Entry tags:

covers, fate contest

Win an advanced copy of FATE!
Yesterday's blog post on covers gave me an idea for a fun contest, so here it goes. Are you interested in winning a copy of this:

I'll be giving away at least one advanced copy of Fate- the March 2009 sequel to TATTOO- plus prize-packs filled with awesome reads by other authors, some time next month. Between now and then, all you have to do to enter is put your artistic skills to work and design an alternate book cover to one of my previous books. Then post your design, along with any written explanation you want to give for your inspiration and how it ties to the book you chose, on your blog (or if you don't have a blog, on another message board, website, or online-type venue), and send me the link at golden_or_non at yahoo dot com. I'll select finalists and pass them on to my panel of celebrity judges (who will probably include people like my roommate, my mom, and various author-friends). They'll select a winner (or winners, depending on how many entries we get), and I'll post them to the blog. Full contest rules under cut.



RULES, HOW-TO, and Helpful Tips:

1. You may use any method to create your designs (i.e. photoshop, drawing, make a collage and scan it, etc), but ultimately, it needs to be saved as a digital file so that you can upload it online! If you're unsure how to upload photos to the net, I recommend using www.photobucket.com or a similar site, which will allow you to upload and then post. If you need help posting a picture on a blog or forum that uses html, follow the steps on this page.

2. Your alternate cover design may be for ANY of my previous books (Golden, Platinum, Tattoo, The Squad: Killer Spirit, or The Squad: Perfect Cover). Each cover should have the book's title on it somewhere (and author name, too, if you like), and the more it looks like a real cover, the better!

3. If art isn't your forte, don't worry- you can stick with a basic design and put your creative energy into writing about it. People come with all kinds of talents, and as a less-than-wonderfully artistic person myself, I completely understand that! Just do your best, and have fun.

4. All entries must be posted somewhere online (and not just in the comments on this blog). In addition to being fun for you guys to make and me to see, ideally, the covers might also get the attention of people who haven't read the books yet. If for some reason, this rule is going to be a problem for you, just email me, and I'll find a way for it to work!

5. You can enter as many times as you want.

6. In your written explanations of your covers, be sure to tell people what book it is!

7. As the creator of the cover, you assume all responsibility for its content.

8. In order for your entry to be valid, you must post it and EMAIL ME THE LINK (at golden_or_non at yahoo dot com) by August 15th, 2008.

9. I reserve the right to add rules once I figure out what I'm forgetting.



Let the games begin!