Chaney Murray
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Melanie Dickerson:
I have read all of you books and have enjoyed every single one of them! Im excited to read your next ones! I was just curious, do you design your covers or do you have people that make them for you? That way you have no idea how they will look?
Melanie Dickerson
Hi, Chaney! Thank you so much! I'm so happy you like my books!
I really have not had much to do with the covers of my books. My publishers handle that for me, and since I have loved all my covers, that is really nice! But I really have no idea how that will look until they send them to me.
They do sometimes allow me to help choose the model for the cover, as well as the costume she will wear. Then they do a photo shoot, choose a photo and sometimes a background, if they haven't shot the photos with the background they wanted (which they did for my first two or three covers) and then send it to me to approve. They will often change the color of the dress or some other small thing like that. I have had very talented cover designers, so I feel very blessed!
I really have not had much to do with the covers of my books. My publishers handle that for me, and since I have loved all my covers, that is really nice! But I really have no idea how that will look until they send them to me.
They do sometimes allow me to help choose the model for the cover, as well as the costume she will wear. Then they do a photo shoot, choose a photo and sometimes a background, if they haven't shot the photos with the background they wanted (which they did for my first two or three covers) and then send it to me to approve. They will often change the color of the dress or some other small thing like that. I have had very talented cover designers, so I feel very blessed!
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Hi Melanie, I just wanted to send out a HUGE THANK YOU! You showed me that clean historical romance really can be done--and that people really want to read it! Thanks to your example, I just published my first book in September! I recall reading in one of your answers below that people said your books would never get published. Where did you look for inspiration to prove them wrong?
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