loch Ness his personal hunting ground.
In this scene: Alan and Michaela are with Blake, the doctor who is heading up the investigation. They are at the morgue. Alan is hoping if he looks at the bodies of the victims he'll get a fix on what preternatural being is attacking the people of Drumnadrochit, Scotland.
Alan inhaled deeply, ignoring the smell of formaldehyde and death. He wanted another scent. A preternatural being had a signature scent unique to the species.
Werewolves were more earthy like fresh overturned dirt and plants. Vampires were iron based and a sea witches’ scent was sea salt topped with a little charged oxygen. This preternatural being smelled liked crushed heather and peat.
I hope you enjoyed the six!
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If you'd like to participate with the Six Sentence Sunday here's what to do:
1) pick a project – a current Work in Progress, contracted work or even something readers can buy if you’re published
2) pick six sentences
3) post ‘em on Sunday
See? Easy. Want to play? See the site for information on how to do just that:http://sixsunday.com
If you have a Twitter account, you can add the hashtag #sixsunday to your tweets when you tweet a link to your Six Sentence Sunday post. If you’re a writer (regardless of published/unpublished status) come join us!
Six Sentence Sunday Magic of the Loch #9
It's Six Sentence Sunday! This is the tenth tidbit from Magic of the Loch. It's available for print now. Yeah!! E-book coming soon!
Magic of the Loch is a romance between Alan and Michaela, but there is also a mystery the two will need to solve. A sinister shape shifter with a vendetta against Alan threatens Drumnadrochit. He's made Loch Ness his personal hunting ground.
In this scene: Alan and Michaela are with Blake, the doctor who is heading up the investigation. They are at the morgue. Alan is hoping if he looks at the bodies of the victims he'll get a fix on what preternatural being is attacking the people of Drumnadrochit, Scotland.
Alan inhaled deeply, ignoring the smell of formaldehyde and death. He wanted another scent. A preternatural being had a signature scent unique to the species.
Werewolves were more earthy like fresh overturned dirt and plants. Vampires were iron based and a sea witches’ scent was sea salt topped with a little charged oxygen. This preternatural being smelled liked crushed heather and peat.
I hope you enjoyed the six!
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If you'd like to participate with the Six Sentence Sunday here's what to do:
1) pick a project – a current Work in Progress, contracted work or even something readers can buy if you’re published
2) pick six sentences
3) post ‘em on Sunday
See? Easy. Want to play? See the site for information on how to do just that:http://sixsunday.com
If you have a Twitter account, you can add the hashtag #sixsunday to your tweets when you tweet a link to your Six Sentence Sunday post. If you’re a writer (regardless of published/unpublished status) come join us!
July 23, 2012
The 100th Page Paragraph Challenge with Sarah McNeal
Sarah McNeal has taken the 100th Page Paragraph Challenge. Tell us what you think? Did the paragraph make you want to know more?
Come by and find out: http://kmnbooks.blogspot.com
July 22, 2012
Six Sentence Sunday: Magic of the Loch #9
It's Six Sentence Sunday! This is the ninth tidbit from Magic of the Loch. It's available for print now. Yeah!! E-book coming soon!
Magic of the Loch is a romance between Alan and Michaela, but there is also a mystery the two will need to solve. So today, I thought I would introduce the threat of the story. A sinister shape shifter with a vendetta against Alan. He's made Loch Ness his personal hunting ground. In this scene: The shifter has targeted Kait, a friend of Alan's.
Something large swam fast in a straight line toward her, the water rippling
in waves to the side of the massive hulk. Run. Her mind screamed. Her feet took a step back, but it was already too late.
A dark shadow rose out of the water, large and foreboding. A scream clawed at her throat, but was choked back as she was yanked her off her feet and dragged beneath the murky water.
I hope you enjoyed this chilling sneak peek.
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If you'd like to participate with the Six Sentence Sunday here's what to do:
1) pick a project – a current Work in Progress, contracted work or even something readers can buy if you’re published
2) pick six sentences
3) post ‘em on Sunday
See? Easy. Want to play? See the site for information on how to do just that:http://sixsunday.com
If you have a Twitter account, you can add the hashtag #sixsunday to your tweets when you tweet a link to your Six Sentence Sunday post. If you’re a writer (regardless of published/unpublished status) come join us!
July 18, 2012
Meet the Authors of Once Upon a Word
and Publish with Rebecca J. Vickery are at
Love Romance Cafe Yahoo Group
Come by and join us. We'd love to have you there.
July 16, 2012
At KMN Books Blogspot: I’m a Word Geek by Karen Michelle Nutt
Come by and see what this word means to you...
Words hold such magic. You say a word and immediately a vision appears in your mind of what that word means. However, words we use today may have had another meaning centuries ago.
http://kmnbooks.blogspot.com/2012/07/word-geek-by-karen-michelle-nutt.html
