tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6957929086575807165.post8031058539306701242..comments2024-03-27T09:45:51.837-04:00Comments on Book Readers Heaven: Andrew Cyrus Hudson Presents Suspense, Romance...and...Murder!Glenda A Bixler Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829561936090262198noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6957929086575807165.post-38723342120745930552012-12-13T12:36:29.080-05:002012-12-13T12:36:29.080-05:00Sheila...hope you get a chance to read Andrew'...Sheila...hope you get a chance to read Andrew's response re the cover... So many things have to be thought about, aren't there?!<br /><br />Andrew, Thanks so much for sharing your feedback on my blog! Most send me emails, but it is great when you shout it out here...I started talking above covers when I first saw a trailer of a great book by an African American...I ask her why her characters weren't the same as in the book and got a similar reply. I think this is a bad choice for cover artists... The cover is so important to a book and having continuity, throughout the book, is part of what I look at as a reviewer. Soooo, hopefully if we talk enough about it, things will change...<br /><br />Best,<br />Glenda (p.s. sorry for the delay in getting this posted. My old Kindle died so I got verrrrry behind on ebooks!)Glenda A Bixler Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829561936090262198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6957929086575807165.post-75732687261371699742012-12-13T04:04:29.573-05:002012-12-13T04:04:29.573-05:00Thank you so much for the review. What an unexpect...Thank you so much for the review. What an unexpected and pleasant surprise :D<br /><br />Also, I'm more than happy to reply to your wonderful comment on my site about the ethnicity in Drift's book cover (particularly Eileen's, who's half-Indian in the novel but is a pale red-head on the cover). The reason for this, is because the writer's role in the book cover art is in someways similar to the screenwriter's role in a film. I can nudge the artist towards a particular direction, but ultimately it's he or she who gets to call the shots with the book cover. Ken Meyer Jr.'s version of Eileen Benson was much different than the vision I imagined, although his drawing of Travis Benson is almost identical to the one in my head.<br /><br />I came very close to telling Ken Meyer Jr. to make the final version like the concept cover. Ultimately I decided to not include Detective David Branson in it because he's a secondary character and if I were to include him, I might as well request a bunch of other characters to be put into the cover as well.<br /><br />Anyways, I'm glad my book was able to entertain you and thank you very much for being a caring and considerate person from day one.Andrew Hudsonhttp://andrewcyrushudson.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6957929086575807165.post-23707918458820288882012-12-12T21:09:37.013-05:002012-12-12T21:09:37.013-05:00I like seeing that cover evolve too. Sounds a fun ...I like seeing that cover evolve too. Sounds a fun story.Sheila Deethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465615546936319164noreply@blogger.com