Title Page!





Each of the five stories in the Five Magic Spindles collection starts with its own title page, and mine arrived today! When I wrote this story, I entertained no hope that my story about alien tomb robbers would make it into the collection of "Sleeping Beauty" retellings, but I still allowed myself to daydream about a title page. When I unexpectedly won, the title page was the prize I was most excited for. What sort of image would a publisher choose to represent my story? 

Now I know, and it's surprisingly perfect. They've made Tanza, my main character, come to life. The alert, tough, no-nonsense stance, the practical clothes, the pockets bulging with supplies--that little silhouette is entirely recognizable to her author. And the plants around the border!  No spoilers, but a few key scenes involve areas with lots of plants, and I'm so delighted they made it to the cover. My biggest fear was that publishers would look at a sci-fi story and make a cover with a very "outer space" feel, but the plants keep it grounded.  To me, at least, this cover gives a great representation of my futuristic adventure story.

Take a look at the other covers on Facebook.  They're all fantastic. Our stories cover such a wide variety of settings and genres, yet the covers all keep a coherent style while showing off the individual stories. 

Well, that's enough flailing.  I have editing to do.  This title page needs a story to go behind it!

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  1. UnknownApril 29, 2016 at 10:09 PM

    Yay! Title page!
    I completely agree; it is perfect.

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  2. Hamlette (Rachel)May 2, 2016 at 7:00 PM

    I dig all 5 of them! I knew my western was going to be a hard sell too, and was pretty surprised that they picked it -- and then I was worried the title page might be too romance-novel-esque, like a big, strong cowboy and a cute little girl looking at each other and being all mushy. But they went a classy and classic route for all of us, and I couldn't be more pleased.

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    1. Hamlette (Rachel)May 7, 2016 at 6:30 AM

      BTW, I nominated you for a Liebster Award here. Play if you want to :-)

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