Spy Vs. Spook series Mark & Quinn discussion
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Trisha wrote: "I have the cover for the next book in Mark and Quinn's world. Tinnean has also been kind enough to tell us a little bit about the cover and why she went with something a bit different this time aro..."Ohhhh!
Thank you for this post!
I love the cover, and I'm so happy knowing the story, of how it was created
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Thank you Tinnean, for sharing it with us, and thank you Trisha, for posting it!
Looking forward for this book! :))))))))
Bookwatcher wrote: "Trisha wrote: "I have the cover for the next book in Mark and Quinn's world. Tinnean has also been kind enough to tell us a little bit about the cover and why she went with something a bit differen..."You're welcome! You're not the only one looking forward to the book. I'm really excited to read it. So excited! :D
Trisha wrote: "Bookwatcher wrote: "Trisha wrote: "I have the cover for the next book in Mark and Quinn's world. Tinnean has also been kind enough to tell us a little bit about the cover and why she went with som..."Me too!
Mark!!!! I miss him so much!
Bookwatcher wrote: "Trisha wrote: "Bookwatcher wrote: "Trisha wrote: "I have the cover for the next book in Mark and Quinn's world. Tinnean has also been kind enough to tell us a little bit about the cover and why sh..."Same here!!! I need more Mark and Quinn!!! :D
I wonder if this one is going to pick up where Wills and Theo's story left off? I'm so excited. Do we have a date of publication?
Alicia wrote: "I wonder if this one is going to pick up where Wills and Theo's story left off? I'm so excited. Do we have a date of publication?"Um, it's with the editor right now. So it depends on when she gets them back and when she's finished with them. But I think she's hoping to have it out in the next couple of months. xD
Trisha wrote: "Alicia wrote: "I wonder if this one is going to pick up where Wills and Theo's story left off? I'm so excited. Do we have a date of publication?"Um, it's with the editor right now. So it depends ..."
*HAPPY DANCING COMMENCES* Yay Yay Yay!!
Alicia wrote: "Trisha wrote: "Alicia wrote: "I wonder if this one is going to pick up where Wills and Theo's story left off? I'm so excited. Do we have a date of publication?"Um, it's with the editor right now...."
Glad you're happy about that! :D
I seriously cannot wait until this is released.
I have to say that I am stunned at Dreamspinner's lack of forethought, but glad that you will have more editorial license. May things continue to fall into place!
Mandi wrote: "I seriously cannot wait until this is released."Neither can I, Mandy! LOL This was one of those books where Mark got chatty, and as a result, the action flowed. I loved writing this. :-D
Carole wrote: "I have to say that I am stunned at Dreamspinner's lack of forethought, but glad that you will have more editorial license. May things continue to fall into place!"Thanks so much, Carole. I think Dreamspinner felt there wasn't enough romance in the book. They did give me some good ideas to incorporate into it, and further I sayeth not. ;-)
I'll be interested in seeing how it's received. :-)
Not enough ROMANCE? OMG. I was spellbound by the intense romance in those books. I re-read very few books, but those are among them. I'd tell you which parts I thought were romantic, but... you've read the books LOL, so I'd be preaching to the choir.
Carole wrote: "Not enough ROMANCE? OMG. I was spellbound by the intense romance in those books. I re-read very few books, but those are among them. I'd tell you which parts I thought were romantic, but... yo..."
Thanks, Carole. I'm so pleased you reread the books. :-D
Apparently since Mark and Quinn are now an established couple, new readers might not want to go back to read the first stories. ::sigh::
LOL: bullticky, as we say politely in Texas!
Carole wrote: "LOL: bullticky, as we say politely in Texas!"*whispers* I felt the same way myself.
I'm with Carole!!! Did they want more "romance" ??? Or did they just want more sex ? I believe that Mark & Quinn are extremely romantic, especially for men of their type. As far as new readers not wanting to go back and read the first or previous stories... That's a load of crap, stated by someone who is obviously not a reader of books. Anyone who finds a good story always looks to see if there are earlier stories to the series, so they can go back and learn the nuances of the characters, and the backstory.
Personally I think your better off without people like that, who will not understand what a great tale weaver you are. (gets off soapbox).
Looking forward to the rest of Mann of my dreams stories,
-Jack
Jack wrote: "I'm with Carole!!! Did they want more "romance" ??? Or did they just want more sex ? I believe that Mark & Quinn are extremely romantic, especially for men of their type. As far as new readers ..."
I agree with you Jack! I read Not My Spook before I read Housboat on the Nile and was so happy to find out that there was another in the works at that time. I read everything I could find about Mann and Vincent
OMG, I cannot wait and the cover looks great BTW!!!
I always wanted my covers drawn, but somehow they never looked the way I pictured the characters in my head. As a result, I was never happy with them.
Because I kept picking cover artists who used photos, Dreamspinner finally paired me with Reese Dante for Two Lips, Indifferent Red, and she did a great job, as did LC Chase for The Light in Your Eyes books, Pick Up the Pieces and Foolish Me. I decided to go with photos from there on.
When Dreamspinner declined to publish the remaining Spy vs. Spook books, (I plan on 3 more: If You’re Going Through Hell, Keep Going; Such a Night; and Complications) I was left without a home for them. Most publishers are reluctant to take on a series that’s already established, so I felt my only recourse was to self-publish. However, in order to do that I needed someone who could do the cover art and the formatting, as well as someone for the editing. I asked around on Facebook for writers who were self-publishing and was pointed in Patricia Logan’s direction. She recommended Jeff Adkins for the cover art and Liz Bichmann for the editing.
I liked Jeff’s work and contacted him, and the upshot is we decided to work together. I told him what I wanted: a character in the background whose features were rather indistinct, but a very noticeable gun in the foreground—this time around, Mark was packing a Smith and Wesson Model 500. Fully loaded with .50 caliber cartridges, it weighed more than five pounds and could punch a hole in a brick wall. Jeff sent me a number of pictures, and after comparing them, I finally requested the picture that is now the book’s cover.
Now we come to the title. Originally, I gave Jeff: If You’re Going Through Hell, Keep Going, Spy vs. Spook Book 4. I’d toyed with the idea of changing the name of the series, since Mark and Quinn were no longer in an adversarial relationship, but I was afraid readers who were following the series might not realize it was about Mark and Quinn. The other day, my good friend Gail Morse pm’d me and suggested I return the series’ title to Mann of My Dreams. (When I’d first posted this online, I’d contacted another friend and asked if that was too lame a title, but he was all for it.) I gave it more thought, and came up with something I was pretty sure would work.
But… Jeff already had the Spy vs. Spook title. Could we change it?
You betcha! So now we have a completely new title, and best of all, it ties in with the previous books.
If You’re Going Through Hell, Keep Going: Mann of My Dreams Book 1, The Continuing Adventures of Mark Vincent and Quinton Mann.
It’s great when things fall into place. *big grin*