ART!

One thing that became evident immediately upon publishing my first book was that the cover art mattered. It used to be that the old adage was appropriate, but in the era of digital window shopping and split second one click purchase decisions, having a good cover is critical to getting a person's attention long enough to look inside the cover and see what kind of good book there is. At first I had a placeholder bit of art and it was generally disliked, even in the review comments. I felt that those reviews were accurate and I quickly searched out for someone to help improve Spellscribed's image.

To that end I have Michael Polen to thank for doing the cover for Spellscribed: Provenance and Ascension. His work was steps above the placeholder cover art I had before and without his efforts I feel that the book might not have reached as many people as it did. Thank you.

However for the next two books I'm producing, I'm going with a new artist. Soon I'll be showing you the upcoming cover for the next book by Samantha Powell Graphic Arts and Design. Sam is a close friend of someone I know dearly and she was glad to take up the new project. Her art style is a bit different, but from what I've seen of her continuation of the cover theme I'm planning it will be amazing. You can see her work off her web page, http://www.sampowelldesigns.com/

Overall, just letting you know that I am still working to put out the next books, and I hope you are still on board to seeing what happens with (and to) Endrance next!

~Kristopher Cruz