The Serpent's Kiss--the cover
January 24, 2007
Here's the official cover for the second Derek Stillwater novel, THE SERPENT'S KISS--scheduled for July 1, 2007. Pretty cool!
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14 Comments:
Wow! They sure know how to do covers!
Oh, of course a few years hence when the cover is nothing but "Mark Terry" with a miniscule title that'll be fine to...:)
Yeah, the cover guy, Kevin Brown, nails them, I think.
I was thrilled with the cover for The Devil's Pitchfork--and laughed out loud when I showed it to Kris Montee (half of PJ Parrish) and she said, "Your name's not big enough."
Ah, authors...
Wow, great cover! This will show my ignorance of the mysterious ways books get made, but does the cover artist actually read the book or just a synopsis?
Can't wait to see what Stillwater gets pulled into this time, the poor guy. I really enjoyed The Devil's Pitchfork...and learned a bunch from your thriller skills. Thanks again!
I don't know if Kevin reads my books or not. I this isn't across the board for publishers, either. Kevin, for instance, I believe is on-staff at Llewellyn. Many publishers hire freelance artists.
I've been asked each time if I had any ideas for the cover. I did for The Devil's Pitchfork and they used some of it. I had ideas for Serpent, but they didn't use any of it, I don't think, but I'm really pleased with the cover. They just asked me yesterday for any ideas I might have for the third Derek Stillwater cover and I gave them some ideas.
I gather that Kevin then does a couple different mock-ups and there's a staff meeting where they not only discuss the cover concepts, but the title itself. To-date my titles have been the titles the've gone with. I was told that it was unanimous for the cover for Serpent, which was actually unusual.
I'm sure it varies greatly from publisher to publisher.
Beautiful cover. I like it almost as much as The Devil's Pitchfork.
Great cover! Love the colors and graphics
Do you frame them?
Aimless,
I should. They sent me a cover flat for The Devil's Pitchfork and I stuck it in acetate and stuck it somewhere. I really should get it matted and frame them. They're pretty cool.
Yeah, Rob, I like the one for Pitchfork better, but this one is almost as good and sure catches the eye.
I must find your decorator! I loved the cover of Pitchfork, but this one might even be better.
Excellent! I particularly like how your designer went with green hues to mirror the "Serpent" theme.
Ron,
You just like the Detroit skyline.
Greg,
I heard they went for that because it looked "gaseous"--it involves sarin gas attacks--but I like your interpretation better. :)
They sent me a high resolution jpg of Kiss Her Goodbye and I uploaded it to a place called EphotoZ.com for a blow up into a poster sized version, printed on matted photo paper. It is gorgeous and suitable for framing.
I highly recommend doing the same.
I LIKE IT!!
Rob! Thanks, man! I'm going to check that out.
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