Photo Friday-Cover Playing

Posted bySusan K. MarlowPosted inA Peek Behind the Curtain

My publisher had their acquistions meeting yesterday, but I haven’t heard a thing! I did have good news about Christian Book. The Goldtown Adventures series–for the first time ever–was selected to go in their Christmas Fiction 2025 print catalog. With only two pages for middle grade, I feel blessed. Keep scrolling for the read reason for this post.

So, I’ve been looking at a lot of middle grade books and I’m finding that the covers are not really photographs any longer. Besides, the photos just have the kids looking at you or looking off camera, and I thought I would like more action. So, I’ve come up with a couple of practice covers. Let me know which one you like . . . then below that, a fun cover for book 5 (but I have NO CLUE what book 5 will be about, but hey, it’s fun to make covers.

So, have at it. Let me know which kind of “banner” you like: the square one in the corner or the narrow one across the top with the forest sillouette.

Published by Susan K. Marlow

I'm the author of the Circle C and Goldtown Adventures series. I blog as "Andi Carter," the main character in the Circle C series. She lives on a huge cattle ranch in 1880s California. These are her adventures.

27 thoughts on “Photo Friday-Cover Playing”

      1. I agree. I feel like the left side lets the picture pop and draw interest but the right side is a little more flat and uniform but at the same time, it does unify the different covers with the banner.

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  3. I definitely prefer the narrower one that goes across! The book covers are Awesome and I love her horse on the front of Trouble in Tacoma! I’m super excited for this series!!!

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  9. I like them both, but the one with the silhouette forest kind of threw me off because I thought for a second that the trees were a part of the scene. I go for the one without them. Both are great though!

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  11. Good for you, Susan. I’m proud of you, seeing your books in CBD. I like the action on your covers, and the banner that goes across the top. I especially enjoy your new book five cover. It should draw attention.

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  15. They both look great. My eye IS instantly drawn left though… so I’m going to go with the left side. I think it allows the cover picture to pop more and capture peoples interest

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  16. The banner with the trees threw me off at first on both of them—the first one looked like there were trees floating in the sky and the second one looked like the trees were part of the background. However, I think the banner has more personality and is cooler. Have you experimented with having the banner at the bottom, like where your name is, instead of at the top? Or have you looked at different styles of banners, like maybe just wood instead of trees?

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