Post-pandemic saw a new era, and 2022 saw me releasing three books in the Calamity Chicks series with my own cover designs (more about those later).
Then I heard Keith A Pearson, a phenomenal Time Travel author on Ken Bruce’s Popmaster, and it was a defining moment. After reading a stack of stories by Keith and Adam Eccles, I was inspired, and abandoned my retro chick-lit series.
I had the idea of a bunch of 30-something nerds – like a British version of Big Bang Theory. But I couldn’t just do a straight Time-Travel adventure – my fascination with Dungeons and Dragons, meant I did a genre mash-up – given the growing interest in series like Big Bang, Stranger things and even iZombie, I hoped I’d be onto a winner.
As ever, I’d left it far too late to ask anyone, so I had a go myself, based on the general lad-lit covers format of plain background (left).
Pitiful, eh?
Then someone mentioned Getcovers, and they did a phenomenal job in just under a week (right).
Talk about a transformation!
I managed to squeeze books 1 and 2 in before the end of 2022 – which was a tough target, as I didn’t start Just in Time until November, but thanks to NaNoWriMo, I wrote it in a month. Two years later, I pubbed the sixth book, and here are the glorious covers. Didn’t they do well?
I cannot recommend this Ukrainian outfit enough.
Every dealing I’ve had with them has been an enjoyable experience thanks to the friendly, helpful project managers, and the designers have taken on board every note and quickly tweaked the cover to my satisfaction.
I was so impressed, I got them to redo the Calamity Chicks covers. The differences between my covers and theirs are subtle, but they have a huge impact.
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