Aug 20
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Look I know it’s unusual but I want an actual lynx. It doesn’t stand up like a human, it doesn’t hold some sort of laser rifle, nor does it appear from a space ship. I just want it pouncing across the cover with a princely guy in a white cape leaping with it, while he grasps his sword. That’s not as cheesy right?

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Tagged with: Ace Books • bladed weapons • castle • cloaks • daggers • Donato Giancola • leap • lynx • moon • Sharon Shinn • strange creature • Twelve Houses series
Aug 13
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I’m really not sure about what I want… So how about some weird horse-camel type creatures, something that would make The Great Lucas proud! Don’t forget to add a terrible landscape, an awful off planet sunset, and some people pointing a huge antenna to the sky.

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Tagged with: beast-riding • Bob Eggleton • C.J. Cherryh • cloaks • Gene Wars series • HarperCollins Books • once you see it • strange creature
May 13
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Sometimes I stop and wonder, “what if man evolved from cats?”. Like that guy from that sci-fi show but much more furry! We could have them just standing around hugging, scratching and talking with a space ship in the background and a robed alien stepping down. And you just know that they are thinking, “What did this guy evolve from, San Francisco?” hahahaha.

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Tagged with: aliens • anthropomorphism • cat people • cloaks • embossing • Jim Burns • Lisanne Norman • shiny • Sholan Alliance series • strange creature
May 06
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An alien planet, with vegetation and all that, and another huge other planet in the background. And throw in a huge space ship taking off with a person throwing her fist in the air, making the reader ponder, “is she covering her eyes or simply shouting complaints?”

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Tagged with: +1 Protection from Spelling • Alexis Glynn Latner • aliens • Brian Dow • cloaks • damsel • once you see it • Pyr Books • space ships
Apr 27
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Magical orb, merlin apparition, surprised expression, terrible haircuts, horrific blue robe, cheesy green and gold crest, nerd throne, chains leading to nowhere, potions, books…. huh? Oh I’m just saying random words… think you could get it all in there?

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Tagged with: Ace Books • blunt weapons • bracers • castle • Chronicles of the Deryni series • cloaks • Katherine Kurtz • knights • magic • Matt Stawicki • merlin • staff • throne
Mar 20

Art direction: Right, I want this cover to scream EVILLLLL! Have a cloaked dark figure drawing a pentagram with a big nerd fantasy dagger. Have you ever been LARP’ING? Just like that!
Thanks to CSA!

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Tagged with: bladed weapons • cloaks • daggers • evil • Glen Cook • Keith Burdak • The Black Company series • Tor Books
Mar 12

Art direction: The question is, what shouldn’t we have on the cover? Have a purple prince stabbing at a furry green wolfman with a couple of guys watching in the background.. one of them has to have four arms.

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Tagged with: anthropomorphism • Baen Books • bladed weapons • cloaks • David Weber • elf • giant • gnoll • John Ringo • Kurt Miller • long haired men • monstrous humanoid • once you see it • palindrome • prince • shuriken of approval • supernumerous limbs • sword • wolf
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