What sort of covers would you like to see in YA LGBT Books?

[Kaje]

Stephen wrote: "A lot of the posters here who do NOT favor full facial photos on covers state that they like the freedom to imaging the characters as they like from the description rather than being limited by a p..."

Vintage: A Ghost Story - I believe the MC's first name is never mentioned. And I love the book, so it's not an obstacle, as long as it doesn't become self-consciously deliberate. To be honest, I never even noticed when I first read it. But I'm not good with names, and don't care much about physical descriptions. If I have a good gestalt for the character (in this case first person narrator) I don't need the name. If it gets confusing or there are places where the name would be expected and they're deliberately avoided, then it's done wrong.

[Stephen]

Back to book covers... I recently discovered this GoodReads group Book Cover Creations https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

They even have a thread where writers go in and ask for cover suggestions. Some of the covers look awesome. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Note: Their covers are NOT limited to YA but everything I saw was suitable for general consumption.

[Kaje]

Very cool - I'll have to pass that along to my writing group.