Do you remember the first story you ever read, and the impact it had on you?
Where the Wild things live.
I thought that was the most amazing book in the world. To have the monsters following this little kid around. I wanted to have friends like that, I wanted to climb inside that book inside that imagination and live forever.
Who wouldn't want to live in a world of make-believe?
How do you approach cover design?
Ahhh I love the cover design process. I always think I know what I want but my cover artist pulls something together that always blows me away.
I tell her what my story is about and what my background thoughts are, my approach is to build something that grabs readers. I want readers to look at my covers over and over and have them think of scene in my book that touched them. So my covers need to encompass all off that.
So it's important to have a really great relationship with my cover artist that ensures the best cover work.
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