Writing Blog 2020 09 14
2020 09 14
Wow! Just finished the cover for Portal. I haven’t had a cover come together so fast in a long time. It was like magic. Usually I struggle with finding just bits and pieces of each cover and then I spend two or three days melding those bits and pieces, so they look as if they belong together. Sometimes I have to throw the entire thing in the trash and start over! But this time when I went poking around on Shutterstock.com, I found just the right background and pose for the MC’s almost immediately.
I know it’s hard to judge a cover without context, so I’ve included the blurb that goes with it as well.
A young shop owner makes a dangerous alliance with the local Militia to preserve her family’s secrets.
The end of the world had come and gone. Those who remained after the apocalypse did whatever it took to keep themselves alive and preserve what civilization survived. They broke laws and defied the will of the draconian government agencies who were supposed to keep anarchy at bay and instead established a police state.
Lacey Delaney, head of Laughing Mountain’s Portal committee, defied the government by helping Portal Runners smuggle desperately needed goods, service and people to the Forbidden Colonies.
Malachi Sullivan, sub-commander of the free militia, was one of those who held the line against the tyranny of an overbearing government desperately trying to regain control against spreading anarchy.
Lacey and Malachi had been in love once, but a treacherous woman broke them apart. Now they must put the past behind them and learn to work together to save their town and preserve the secret of the Portal to the Forbidden Colonies.
What do you think?
