Naked men!

[beren_writes]

I'm coming to an inescapable conclusion - naked men on covers sell books. I wonder if I could get away with a naked man on Cat's Call ... I mean they do get naked ... for entirely non-sexual reasons of course ... ;)

I'm joking, but I am going to redo the cover for "Chip Off the Old Block?" so that it has at least semi-naked men on it. It did it in cont. fantasy style, but I think it should definitely be in paranormal romance style instead.

I can do it at the same time I do the cover for the sequel to Forgotten Soul

Comments

[ectothermic]

From a consumer perspective, I think if there is a semi-naked person on the cover you know at least you'll be getting sexy stuff, even if you don't like the rest of the plot. I've heard that romance books are doing great in ebooks compared to other genres, and part of the theory is that you don't have to show anybody else the cover while you're reading it.

What is "cont. fantasy" style?

[beren_writes]

Yes, I've heard that about romance books too :).

Cont. Fantasy = contemporary fantasy and when I did the cover there are two fashions, tall heroic type figure or title and author's name with some sort of icon between them. Since "Chip Off the Old Block?" was my first cover I went with the icon route because it was the easiest, but these days I'm happy to try anything. I tend to go to Google, find an image with the pose I want and then illustrate with it as a guide. My cover for "Forgotten Soul" was actually a semi-clad woman on a chair and I changed her into a him, put him on a bed, added some drapery then drew it :). I find it's the quickest way to make the poses look realistic.