I’m still in the process of having the cover for A Rose to the Fallen redesigned. As I mentioned in a previous post, the front cover is finished. It was designed by the amazing photographer/graphic designer Monique Zoellner from Germany. She used her photo of the beautiful and “perfect-as-Tristan” model Lucas Buchwald, who is also from Germany. I’m happy to announce that I’ve hired another talented photographer/graphic designer named Lily Seidel to redesign the back cover. And guess what? She’s from Germany too! My entire book cover is going to be German-made! If Tristan was German instead of British, this would be really ironic, don’t you think? But seriously, it wasn’t intentional. I admired Lily’s work and contacted her about the commission. It wasn’t until after I sent her a message and checked her profile, that I saw where she was from and laughed at the coincidence. Anyway, she does magical things with roses (check out her gallery and see for yourself), and I wanted Bridget’s symbol—a red rose—on the back cover. If anyone could create a unique rose design for Bridget… it’s Lily. I can’t wait to see what she comes up with. As you can see, the new cover is coming along. Stay tuned!
I was looking at Lucas Buchwald’s Facebook. Since I don’t have one myself, I can’t see anything but random friends, some of his favorite things, and his profile pic. His latest profile pic is a little blond boy and I’m assuming it’s him when he was younger. When I saw the picture, it reminded me of this old graphic I made of Tristan & Bridget as children. I know my Photoshop skills aren’t great, and they were even worse back then when I made this. But I still think they look cute, especially Tristan’s lil’ belly.
This picture probably won’t make sense unless you read my book.
Thanks to one of my readers and online friends Candy, I’ve been privileged to feast my eyes upon more photos of the German beauty named Lucas Buchwald. For anyone just visiting my site, Lucas is on the cover of my book A Rose to the Fallen. Speaking of Lucas portraying my character Tristan, I’ll be announcing a surprise within the next few weeks. But in the meantime, you can enjoy his blond sexiness. Thank you Ashlynn for making the video!
I finally finished redesigning my website. I wanted a change from my old theme. I’m using WordPress now and I think it makes my site look cleaner and more professional. I also like the comments feature. I hope my visitors take advantage of it. I have a new contact form and I removed the deleted chapter from A Rose to the Fallen. I still have the link to The Howling Heart, but it’s under Novels. All my social networking sites are under Blogroll in the sidebar. I hope you like the new layout.
I just found out the guy on my book cover is a professional model from Germany named Lucas Buchwald. He’s absolutely beautiful! When I bought stock photos of him two years ago, I had no idea he was a professional model. I just thought he had the perfect look for my character. I’m so glad I chose him to represent Tristan on my cover. Check out some gorgeous photos of Lucas on Empire Models blog by clicking the picture below.
But seriously, it wasn’t intentional. I admired Lily’s work and contacted her about the commission. It wasn’t until after I sent her a message and checked her profile, that I saw where she was from and laughed at the coincidence. Anyway, she does magical things with roses (check out her gallery and see for yourself), and I wanted Bridget’s symbol—a red rose—on the back cover. If anyone could create a unique rose design for Bridget… it’s Lily. I can’t wait to see what she comes up with. As you can see, the new cover is coming along. Stay tuned!
