There’s been lots of serious talk about book covers recently, so let’s have a little fun today, shall we? I’m totally stealing my idea for this post from the Alien Onions, who blogged:
CREATE YOUR DEBUT YA COVER1 – Go to Fake Name Generator. The name that appears is your author name.
2 – Go to Random Word Generator. The word listed under “Random Verb” is your title.
3 – Go to FlickrCC. Type your title into the search box. The first photo that contains a person is your cover.
4 – Use Photoshop, Picnik, or similar (I use Snagit Editor) to put it all together. Be sure to crop and/or zoom in, as desired.
5 – Post it to your site along with this text.
Mine’s above. What’s yours? Link to it in the comments. And just to make it interesting, Intern Jenny will pick her favorite cover to win a copy of Alyson Noel’s #1 New York Times bestseller Blue Moon.
Let your inner artist shine forth!
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Tags: Alyson Noel, Blue Moon, book covers, contests, Intern Jenny
July 30th, 2009 at 11:18 am
I did this a couple of days ago, and actually like how it turned out, which never happens for me in these things:
http://claena1.livejournal.com/151194.html
July 30th, 2009 at 11:59 am
This was just fun! Here’s mine…
http://smblooding.webs.com/apps/blog/show/1478574-my-debut-ya-cover-danceleap-
July 30th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
This is really simple, but I had fun doing it.
This is the actual page:
http://onesparklingstar.blogspot.com/2009/07/contestnot-mine.html
July 30th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Well, I spent time on this I should have been spending on my novel, but it was fun. Here’s my link. If the first one doesn’t work, try the second.
http://wiserwoman.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/163/
http://wiserwoman.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/Glimpse/
July 30th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
[...] 30, 2009 by H. L. Dyer Kate Schafer Testerman posted this little activity over on KT Literary. You can read the full rules on her site, but in a nutshell: the task was to design a book cover [...]
July 30th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
I don’t write YA, but I did have fun doing this little under cover project.
And playing along was the least I could do after yesterday’s Querytracker Blog post. =)
“Fold” a fake book cover for KT Literary Blog
July 30th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
As it happens, H.L. I worked on a production of “Hair” in college! Love your blog post!
July 30th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
I love it! Here’s my result:
http://owlishness.blogspot.com/2009/07/mutter-by-trivuna-bruner.html
July 30th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
That was a lot of fun.
Mine is here: http://sallyhanan.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/book-cover-hilarity/
July 30th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Very fun!
http://talshannon.livejournal.com/59707.html
July 30th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
[...] subscribe to a number of publishing and agent blogs. Today, one of them, had this brilliant (and entertaining) [...]
July 30th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
This was fun, thanks for sharing! Does Batman count as a person? If so, my fake YA cover is here: http://marcykate.com/?p=749
July 30th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Really? That’s beyond awesome!
BTW, sorry you’re in black-and-white, but I only used official blog/profile pics (it seemed a smidge less stalkerish that way. *snort* )
July 30th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
[...] Books Random Book Cover Contest Thursday, July 30th, 2009 | Author: alijwalker KT literary has this fun fake book cover contest going on to win Alyson Noel’s #1 New York Times bestseller [...]
July 30th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
That was fun and so easy. Everything just fell into place. Thanks for such a creative contest!
Fake YA book cover *Fidget* can be seen here:
http://www.aliciajwalker.com/2009/07/30/random-book-cover-contest/?preview=true&preview_id=65&preview_nonce=22c5452baa
Why is my URL so long? Sheesh!
July 31st, 2009 at 6:29 am
Wow! What interesting covers. Mine is here: http://westofbabylon.blogspot.com/2009/07/fake-book-cover.html.
My muse is having all sorts of fun with the image I was lucky enough to get. She loves the verb, too. Hm.
July 31st, 2009 at 7:39 am
This was too fun. My result was…um…I don’t know how well it would sell. Actually, if it was a YA, that would be rather frightening.
Here it is:
http://yahighway.blogspot.com/2009/07/debut-novel-game.html
July 31st, 2009 at 9:19 am
Mine is seriously disturbing.
Bestow
July 31st, 2009 at 9:28 am
Oh, I should mention that there was “nothing found” for my verb on FlickCC, so I went to Google images instead.
July 31st, 2009 at 12:59 pm
I would totally read some of these!
Here’s mine: http://www.new.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30469881&l=33a2161252&id=1509735743
July 31st, 2009 at 10:25 pm
This was fun, and since I’m studying graphic design and thinking about book covers as something I’d like to do when I’ve finished my degree it was good to get some practice.
http://slowtrain.livejournal.com/37939.html
August 1st, 2009 at 10:37 am
Fun!
Here’s my rockin’ cover:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/B74KqKVTpXnnpvjOJYas4g?authkey=Gv1sRgCJGYj8DWn9OiUg&feat=directlink
August 1st, 2009 at 6:18 pm
I had fun doing this. I saw the word, found the picture, and nearly groaned I was so unenthused. And then… magic! Photoshop is my hero.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=289886&id=741120192&saved#/photo.php?pid=8093003&id=741120192
August 2nd, 2009 at 11:02 pm
Okay, I usually lurk over here but I had to join in the fun. Here’s the link:
http://solvangsherrie.blogspot.com/2009/08/cover-game.html
August 4th, 2009 at 9:44 am
This is too funny!
I think it looks like I may be writing a post-apocalypse type of story!
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=7962705&l=16681bbfa3&id=642695320
August 4th, 2009 at 9:54 am
Thanks for all these great covers! Keep ‘em coming! Intern Jenny will pick her favorite to win a copy of BLUE MOON on Thursday, so you have until Wednesday night to leave a comment here with your entry.
August 4th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
You guys are making this so hard for me…they’re all great!!
August 6th, 2009 at 9:31 am
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