When the third book Roswell
Redeemed is finished, see: http://hpanwo-bb.blogspot.com/2018/02/roswell-redeemed-sample-first-chapter.html,
I will have written a trilogy. I have been thinking about this for some time
and wondered for a while if it should be called "The Roswell Trilogy"
or "The Disclosure Trilogy". I have decided on the former. A lot of
book series are published in a box set and so I've designed one for The Roswell Trilogy and hope to bring it
out. This is a basic and rough design because I don't know what the exact
dimensions will be, and I won't until Redeemed
is designed. I have also redesigned the spines of all the books so that they
look better when placed in the box set. It also makes them identifiable from
each other because the covers of all three books are so similar. The coloured
bars are based on the colour scheme of the front cover illustrations. As you
can see, I will be offering a discount for purchasing all three books at once.
The illustrations are all by Annette Lemaire apart from the Volta Union flag on
the back panel. Below are my drafts for the five panels and what I think the
open side with the spine row will look like.
Front Panel
Back Panel
Spine Panel
Top Panel
Bottom Panel
Open Side
I always thought your books are very professionally produced and I can't wait for the final part to come out; I'll have to read it in one sitting, fuck work! I am thinking of getting into writing myself and wonder if you could spare any tips you may have? Don't worry they will be more of a thriller action genre, but in general how do you approach writing a book or even a trilogy? The main two ideas I read about were "Show, don't tell" and the Hero's Journey which I am certain you adopt. Also, there is the worry of continuity especially with longer books and not having too many characters. At least you don't overdo it with the adjectives. So, what is your secret to a great book please?
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Linda
Just come across your books of late and I'm enjoying the first one, so much so I want to write my own edgy novels. Who do you get to check your book for readability and not just spelling and grammar checks? I take it your publisher does this? I guess I could get my mum to do it lol! Cheers.
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Hi Colleen. Good luck with your own writing. I do it myself. not ideal that. I'm working on a new edition with corrected mistakes.
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