Nothing to draw a reader in, despite the mysterious castle and the swooping dragons. In fact, the cover was just too sweet, as well. Teenagers? Kid Lit? My tale?Įnter the cover and the cute, swirly interior graphics.Īnd you don’t find these things in serious, epic or classic fantasy for adults. And Dorelle is in her mid-twenties, and Ferren, her Wing Commander is in his mid-thirties, at least in my imagination.Īnd I started to wonder why someone would have that impression (aside from reading the Hunger Games…). My books are fantasy adventures, the series does move on to contain some sex and mild swearing (I invented new swear words), and it certainly wasn’t intended for children. Granted, part of that was because the site categorized my story as “children’s” since it doesn’t contain much swearing or sex. You see, I got one review on a big, influential review site where the reviewer thought my characters were young teenagers. That maybe they didn’t quite fit the story. It was the best I could do then.īut there were hints that maybe the cover and design weren’t as good as they could have been. I made it from where I was then, and it was okay. I had hired people to do that for me, and I got what I paid for. I wasn’t that thrilled with the interior graphics, but the whole book looked nice and cool with all of the chapter headers and break graphics. Today, I want to talk a little about the new cover and the new interior design of “Dorelle’s Journey”.
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