I am in that place again. The one where I am checking through the final draft for the final time. I’ve set up for the internal layout to be done as soon as I’m ready. I have the illustration for the start of the book, the author’s notes and blurb, the ISBN and all other matters, including two cover options. But which one to use?
They are both great, and they are both different, but which fits the story best?
I can’t ask for your help without giving away the story, and I can’t do that. I have asked the only other person who has read the book (my husband), and he says both are suitable. It really is down to me.
One cover idea has one man on it, and the second one has two. As the story is about dilemma (and there is more than one), I think that two people on the cover is more appropriate, though there is less action in that version than there is in the solo figure cover. The background for both is similar, though a particular landmark features on one, and that is appropriate to the story; it doesn’t appear on the other, but something else appropriate does.
One cover idea has one man on it, and the second one has two. As the story is about dilemma (and there is more than one), I think that two people on the cover is more appropriate, though there is less action in that version than there is in the solo figure cover. The background for both is similar, though a particular landmark features on one, and that is appropriate to the story; it doesn’t appear on the other, but something else appropriate does.
I really am, appropriately enough, in something of a dilemma!
Whatever I decide, I want to reveal the cover to you soon, so I must make up my mind, and I will, soon.
Meanwhile, I am halfway through my final proof, and hope to have the MS off to be set out in a few more days. Once that’s done, the book should be up there and ready for you to read, bringing the series to an end. (At least for now.) In fact, this novel brings all three series to an end. According to my proofreader (the only other person who has read it), “It’s going to take a lot to top Dilemma!”
Meanwhile, I still have to try and publicise the other books, and sad to say, sales have been dropping off of late. not only for me, but for many others. Reasons?
1) General slowdown following the pandemic in 2020 when more people read.
2) Tightening of the belt by those who wouldn’t normally spend money on books.
3) Market flooded with millions of AI-generated pieces of rubbish that boys and girls produce from behind their desks because they’ve bought into adverts that say: “Become a novelist overnight”, and true to the times we live in, they want the money without wanting to do the work.
I remind myself I write because I enjoy writing and get on with it, because that’s all I can do.
But I can also do this and point you towards other indie authors trying to make a few sales. In this case, the Queer Romance Is Resistance promo.
36 Queer titles. This promo has been created by another guest author who has appeared on my website, Elle Keaton, so I am supporting her in return.
https://books.bookfunnel.com/queerromanceisresistancejuly2026/ykx4llolak