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| This one from The Promise, the first story in the book... |
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| This one, and the next, from Daughters, the second story. |
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| This one revised a bit into the last image... |
I've never even brushed over the thought of building an ad. Just not something that ever broke the horizon. I kind of talked myself into publishing Jurati Amos in the first place, rationalized it under a what a what the hell why not mode of thought. I really thought advertising was something the publisher did to make their nickel. Apparently not when you're just starting out. So, the question becomes what kind of things will light a curiosity in a perfect stranger? I really don't have a clue, I am stone cold at square one. But... on a second look... I think I'm gonna get back in the Photopaint on the second image with Bev, the dark one... and narrow her eyes a bit. Just enough to show her very, very justified anger. The idea is curiosity, if they noticed the first image I want the second just enough different to ping against the check sum functions of memory... is that the same picture? Cost? Thirty minutes. Value? Who knows. I damn sure don't. Later gang.
Thirty minutes post-post: better? Or not different enough to notice?
They look good. But I agree that the lady in the second ad should look darker, a little more Goth. -- You have the advantage of being a visual artist as well as a writer. You can design ads to draw the right readers.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jochanaan. I really wish I knew what the right audience is for these stories. They seem to cross to many genres to really have a home.
DeleteWell, I plan to buy them. :) And there's lots of talk now about how porn is causing problems among young people. You may have heard of Cindy "Make Love Not Porn" Gallop, who is also fighting for more open and intelligent talk about sex. And you may also attract readers of romances, horror and FSF who are tired of formula writing. Some of your stories do have elements of high fantasy...
DeleteJust a dream looking for a dreamer Jochanaan. And thanks for the name, I'll check her out.
DeleteThere are plenty of dreamers. Are we enough, are our dreams strong enough, to hold back the coming Fall, or survive it?
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