Book covers

Hello there - this came to mind when I was writing about the possibility of furry book jackets.

You will see in my post about reviews for CANDY’S CHILDREN that one reviewer commented that the cover design of Candy's Children is "dreary".

Fine - he is entitled to his opinion and I have recorded it faithfully.

However, have you noticed that several paperback covers this year have the same misty, sepia photograph effect? Have I started a trend? Or are we really moving away en masse from multi-coloured glossy images of bits of women's bodies? DISCUSS

Getting serious at the London book fair

I visited the London book fair for 2 days at the beginning of the week. It is the third time I've been there and so far the most interesting and profitable - mainly, I think, because at last I have realised how to use the event as a networking tool, and also because I took the photograph of Tyfoon which I am using as a cover illustration and found that the distributors, advertisers etc nearly bit my hand off when they saw it (even though it wasn't a furry cover - yet!). I've already had a stream of advance orders since I got home. I have to say that I was exhausted by the trip and have spent all the rest of the week recovering from the aches and pains brought on by trying to ignore the Parkinson's. For every high there is a low, but I'm not sure why that has to be. Anyway, hooray for the book fair! Hooray for Tyfoon - I shall have to get the dedicated Blog under way now. And, of course, begin a new book.