I received the cover art for my Loose Id debut. And I am completely blown away by it:
It’s just perfect and fabulous. The artist is April Martinez. Some how, she managed to read my mind and find models that match my image of the characters almost exactly.
The redhead is Rhys, and yes, he would totally have that expression. The dark-haired gent in the back is Silas.
And there’s my name and title. Someone pinch me, ’cause I must be dreaming.
Hey, I blogged over at Five Scribes about one of the surprises I encountered while revising Close Quarter.
Check it out:
Last Friday, I received my editor’s first round of edits on Close Quarter. Yesterday, I turned in my revisions. Between those two dates, I typed madly, fixed descriptions, and added a scene.
The editing that editors do isn’t just fixing typos. It’s catching consistency issues and noting boring parts. It’s also noting when the author (me, for instance) needs to dig deeper and give the reader more. More emotion, more feelings. (After all, this is romance, and erotic romance, at that.) Better description. Fix those loose ends
I know I have a blind spot when it comes to my work. I know the story. I know who the characters are and what they feel during scenes.
I sometimes forget that the book doesn’t come with my brain attached. (eww.)
Hopefully, the changes I made will add those elements the readers need and deserve in a good story.
Time will tell… as will round two of editing.
In the meantime, here’s another photo of a sight I saw while writing Close Quarter, the island volcano of Stromboli, near Sicily.
So here’s a bit of fun… some of the sites bookmarked to reference for my forthcoming novel:
How to travel between Europe & the United States by sea: Queen Mary 2, the Atlantic ferry
Sun or Moon Rise/Set Table for One Year
I also happened to be on a cruise part of the time I wrote the novel, though in the Mediterranean, not in the Atlantic.
Still, Here’s a pretty photo I took on that cruise of a sight my heroes really hate: Sunset.
You’ve reached the website and blog of Anna Zabo!
My debut novel, Close Quarter, will be published in November 2012 by Loose Id.
It’s a male/male erotic paranormal romance where a grieving sculptor meets a jaded woodland fae on a cruise ship in the middle of the Atlantic. What’s a forest fae doing on a ship surrounded by water? Hunting vampires, of course.
I’m currently waiting for edits to fall into my lap, but I’ll be posting about some of my inspiration for the story as time marches closer to November.
So please stick around. There will be more.
Anna Zabo 