Quick post today to tell you all to check out an amazing giveaway hosted on Suzanne Woods Fisher’s blog, celebrating historical fiction. She has 10 authors on for 10 days! I’ll be up on Friday. In the meantime, be sure to check out these other awesome authors!
Also, Relz Reviews has a giveaway of A Name Unknown going on right now, along with a fun character spotlight of both Rosemary and Peter (by popular demand, LOL).
Are you a member of the Band of Booksters yet?
If so, you get to vote today on new cover choices. If not . . . sign up here, request to be added to our Facebook group so you can chat with this amazing team of book lovers. THEN cast your vote. 😉
Today’s survey is deciding between two new styles for WhiteFire’s first series. When Shadowed in Silk first released, thumbnail images weren’t quite the King of Sales they are now (or at least, we didn’t realize they were). Now that we know how important it is for title and author to be legible in that small size, we’re giving the books in the series a facelift.
Remember these award-winning books?
We’ve come up with two new options for them. The first keeps the same models, but fades their face only into an Indian background.
The second version doesn’t use photographs at all, but rather goes with a graphic style that focuses on the title and the color–choosing colors to correlate with the originals.
I won’t be posting much more from the Band of Booksters on my blog, but as it’s still so new, I want to give you a peek at what sort of thing you can expect, if you haven’t signed up already. 😉 And if you have but didn’t receive our newsletters last week, then check your spam folders and add us to your approved list! We’d love to have you join us on Facebook, where the discussions are already great.
Already a member, or have just requested to join? Then cast your vote for the covers!
- Children’s Picture Books (text or with illustrations)
- Illustrators
- Middle grade fiction (both lower and upper)
- Young Adult novels (all genres)
- A 1-sentence hook
- A 1-3 paragraph blurb
- Status of manuscript (completed? completed by?)
- Series info, if applicable
- Full bio, including sales history if any
- Marketing/promotional overview (to whom the book is targeted and
how you’ll appeal to them)- Comparable titles
- A 2-3 page synopsis (for full length books. Shorter for shorter stories is fine!)
- Sample. For a full length novel, this should be the first three
chapters. For a shorter book, 1-2 chapters. For a picture book, send the
complete text.
- a sample of your work (however many you feel gives a good sampling of your range)
- your rates, flexibility, and whether or not you’d consider working for royalties or only on a paid-upfront basis.
- contact info
We’re creating a file of illustrators right now that we can reference as needed.
WhiteFire Publishing is launching a reviewer program! We’ll be welcoming new reviewers to the fold with a chance to receive some of our backlist, and then announcements of new books will go out to those who have signed up, to give them the chance to review new titles. There will be limited paperback copies available, and also digital files.
If you’re interested in joining the Bookster Reviewers, sign up now! (Please note: this is different from the Band of Booksters that I posted about yesterday. The Band of Booksters is just a chance for readers to offer their take on things like title selection, cover selection, etc.–no reviews are expected.)
I’m super excited to announce a new program that WhiteFire Publishing is launching. My hubby and I have been chatting about this for a while, and I think it’ll be a great way to let readers have a say in the publication process. So if you’re a Super Reader — if you need books like you need air — if you’re a true Bookster, then we want to hear from you!
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| Photo from Divine Delights |
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Roseanna M. White is a bestselling, Christy Award winning author who has long claimed that words are the air she breathes. When not writing fiction, she’s homeschooling her two kids, editing, designing book covers, and pretending her house will clean itself. Roseanna is the author of a slew of historical novels that span several continents and thousands of years. Spies and war and mayhem always seem to find their way into her books…to offset her real life, which is blessedly ordinary.