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My author friend, Donna, is an Andi fan, a great writer herself, and also helps judge our various contests. The rights to one of her kids’ series was returned and she wants to publish the books up on Amazon. I am helping her edit and designing the covers. Donna writes primarily for the Catholic homeschool market, but her mystery books are really good, even if you are not Catholic. She wrote Andi’s Christmas Mystery one year when I needed a Christmas story.
Anyway, friends, you know what we need, don’t you? We need you to vote on which cover “pops” for you. I created cover #1, which Donna loves, but then when I created cover #2, I liked the colors, so now she doesn’t know which one to choose! So, she was excited to let you guys give her a hand. Which cover do you like best? Cover #1 (Dark) or Cover #2 (Gold) Leave your vote and why you prefer it in the comments below, and let’s help out an author who faithfully helps me judge my contests every time I ask her.
Maggie and Em are eleven-year-old identical twin girls living during the depression. They solve mysteries. Book 1 is about a treasure hidden away and they are determined to find it, so Papa doesn’t have to keep traveling and looking for work. The girls want to settle down and live in one place.
Ohhhh… Both are great but I think I like Cover #1 Better so yeah!!
#1 Dark looks much more mysterious. An idea is to put the girls on the front cover in different hairdos/clothes. So then they look more like twins and not the same person, but this is of course if it doesn’t say in the book that they always match. Just thinking at loud here. Good luck on your book!
Thanks. I will tell her. The girls are impossible to tell apart and always wear braids, but I could try to give one a different shirt.
#1 looks the best I think.
It looks more like a mystery book cover🤷🏻♀️
I definitely like #1! Mostly bc the outline of the person makes it feel more mysterious…it also adds a bit of suspense
I like #1! It looks more like a mystery!
I really like the sun peaking out behind the statue in the first one, but I also really like the gold in the second. Just an idea (and if it does not look good, don’t do it), maybe you could combine the two. Both look great as they are though.
I was thinking the same thing. I liked the gold from the second, but the front pic from the first.
So do her mystery books have catholic references/statements/beliefs worked in?
I think cover #1 is definitely my favorite. Love the color pop of the blue behind the black.
Yes. Mostly just references to Mary, at least in this first book, since the girls are looking for the statue of Mary and a treasure related to it.
I like #1 the best
Bc of the mystery feeling!
I like the #1 best. The silhouette makes it look more like a mystery.
The dark fugure in #1 looks good on a mystery book…so i vote for #1!
Definitely cover #1! It speaks mystery to me. The second one kinda looks like a boring old history book. Lol.
That is interesting! Thanks
#1 for me is the winner! I love how it looks so mysterious!
I like number 1 the best
I love the first one❤️
#1!! It gives a mysterious feeling with the dark coloring 😊
I like 1. It looks so mysterious and the color is great!!
I love the sun peeking out from the statue but the cover seems rather empty with just sky. I’m not sure if there’s anything you could add without ruining the silhouette but I think it would look nicer with a little more detail. It sill looks great though.
I definitely like #1 the best! It looks mysterious and dramatic, and like something that would be on the cover of a mystery book : )
I like #2.
I like 1
#1 all the way!
#1!
Hey Mrs. M,
Did you write the Goldtown series first or the Circle C?
Circle C Adventures first. The C beginnings. Then Goldtown Adventures
Oh Cool! thanks!!
Mrs. M., you said Dangerous Decision was your first book. So why is Long Ride Home first in the CCA?
Cuz when I wrote long ride home, it needed to be first. I wrote nearly all of the CC adventures before I tried to publish them, so I could put them in any order I wanted.
Oh, thx
number one
For #1 you could add some birds in the back.
#1 is my favourite .
#1!
I like #1 best!
I (hate to break the pattern here, but… haha 😄) like the second one the best!! 🙂
Same, lol.
Definitely #1. The blue shadowy feel is great.
I like #1.
The first one is really cool and I like the idea of adding birds in the background
I like both! I like #1 for the dark color, but the statue in #2 is best. Could you blend the two?
That’s a great idea Emily that might just be what it needs
I like #1 best! It looks so mysterious and intriguing! LOL!!!
I don’t really like either but if I had to choose one it would be The first one
Oops didn’t put my name
I like them both a lot but I think #1 because of the title. It’s the secret of Madona so the dark is giving the impression of hiding whatever the secret might be and making me want to discover it for myself vs the light to some degree making me go “oh there it is right there don’t even need to read it” (that’s a little dramatic but pretty much my first impression lol).
Just some input from an avid reader/writer who’s def into mysteries!
is this book goanna be published soon???
It is up on Amazon right now. And so is book 2. 👍