tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968970271234415691.post7185756913192345340..comments2024-02-27T01:58:16.750-05:00Comments on BOOK PREGNANT: Cover Story: How My Book Got Its FaceLydia Netzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11448861273955788158noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968970271234415691.post-15209674287522172832012-06-01T01:28:52.635-04:002012-06-01T01:28:52.635-04:00Thanks, everyone! It's hard for me to comment ...Thanks, everyone! It's hard for me to comment due to technical difficulties, so apologies for the lack of individual comments. But I'm so glad this post struck a chord and helped some of you. Holly, very funny about the gerbils not making the paperback cover. I've been surprised by the difference in covers when they switch to paperback--they seem to really want something different if they do a new one. Thank you all for saying nice things about my cover and for sharing your thoughts!Melanie Thornehttp://www.melaniethorne.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968970271234415691.post-61311255064685549702012-06-01T01:27:34.544-04:002012-06-01T01:27:34.544-04:00Thanks, everyone! It's hard for me to comment ...Thanks, everyone! It's hard for me to comment due to technical difficulties with Blogger, so apologies for the lack of individual comments. But I'm so glad this post struck a chord and helped some of you. Holly, very funny about the gerbils not making the paperback cover. I've been surprised by the difference in covers when they switch to paperback--they seem to really want something different if they do a new one. Thank you all for saying nice things about my cover and for sharing your thoughts!Melanie Thornehttp://www.melaniethorne.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968970271234415691.post-1218090942701002252012-06-01T01:26:16.857-04:002012-06-01T01:26:16.857-04:00Thanks, everyone! It's hard for me to comment ...Thanks, everyone! It's hard for me to comment due to technical difficulties, so apologies for the lack of individual comments. But I'm so glad this post struck a chord and helped some of you. Holly, very funny about the gerbils not making the paperback cover. I've been surprised by the difference in covers when they switch to paperback--they seem to really want something different if they do a new one. Thank you all for saying nice things about my cover and for sharing your thoughts!Melanie Thornehttp://www.melaniethorne.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968970271234415691.post-59133783730025098532012-05-31T12:45:40.306-04:002012-05-31T12:45:40.306-04:00I, too, love the face of your novel. What a powerf...I, too, love the face of your novel. What a powerful image!Barbara Claypole Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03308093554908967725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968970271234415691.post-2462738815106808182012-05-31T12:44:47.562-04:002012-05-31T12:44:47.562-04:00I, too, love the face of your book! Such a powerfu...I, too, love the face of your book! Such a powerful image.Barbara Claypole Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03308093554908967725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968970271234415691.post-34018197886190596152012-05-31T10:20:38.119-04:002012-05-31T10:20:38.119-04:00I'd pick that book up just for the cover - ver...I'd pick that book up just for the cover - very intriguing! <br />My three covers are being shot right now - and I'm a wreck. I'm so glad to hear that the face becomes familiar after a bit. Thank you for setting my mind at ease.Laura Drakehttp://lauradrakebooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968970271234415691.post-77876647720090667502012-05-31T07:55:43.626-04:002012-05-31T07:55:43.626-04:00Great post, Melanie! And I, too, would pick up yo...Great post, Melanie! And I, too, would pick up your book based on that cover, so kudos to you and your designer. I had a very weird experience with my first book, a memoir about my dad being a gerbil farmer. The first book cover showed gerbils popping out of farmers' boots. Very cute. Then, for the paperback, the publisher used a cover showing a little girl (definitely not me!) running through an orchard of flowering trees. Nothing to do with gerbils or the story. Why? Because apparently many women hate rodents!Holly Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04462441910530132918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968970271234415691.post-59287803101760037392012-05-30T17:14:55.451-04:002012-05-30T17:14:55.451-04:00Love that cover, Melanie. I was fortunate and like...Love that cover, Melanie. I was fortunate and liked my cover right off the bat. Normally, I don't care for the whole "head chopped off just showing the body" that seems popular right now, but the cover really fit my MOTHER OF PEARL book. And Julie....I can't wait to see YOUR cover too!Kellie Coates Gilberthttp://www.kelliecoatesgilbert.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968970271234415691.post-29170765359837665682012-05-30T16:12:02.175-04:002012-05-30T16:12:02.175-04:00Your cover definitely conveys tough and tenderness...Your cover definitely conveys tough and tenderness. Love it!Marcille Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11596246894421825468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968970271234415691.post-7731301300416830452012-05-30T16:09:20.670-04:002012-05-30T16:09:20.670-04:00Great post! When my 25 year-old daughter saw your ...Great post! When my 25 year-old daughter saw your book on my TBR table she said, "I'd buy that just based on the cover!" (she bought Twilight based on the cover too, before she had any idea what it was about LOL)Ellen Marie Wisemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15125041685138604553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968970271234415691.post-43443544996736940782012-05-30T16:05:27.655-04:002012-05-30T16:05:27.655-04:00Got chills reading this! I, too, have kept a purpo...Got chills reading this! I, too, have kept a purposely blank mind about what the cover will look like. Hoping the surprise is a good one! Thanks for sharing your experience, Melanie.Julie Kiblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914386223833117415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968970271234415691.post-70540224447575900482012-05-30T15:16:03.738-04:002012-05-30T15:16:03.738-04:00A cover is so important, Melanie! I love yours. It...A cover is so important, Melanie! I love yours. It's a beautiful book and it has a beautiful face!Erin Cashmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14155324425606457077noreply@blogger.com