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Guest Post: Evolution of a Cover by Elizabeth Delana Rosa

 
About the Book:COMING JUNE 13, 2014 Title: Queen of the LochSeries: Children of the Loch SagaAuthor: Elizabeth Delana RosaPublished: Expected publishing June 13th, 2014Word Count: Approximately 42,000Genre: YA ParanormalSynopsis:Nineteen year old, Jaelyn Adena McDonnell, known as J.J. to all, just found out she is not who she thought she was. On her twentieth birthday, a handsome man shows up on her porch with a marriage edict and news that the grandfather she has never met, has died. Her world is about to change forever. J.J. must make the perilous journey to the Loch and take her place on its throne. With no idea, what is expected of her and dark forces closing in at every turn, will J.J. be able to accept her destiny or will she be stopped her before she can? Come join this first person account of a young woman’s journey to finding herself and those she meets along the way. Previously released as a free novella named Child of the Loch, this is a completely new novel based on the same premise with new characters, renamed characters and completely revamped story-line. The novella has stayed in the top 20 of Christian Fantasy and Science fiction Free Kindle since its publishing date in November of 2013. The expected publishing date is June 13, 2014. While it maintains a great level of clean reading and it references a faith, it is in no way preachy. Cover Art from Start to Finish…When doing a cover, you first must identify the character. My character of choice was Jaelyn, I spent time searching through a variety of pictures from www.canstockphoto.com and found the perfect one, but she needed work.
I trolled the internet’s vast collection flames, scars and plugged them into Photoshop. It’s important that all the elements come together.[caption id="attachment_3187" align="alignleft" width="209"] ©2010-2014 stuff-stock flame[/caption]
Finally, I touched up the Color and added the lighting and Font. I won’t go into all I did but I will share the evolution of the cover with you.
These covers are for the Novella. I released it twice but re-covered it 3 times. 
Bio:Elizabeth Delana Rosa has always been a writer. When she first learned to write in Kindergarten, she wrote about pigs who “groo” wings and became “butterfys.” Elizabeth knew way back then that she would have a love affair with writing. It overtook her life and has been a constant companion. Now over 20 years later, that love flows over into writing blogs, reviews, poetry and fantasy novels. Lastly Elizabeth is a big nerd. She loves Fantasy, YA, Paranormal Romance, and Sci-Fi books. Her dream is to promote Authors and help them reach the highest level of Success, while writing her own YA and NA Fantasy Novels. She often says,

I hope that my stories connect with people of all ages, genders and races. All it takes is a good story to unite people who wouldn't normally be on the same side.

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Complete Series of the Brady Bunch on sale $48.99

If you like the Brady Bunch here is good news. You can get the complete series on DVD at Amazon. Normally it is $110 but now it is selling for $48.99. Click on the photo to go to the site to buy it.

Project: Hero Free Sample on Free Comic Book Day

Just set out to get a handful of samplers of my novel Project: Hero to giveaway on Free Comic Book day at Comic Book World in Florence, Ky. On Turfway Road. Stop buy and get them while they last.

The return of Gravy Girl is great

Five stars all around. Mr. Ciccolini has a home run with this series and the Return of Gravy Girl is great!. It has a message about stopping bullying and even tells how bullying can keep some kids from doing well in school. Told with fun and humor, The Return of Gravy Girl is recommended for any adult or child to read and enjoy. Get it at Amazon at

Polar Plunge for Special Olympics

If you would like to help special Olympics please sponsor my brother-in-law for the polar plunge at the following link. http://soky.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=1090641&supId=398271161

Project: On-line Christmas Party

I know this is short notice but Project: Hero The Book is going to host an on-line Christmas party this Saturday. There will be Christmas music as well as prizes. Free Kindle and/or Nook books, discount codes to buy the book on line, Free book signed by the author. If any guest want to give other gifts in support of the book and/or party just let me know. Go to the events tab on Project: Hero the book's facebook site for more details. Here is a link to the Facebook site https://www.facebook.com/pages/Project-Hero-The-Book/447139028641606

Tweet Lulu Gifit Guide

If you have a Twitter account and like any of my books that are on lulu.com, With Great Power http://www.lulu.com/shop/rick-l-phillips-and-ron-athey-and-chris-brockow-and-paul-castiglia/with-great-power/paperback/product-21071302.html or the hardcover editions of Project: Hero http://www.lulu.com/shop/rick-l-phillips/projecthero/hardcover/product-20712041.html or Last Train to Murder http://www.lulu.com/shop/rick-l-phillips/last-train-to-murder/hardcover/product-21021786.html Here's how to get those books on the Lulu Gift Guide:
Send a tweet to @luludotcom
with a link to your book
and the hashtag #lulugiftguide.
And then ask your friends, family and readers with Twitter accounts to do the same.

Tweet on With Great Power

With Great Power http://t.co/wiZBrSNmXv is a great book #lulugiftguide

— Rick Phillips (@RickLPhillips1) December 4, 2013

Bond: The Complete 23 Film Collection on Blu-Ray on Sale

The title says most of the info what it doesn't say is that it is on sale on Amazon right now. Normally it is $299.99 but now it is on sale for $99.99. Click on the link provided to get this great deal.

VIdeo of the week: New Dinky the Elf Video

Here is a video I did with Office Max for Dinky the Elf

You can buy the book Dinky the Elf at Amazon.com. Click on this photo