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From an early age I loved books. I could see the characters in my mind and knew exactly what they looked like. That’s why I always hated book covers with the hero and heroine. If they didn’t look as I imagined, it ruined the book for me. Back then I didn’t realize that sometimes authors have little control over the cover art, so those people on the cover of their book may not look as they’d imagined them either.
On the cover of my soon-to-be-released September book, If the Ring Fits, the hero, Travis doesn’t look the way I see him in my head. The heroine, Mary Karen, looks close and the kids are spot on.
Movies can be that way for me, too. The Twilight movies are a good example. Edward doesn’t look ANYTHING like I pictured him, while Jacob looks EXACTLY as I pictured him. My joy in the movies was diminished by Edward looking so different than I had imagined him.
That’s why I’m worried about the Stephanie Plum movie coming out. I can’t remember who is playing Stephanie but I remember thinking (when I heard the name I can’t remember) that I wasn’t sure she was the right choice.
Am I weird?
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Jul 30th
2011
6:15 am
Shana Said:
You wouldn’t believe–well, Cindy you probably would–how many people, reviewers even, make comments to me about my covers. I don’t have anything to do with them–bad, good, or fantastic (do love my cover for LORD AND LADY SPY, but had little to do with it).
I’m the opposite on the Twilight series. I pictured Edward like Pattinson and Jacob completely different. Oh, and Katherine Heigl is Stephanie Plum. Hmm.
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Jul 30th
2011
10:26 am
Tori Said:
I agree about covers, and because of that I’ve really been happy with the current trend of not showing too much face, if any, on book covers lately.
As for Stephanie Plum, I read awhile ago, that they had shelved it indefinitely. Have they issued a new release date?
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Jul 30th
2011
10:32 am
Deb Said:
You’re not weird, Cindy. I’m a little weird because I do like to see faces on covers because that’s what I want to “see” when reading about the H/H. I do get a little disgruntled when the author’s descriptions are nothing like the cover, however. Couldn’t the artist follow or read the descriptions?
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Jul 30th
2011
4:28 pm
infinitieh Said:
To me, it doesn’t matter too much whether the cover models look anything like the characters, thanks to years of iffy children’s book covers.
Still, I do have my favorite cover models (Paul Marron, Jed Hill, Ewa da Cruz) so any book with them will catch my eye and one with a hot Paul Marron will get me to buy it no matter what the book is.
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Jul 30th
2011
6:35 pm
Mary M Said:
Clever title
Congratulations on If The Ring Fits! A cover can entice me to look at a book but once I feel transported within a good story, I don’t really think about the cover.
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Aug 5th
2011
7:14 am
MJ Said:
Henry Cavill was who she wanted, but he was too mature looking by the time they got around to making the movies. Now he’s going to be Superman, so…
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