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Developing a cover for Over Raging Tides

Posted July 9, 2018 by Jennifer Ellision in Author business, blog / 0 Comments

As you may know, I’ve had the idea for Over Raging Tides for a long time.

So much time, in fact, that I’ve had plenty of time to think over what I wanted out of developing a cover for it. I knew that I wanted both a ship and a feminine representation. The book was, after all about female pirates.

Developing a cover on my own

I tried developing a cover myself in my free time years and years ago by buying a couple of stock photos and tinkering in Photoshop.

This is what I came up with when left to my own devices:

And… you know, I actually liked it! The concept anyway.

But I quickly realized that developing a cover for Over Raging Tides was outside of my skill set. Especially as I decided I was leaning towards developing a cover in a more illustrative style. If photo manipulation was beyond the pale for me, illustrating a cover definitely was!

I’d had my eye on Jenny of Seedlings Design Studio for a long while and loved her covers, especially her YA illustrated ones. I reached out to her to see if she’d be interested in developing a cover for Over Raging Tides and working with me.

Happily, she agreed to be my cover artist!

Developing a cover with a cover artist

After signing a contract and paying a deposit, I secured my spot in her schedule. And when the time came, Jenny asked what I was thinking! I gave her a vague idea of the cover concept and we discussed an illustrative design and colors. Then, I attached the above mock-up and my Pinterest mood board for the series. After that, I left her to ~percolate.

Jenny e-mailed me later with one of the of the coolest tools I’ve ever seen while developing a cover with an artist: Image boards.

This is just one example of the image boards Jenny sent me while developing a cover for Over Raging Tides. She also included pages in the pdf she sent me with font possibilities and other covers that we could create similar concepts to.

I gave her my feedback on all of the concepts, told her my favorites, and let her take the wheel!

What she returned was beyond my wildest dreams:

Do you have any questions about developing a cover or working with a cover artist? I can try to answer them!

Now and Again – reveals galore!

Posted October 5, 2015 by Jennifer Ellision in blog, cover reveal / 4 Comments

Happy Monday, my friends!

I’ve been quiet on the blog– but I have a good excuse. I’ve been working my little butt off in order to get Now and Again ready for my readers by October and I’m pleased to say it’s nearly there! So, in this post, I’m not just revealing a release date. I’m also revealing the blurb. I’m revealing the trailer. And I’m revealing the cover!

Let’s get started.

First off, let’s have a blurb, shall we?

Unemployed. Broke. Maid of Honor.

All (unfortunately) words that describe Em Hayes.

Without any job leads in San Francisco, Em caves to her mother’s promise of free rent and returns home. Her best friend, Nikki, couldn’t be more thrilled. Em’s degree in Event Management is gathering dust, and what better way to put it to use than planning Nikki’s wedding?

There’s just one flaw in that plan: Cole Connors. The girls’ former roommate. And part of the reason Em hasn’t been back since college graduation.

Em’s never been able to forget Cole—or how close they were before she pushed him aside and ran for the hills. Cole’s never forgotten Em either— but in the past two years, she hasn’t given him much choice but to try.

And, according to Nikki, there’s no better pair to plan the wedding of her dreams.

Em’s usually good at squashing messy feelings, but being around Cole again brings them all rushing to the surface.

And this time, she’s not sure she wants to run.

You’ll be able to add Now and Again to your e-reader of choice on October 26, 2015. And you can add it on Goodreads now.

Paperbacks will also be available, but possibly at a later date– I will obviously keep you all apprised through this blog, my newsletter, and social media (linked in the blog’s sidebar).

And now, for the pretties! The trailer and the cover!

Riot of Storm and Smoke Cover Reveal and giveaway

Posted May 5, 2015 by Jennifer Ellision in blog, Books, Threats of Sky and Sea / 2 Comments

Guys. You have no idea JUST HOW LONG I have waited to show this to you.

I mean, of course, you could probably guess that I’ve wanted to show it to you since I got it. You probably surmised that I’ve been eager before I even had a cover in hand. After all, my cover artist, Nathalia Suellen, is one brilliant lady. I knew she’d rock this cover just as much as she rocked the Threats of Sky and Sea cover.

But guys. My face has been rocked off. I am faceless from Nathalia’s rocking of this cover.

And I’ve been waiting to show you since September.

ISN’T IT GORGEOUS? You can add Riot of Storm and Smoke to your Goodreads shelves now.

And you can enter to win both RIOT and THREATS in paperback (when RIOT is printed;open to US/CA)

Visit Rafflecopter to enter the paperback giveaway

OR all available stories in the THREATS universe as e-books– this will include: Sisters of Wind and Flame, Defining Justice, Threats of Sky and Sea, and Riot of Storm and Smoke (when RIOT has been formatted; open internationally)

Visit Rafflecopter to enter the e-book giveaway

And don’t forget! If you don’t want to take any chances on whether or not you’ll win, you can grab the e-books of Sisters of Wind and Flame for FREE (Kindle) and Threats of Sky and Sea for $0.99 (all platforms).

Sale ends tonight, so grab ’em quick!

TWO Cover Reveals! One Song Away by Molli Moran and One Dream Only by Elodie Nowodazkij

Posted September 2, 2014 by Jennifer Ellision in blog, Books / 0 Comments

Eeeeeeep! Today, two dear author friends BOTH are revealing their covers and I’m SO pleased to be able to be a part of it. First up is Molli Moran with ONE SONG AWAY. She needs a fill-in boyfriend. He needs a favor. It’s the perfect, no-strings arrangement — until they both realize it’s too real… Sophie-Claire Wright’s life is like a bad country song on repeat. She keeps running into her cheating ex, her songwriting career isn’t taking off, and to make matters worse, her roommate just kicked her out of their apartment. With nothing to lose, she decides to do the one thing she said she’d never do: she moves back home. She left her small Southern town with big dreams, but now she’s going home with empty pockets. Life moves at a slower pace in Sophie’s blink-and-you’ll-miss-it hometown, but her […]

The self-publishing cover process: Creating a cover for Threats of Sky and Sea

Posted July 25, 2014 by Jennifer Ellision in blog, Self-Publishing, Threats of Sky and Sea / 3 Comments

Hello, friends! Long time, no talk. I’m at a new job these days and it’s much busier than the last, leaving less time for authorly things throughout the day. But enough about that! I’m gearing up to begin working next month with my amazing cover artist Nathalia Suellen for the cover of Book 2 in the Threats of Sky and Sea series: Riot of Storm and Smoke, and this made me realize that I never shared the self-publishing cover process for Threats of Sky and Sea. I found Nathalia Suellen through some of her other work, so I knew that she was extremely capable of a beautiful cover– especially one with a person on the cover. And she was a dream to work with. I had only a vague idea of what I wanted for the cover of Threats of Sky and […]

Cover reveal day and tour sign-ups for Threats of Sky and Sea!

Posted March 27, 2014 by Jennifer Ellision in blog, Threats of Sky and Sea / 2 Comments

It’s here, it’s here! I can finally share my cover with you guys. I may be biased, but LORD. I love it. My amazing cover artist, Nathalia Suellen, totally and completely nailed it. I’m so excited for you all to check it out! You can see it for yourself on IceyBooks! You can also enter to win an eARC of Threats of Sky and Sea! So, what do you think? Let’s hear it! AND IN MORE EXCITING NEWS… You can also sign up to be a part of my blog tour here!