Cover Reveal - The Wishing Well, Another Weaver Tale by ME
Once upon a time there was an emerging author who simply
wished to sign a book contract with a publisher. EA thought her talents were
natural and developed and couldn’t understand the rejections she received from
editors and agents galore. EA finally joined an online critique group. She
smugly submitted a story for critique and sat back waiting for the praise. Her
ego was purplish and tender after reading through the honest (and frankly well
thought out – yeah, whatever!) evaluations of her work. Stupid critique group.
What do they know?
However, there was enough praise peppered through out that
after a bag of Reeses and a bottle of Shiraz she cautiously submitted another
story to the critique group. And then another. Then she critiqued the work
submitted by her fellow critters and learned even more about her own work and
saw shining examples of strong writing. EA was inspired to write. To write a
lot. And to write better. EA developed a huge crush on her critique group (as a
whole, nothing creepy about that.) EA also realized she wasn’t writing for the
correct audience.
Years and years and maybe even more years later, EA got a
book contract. Life was good. The end.
Oh, but wait. EA wasn’t satisfied with only one published
book. Look at all those other authors who have more than one book to promote.
Look at how much fun it is to stack copies of different books on your table at
signing events. When people asked, “Do you have any books published?” see how
EA almost apologized for only having one title to refer to.
SEE how close EA is to having the second?
THE WISHING WELL, Another Weaver Tale
Molly Minstrel is treated
worse than Cinderella by her mom and sisters. When Molly meets the magical
creature, Unwanted, she wishes her problems away. However, you must first
understand what you need before knowing what to ask for. Molly will have to
look within for the solution to her troubles.
EA is very happy.
You can help EA by tweeting or facebooking the link to this
book cover reveal. Just use those nifty buttons right there at the bottom of this post.
On a more serious note. Thank you to illustrator, K.C. Snider, for the lovely artwork for this cover. Your talent amazes and inspires me.
Congratulations, Kai! Can't wait to see what Unwanted is up to this time. What a sweetie he is! And another lovely book cover. Best of luck! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dianne! Poor misunderstood creature. Or maybe that's 'misunderstanding' ;-)
DeleteGreat! Can't wait to read it . Huge congrats.
ReplyDeleteNicole Weaver
Trilingual Children's Author
http://mysisterismybestfriend.blogspot.com
Thank you, Nicole.
DeleteSpectacular! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteThanks Donna! And thanks for the tweet!
DeleteAs ever, K.C's illustrations shine. Congrats on the new Weaver book Kai. Looking forward to reading it.
ReplyDeletePS:
Don't want to appear dumb. . . but who is EA? Or - what is it?
*Books for Kids – Manuscript Critiques
http://www.margotfnke.com
Thanks Margot. I feel so lucky to have KC illustrate my covers.
DeleteHa! EA is the emerging author in my little story. Loosely based on...um...me!
Congrats Kai! Love that cover too!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jack.
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DeleteIt looks great!
ReplyDeleteThanks Janet.
DeleteYour cover is great. K.C. does great work.
ReplyDeleteAday
She sure does. Plus she does A LOT of work!
DeleteWishing you great success. The cover is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Susan!
DeleteLOL! From one of the "stupid critique group." :) I rest my case. See, you now have a lovely book published, more on the way. Your talent was there all the time. And you found it. BTW, you're a great critiquer yourself.
ReplyDeleteThe cover is gorgeous, just perfect for the story.
Congratulations, Kai and K C on another beautiful book.
Luckily I exposed my first group to the worst of it. (I think 2 groups ago!) Thank you for your lovely compliment. You make critiquing easy.
DeleteKC certainly captured it.
Kai, I love the fun way you have of telling about your voyage of becoming a writer.
ReplyDeleteK.C.'s cover is beautiful and beguiling.
Thanks Barbara. I hope most readers know I've exaggerated a tad. For the sake of the story, of course. ;-)
DeleteI love that you find the cover beguiling! Thanks!!