Cover Reveal for Valkyrie Slumbering

This week I'm excited to announce my latest cover design for erotica author L. VanHorn, her novella cover for Valkyrie Slumbering. Lilly's erotic fantasy novel will be releasing in March of 2013:

What Every Indie Author Needs

If you are an indie author, or have one on your gift list this holiday season, the perfect gift is design. Whether it's formatting, book marks, business cards, or even a cover, there is always something that an indie author needs to have, or would like to have, designed. Such a thing is hard to put under the tree but I'm making it my mission to make it easier.

This year you can purchase CP Design gift certificates in any amount that you would like and I will email this certificate to the recipient on Christmas eve, with a special message from you. Whether you want to buy them a book mark design, formatting, error detection editng, or a cover, this certificate can be used toward any of my designs. To order, click on the Contact Me button to the right over there on the sidebar, let me know how much you'd like the gift certificate to be, and I'll send you an invoice via secure Paypal which takes any and all forms of credit.

Cover Design Giveaway

To celebrate becoming a full time author and cover designer, I’m giving away a simple cover design (up to three images can be used with this type of design). Yep, you read that right, a cover design! At a $100 value!!! If you’ve been wanting/needing a cover for a book you have planned to release, now is your chance to enter to win a personalized design that is both unique and perfectly tailored to your novel.

So how do you enter? Help spread the word about CP Design by filling out the easy to use Rafflecopter form below (with readymade tweets, Facebook likes, also blogging about the contest, putting up a sidebar button on your blog, that kind of thing) and gather points for the contest.

Want to win it for a gift for someone? I will be happy to send along a nice 'certificate' to them that you can put under the tree.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

More contest details: The winner can upgrade to a premium eBook cover (up to five images can be used for this type of cover) for only $50 (normally $150) or they can upgrade to a paperback cover by paying the difference of $100 (normally it costs $200). And I’m always happy to do paperback upgrades later for the difference only.

Latest Design Reveal: Fire With Fire

My latest design reveal is for a novella in my own channeler series (available in December of 2012):

I love Pinterest, am becoming quite addicted in fact, but I am now watermarking my designs because of it. Feel free to pin any of my watermarked designs (without altering them). The channeler series can be found on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, The Book Depository, and more.

New Feature~Covers For Sale

You may have noticed a new tab in the list above; For Sale. While speaking to a friend regarding his cover he told me that he had absolutely no idea what to do for a cover but that if he saw what he wanted he would know immediately. I asked him to tell me a bit about his book, which he did, then I ran ideas by him. Still, no luck. On a whim, I designed something for fun in my spare time that I felt might work for him. He loved it!

In helping him I learned that some authors just need to see a picture that truly speaks to them before they know exactly what they want. And in speaking to other cover designers, I found out that many of them design what they call ready-made covers that authors can purchase as is or with small changes. Instantly I fell in love with this idea, because I'm all about inspiring authors.

Under my For Sale tab you'll find covers that I have designed which are original and unique (NOT simply an unaltered stock photo) and are available at a discounted price. They are often two images which have been combined, altered, had the colors changed, special affects added, etc. Included in the price shown are small alterations to help personalize them even further (such as color alterations, special affects, etc.) to suite you and your novel.

For more information and to see what cover designs are available for sale, click on the For Sale tab above.

Cover Reveal For Eddie Braverman

I was pleased to work with an author who has garnered comments from the likes of Playboy. Eddie Braverman, esteemed (and sometimes controversial) writer for Wall Street Oasis, is certainly not my usual client but he was a pleasure to work with. Here is the cover of his first book (coming soon):

Cover for Dies Irae by Christine Fonseca

I've been dying to reveal this cover to you all because not only is it breathtaking, it's the cover of Compass Press's second release, Dies Irae by esteemed non-fiction author Christine Fonseca. Dies Irae is a young adult novella that is coming out in eBook format this February. It is part of Christine's Requiem series. Book one of the series will be releasing next March.

Cover Reveal~The Bridge by Kay Bratt

It was CP Design's pleasure to work with renowned author Kay Bratt on the cover of her latest story. Kay's memoir, Silent Tears, about her time in China, sold so well that Amazon picked her up for their Encore program and then she went on to be picked up by Mariner books. Here is the cover by CP Design for her story The Bridge:

Full Wrap Indiana Fire Cover Reveal

The author of Indiana Fire, Neisa Hutson, has graciously agreed to allow me to post the full wrap of her cover. We couldn't be more pleased with how it turned out and I can hardly wait to see it in print and hold it in my hands! It has a subtle affect on the words and in the background that looks like fire but doesn't quite show up on my low res site screen. This is one that will have to be held to be fully appreciated.

Cover For Neisa Hutson

I'm very pleased to announce the creation and final approval of CP Design's first cover. It is for a young adult dystopian novel by Neisa Hutson titled, Indiana Fire. It is scheduled to be released this December in both eBook and paperback formats. You can find out more about Neisa and Indiana fire here.