Paperback cover design for a fantasy trilogy - Katherine Roberts
This summer, I've been preparing my Echorium trilogy for the print on demand editions, following the reversion (for the third time) of print rights for the award-winning first title in the series SONG QUEST, which has been pretty much in print since its first publication in 1999. Here are the previous three editions: Element Books 1999 Chicken House 2001 Catnip 2012 Note the recurring ship-and-mermaid theme? Well, both the ship and mermaids are definitely part of the story - although I also have male 'merlee' in my books (I've always struggled with the idea of mermaids perpetuating the species without any males around... how does that work?) Three different publishers can't be wrong, so my covers would obviously need: Mermaid(s). Sea... and why not go underwater for a change? I also wanted my covers to suggest the series' epic fantasy element, and apparently that comes down to having one of three things: - sword - shield - dragon. Drag...