Just a quick heads-up. I've put up a new web site and designed a new cover image for my book, 'This Son of York'.
See what you think, at www.plague-thriller.co.uk.
Just a quick heads-up. I've put up a new web site and designed a new cover image for my book, 'This Son of York'.
See what you think, at www.plague-thriller.co.uk.
Thank you for your honesty, people!
I particularly appreciate your comments about my web site. I found this very useful in making it...https://www.yola.com
Re. my new cover, I originally had a picture of Clifford's Tower, a motte and bailey castle in York. I also had a picture of York Minster on the back cover. Result: apparently a guidebook to York. The pic should be here for a short while...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/This-Son-Of-York-ebook/dp/B006KIB078/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1
With the new cover, I was looking to represent the 14th Century corpse that starts the trouble in the story. Since there aren't too many mummified European 14th Century corpses knocking about. I had to make use of Photoshop. And yes, the model is myself!
Re. the typefaces, colours and image, I think I want to make the whole thing look more ancient/dusty. Watch that space!
PS: John...off to fix the typo in 'characters' now, thanks for the advice.
I like the cover but not the colours. I think having brown, black and blue on the same cover is a mistake and it cheapens the red instead of making a smart contrast. Colour-wise I just think there is too much going on and a simpler palette using the brown habit and the golden colours of the sun fading to black would have been less confusing to the eye.
I agree with Jen about the website, though. I made a start on mine recently and realised how hard it was going to be to come up with the site I really want. Congratulations.
Not sure I like the cover either. The text doesn't do it any favours and reminds me of a well-used Photoshop filter, somehow this is what I see before the meaning of the words - technique over meaning.
Ditto the garish colours. I like the site though. Apart from the ill-chosen repeating pattern behind the statue of the grim-reaper, everything else works well.
ps: Noticed a mistake in the last sentence of of 'The Characters' page.))