Have you guys seen my awesome cover done by the goddess who is Anne Cain? She's amazing. I think she did a great job of capturing the essence that is Caspian. Um... is it wrong that I noticed he is totally packing? I mean, my god. And his shoes, he's very well-dressed and suave, but he looks tough and dangerous too. YUM. *squee* (Scroll below big cover)
Okay, now back down to the topic at hand. Which was... I forgot. Oh, that's it. When you finish a book after a writing binge, do you ever forget simple things, like your name? Or easy words you've known since you were four, like "cat"? Hey, go feed that...um... fuzzy thing. The one that makes me sneeze. Yeah, that one.
I've only got a finite number of words I am allowed to use in a day and I think my cutoff is somewhere around nine thousand. Anything after that and I'm a space cadet. It's much worse when I finish a novel. My brain dribbles out of my ear like steel cut Irish oats. Hey, that was a good description, maybe I'm not all used up and tired after all!
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Yeah, I feel your pain, I'm in the burnout zone myself. Your cover is smokin hot! Way to rock it!
I love it! Sometimes I'll just open the file and sit and look at it. I'm such a dork.
I printed my first one out and stuck it on my noticeboard. So I could stare at it. A few hundred times a day. LOL.
So you are not a dork -- it's a really drool-worthy cover!!! And I love the brooding expression on his face. Oh my. Where's my fan?
BTW, Sarannah, I'm so glad I'm not the only one who writes up a storm and then forgets simple words. Like door. "Shut that... that... wooden thing, willya!" OMG. Tragic. And the expressions on my kids' faces? It's "Poor Mom. She's headed for the nuthouse." Yikes.
The cover is awesome! Doesn't it make the whole thing feel more real? Funny how that works, when all the real work is on the inside.
Way to go, girl!
Maree- *phew* I really thought it was just me. LOL. I'm so happy it's not. My kids and spouse creature just nod, smile and back away slowly.
I was talking to my own dear pillaging viking (spouse creature) and he said when I think he doesn't understand me, it's not pretty. So, he smiles, I smile and it doesn't matter what's coming out of my mouth. LOL. He says eventually he figures it out, but keeping me happy while in a writing fugue is the most important thing. LOL.
Kaylea- Thanks! I know, it's wild. I mean, it should be real to me because I wrote the thing. But this has been a dream for so long and now it's here. :)
Saranna, your spouse creature is a smart man, and most definitely a keeper! He's got his priorities sorted ;-)
Maree- I think so. It took me a long time to train him. LOL. Took him a long time to train me too. *g*
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