What can I say? It's perfect. It's beautiful and it evokes a key scene in the book -- a scene which, by the way, the designer hadn't read yet. (Jessica Handelman, design goddess and all-round purveyor of aesthetic wonders, if you are reading this, I love you!)
And all right, I get the part that revealing the splendor that is the cover of my new book after multiple posts in which I carry on at length about how I didn't outline and this was not an entirely wise choice, followed by days of Really Bad Writing Advice, might not be self-promotionally wise.
But look at this cover! I would kill for this cover, but I don't have to, because it's my damned cover.
And all right, I love the characters in this book. I love Emma, the protagonist, a good girl trying hard to embrace badness, her best friend Siobhan, and Emma's dad's choice for her best friend, the darling Megan Donnelly. And also, not one or two but three guys who are not, ta da, sociopathic louts. I love Dylan and Arif and Joe. I loved writing the Hollywood Hills and I love the kiss at a sidewalk table at The Griddle near the corner of Fairfax and Sunset.
And these characters deserved gorgeousness. Stumbling barefoot, shoes in hand, toward Hollywood Boulevard late at night, Emma deserved a cover that says, "Here I am."
Ta da. Emma Lazar, here you go.
It's stunning. Congrats!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Christine! My husband is about to take me out for a celebratory brunch.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! It's so wonderful when the artist's and author's visions of the book play nicely together!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Ann, this is definitely worth a celebratory brunch! I just love the way the city lights light everything up from behind. Perfectly gorgeous =D
ReplyDeleteThanks to the two Ruths! I couldn't be more pleased.
ReplyDeleteI love love LOVE the cover for Afterparty! ^_^ It's sooooo pretty and I can't stop staring at it. I can't wait to read a more official plot summary for the book and hear more about your latest contemporary novel. Also, you're totally two for two for gorgeous book covers! First WHERE IT BEGAN and now AFTERPARTY? Very sweet.
ReplyDeleteWOW. This is a good, evocative cover, and I haven't read that scene or any part of the story. Be happy, it fits!
ReplyDeleteGreat of you to mention your cover's designer and thank them. A class act.
Thank you, Liz and Mirka! (And Liz, thanks also for your blog post about this cover's interesting history and the Lauren Barnholt connection: http://midnightbloomreads.blogspot.com/2012/07/spotted-cover-of-afterparty-by-ann.html) I can't wait until you can see the actual cover!
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Love it! The amazing Jessica Handelman strikes again! (Seriously, you've got two gorgeous covers in a row!)
ReplyDeleteSeriously, two for two. And thanks! I love it too.
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Hi Ann,
ReplyDeleteThis has got to be one of the prettiest covers I've ever laid my eyes upon ❤❤ I cannot wait to read the story hidden beneath this pretty wrapping.
Mari - Escape In A Book.
Thanks, Mari. I hope you'll like the book! It's very much in the same genre as Where It Began, although more a companion than a sequel.
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The cover really is beautiful. I would grab Aterparty off of the shelf and bring it home with me without even reading the synopsis. Just so I could look at the cover. I love it.
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