Behind My 2026 Covers
What do my new book covers for The Lazare Family Saga mean to me, and how did my designer Damonza and I arrive at them? Let’s dive in! One thing I did differently with my saga’s 3.0 covers was to poll readers for reactions on a site called PickFu.com. This service is far from perfect….
Third Time’s the Charm?
Yes, I have changed the covers of the four books in The Lazare Family Saga…again. (Please be patient while I update all the places where the old covers appear and I have the power to change them, including this website.) Yet another cover refresh was a decision I made not lightly but with great anguish….
Anatomy of a Book Cover, Part 2
Are you ready for the real designer wizardry? To quote Desdemona in Othello: “O, these men, these men!” The male characters on the ebook covers of Necessary Sins and Sweet Medicine were particularly challenging to represent with stock images. No single image would do; my cover designer, Damonza, had to combine multiple images and make…
Anatomy of a Book Cover, Part 1
After five months of research and revisions, the ebooks of The Lazare Family Saga have brand-new covers at last! If you’re curious why and how they look the way they do, make yourself comfortable. The creation of these four covers for my fictional family saga is a saga itself, so I’ve split it into two…
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