Tuesday 6 January 2009

Cover Award!

Woohoo!! What a start to '09!

I'm very excited to announce that Conjuring Cal won the Best Ebook Cover in the Fantasy/Futuristic/Off World Erotic Ebook Cover category of the Night Owl Romance Awards 2008.

Yay Cal!!



I must say it's a thrill to see a cover acknowledged. There's a lot of blood, sweat and tears that go into a cover, although sometimes it may not appear so. I've always felt that Cover artists hold the Bridesmaid roll in the publishing industry. It's our job to make the Author stand out amongst the crowd by providing them with the most eyecatching cover we can.

Many Authors can rely on their name alone to sell books but for the remainder the cover can be their greatest asset. It is what catches the readers eye. Piques their interest enough to pick up the book and read the blurb on the back (or in this electronic age, click on the cover to read an excerpt).

If we can achieve that then we've done our job. The rest is up to the Author.

3 comments:

Amanda Kelsey said...

Yay! Huge congrats to you. You definitely deserve it. That is a superb cover.

Unknown said...

I agree - This cover rocks!

Kaz Augustin said...

A bit overdue with my comments, but CONGRATS!!!!! to you, Lyn, and well deserved. I thought 2008 was a great year for you and am looking forward to lots more covers and comments in 2009 (have a new book coming out with TEB, hint hint!).

Happy Chinese New Year, btw!