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Book Covers

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Cover Story

Kristopher Orr's cover art for The Auralia Thread has been nothing short of inspiring for me. And this morning, I revealed the book cover for The Ale Boy's Feast, the final chapter in the series. (Unfinished versions have been floating around on various bookseller sites, but

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Auralia's Artist: A Conversation with Kristopher K. Orr

Recently, I wrote a whole article about my gratitude for the work of Kristopher Orr, the visionary who crafted the cover art for The Auralia Thread. That gave me an idea: Why not do an interview with Kristopher about his work? So here it is, a conversation with the man

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Demon Fruit, Cleavage, and Dragons: What I'm Glad You Won't See on The Auralia Thread Book Covers.

Over at the blog called Lurv a la Mode, I've posted a story about the nightmares I used to suffer about what my book covers would someday look like. And then I share how the nightmares went away. Many thanks to Kenda Montgomery, who gave me the opportunity

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Judging Narnia by the Book Covers

What should Aslan look like? How enchanting is the Narnia in your imagination? Bookslut has an interesting article about the art of Chronicles of Narnia book covers. Well, to put it bluntly, the writer is lamenting (and rightly so) a dreadful new book cover for The Lion, the Witch, and

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Nightmares Abolished! The Cover Art Will Rule.

For years, I have browsed the fantasy literature section of bookstores, and cringed at how many book covers display appallingly bad art. So much fantasy art is cheesy, ridiculously lurid, painfully derivative, and preoccupied with violent spectacles. All along the way, I've prayed: "Lord, if you ever

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A book cover design... darkly!

Ladies... and... gentlemen... Thanks to the good folks at Regal Books for a great design!