Yup, yup, yup!! I haz a new banner! The wonderful Anne Cain, who did the cover art for Playing Wolf was kind enough to do a version of it for my banner which I think is absolutely fabulous! And I haven’t stopped drooling over yet.

As a writer cover art is one of the things I agonise over. I’ll make no pretense about it. I loathe and detest the average poser cover with the passion of a thousand firey suns. It’s the whole deal, the bright lighting, the stiff poses, the lack of expression on the faces. A friend said they don’t like the lack of life in the eyes and I have to agree, dead eyes are not a good thing.

I prefer photomanipulation, such as the Playing Wolf cover. Did I mention how much I love that cover? Really? That many times? But yes, definitely a photo manip girl. There are so many wonderful covers out there done in this style I often get lost looking through the publishers sites. I start out looking for something to read then end up ogling cover art! I’m also a cover artist so it’s research, honest guv!

Anyway, in an effort to update my skills I booked on the Creative Direction Workshop in Feb. SQUEEEEE!! Although I’ve had to slot it into the weekend between renovations and moving into our new house so I’m going to be sat in the middle of packing boxes with my laptop snarling at everyone to leave me alone. Actually…that box looks big enough to hide in… I wonder if I can get away with that? If you don’t hear from me after valentines weekend, assume I’ve been packed away and lost in the removals van!!