If you don’t know anything about the story, taking from a number of observations made by readers, the first cover makes it look like a Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew mystery with elements of Harry Potter and “an inexplicable appearance by Zooey Deschanel.” I’ve even heard talk about Pokemon. The art is amazing, and it makes sense in terms of the story.īut here’s part of the problem – it only makes sense after you’ve read it (or if you’re the knucklehead who wrote it). A Tale of Two Coversĭon’t get me wrong, I love the first cover, and so do a lot of other people. So, Paternus is getting a whole new look. Couple that with the fact the description I’ve been using speaks mostly about a seventeen-year-old girl living with her uncle, and a decidedly YA-feeling first chapter, and I think the audience has been getting confused. There’s nothing wrong with YA, teen, or even grade-school fantasy. Paternus was Fantasy-Faction’s pick for the final round and ended up taking third place out of three hundred entries. Even with that success, I’ve decided to give the book a new cover.įor a while now folks have been saying that Paternus looks like a YA novel, or even aimed at a younger audience. Hello everyone! Some of you may be familiar with my novel, Paternus, from last year’s SPFBO competition hosted by Mark Lawrence (Archsaint of self-published authors).
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