Once again, I stuck gold at my local supermarket’s bargain book table. I stood transfixed at this one:
Maybe it was the long day at work, but it raised a host of questions for me.
1. What do you suppose is the “miracle” of the title? Is it that she is able to climb trees barefoot and coatless in mid winter?
2. How does someone wearing what appears to be a straight jacket climb a tree, anyway? And why? Does it have something to do with the fact that her name is “Ariel” and the cover copy describes her as “magic and moonbeams”?
3. How do you think the hero intends to talk Ariel down from her perch? I’m guessing something like “Honey, I found your matching tie dyed shirt. Now you can attend the Woodstock reunion in style.” will do the trick.
4. What is the best way to explain how the hero can easily reach her?
(a) stilts
(b) levitation (he’s all mavericky, I mean magicky, too)
(c) That yellow background does look kind of end-of-days-ish. Maybe he’s sitting on one of the four horses of the apocalypse?
Luckily the author more than survived this brush with cover suicide. You can find her book list (with each of her 5 pseudonyms, whew!) at Romantic Times. Ella March Chase is the name she uses now: she has a new historical fiction book coming out this winter).
Creepy Covers, Pt. 3
Oct 31 2008 Published by Jessica under Cover commentary
Once again, I stuck gold at my local supermarket’s bargain book table. I stood transfixed at this one:
Maybe it was the long day at work, but it raised a host of questions for me.
1. What do you suppose is the “miracle” of the title? Is it that she is able to climb trees barefoot and coatless in mid winter?
2. How does someone wearing what appears to be a straight jacket climb a tree, anyway? And why? Does it have something to do with the fact that her name is “Ariel” and the cover copy describes her as “magic and moonbeams”?
3. How do you think the hero intends to talk Ariel down from her perch? I’m guessing something like “Honey, I found your matching tie dyed shirt. Now you can attend the Woodstock reunion in style.” will do the trick.
4. What is the best way to explain how the hero can easily reach her?
(a) stilts
(b) levitation (he’s all mavericky, I mean magicky, too)
(c) That yellow background does look kind of end-of-days-ish. Maybe he’s sitting on one of the four horses of the apocalypse?
Luckily the author more than survived this brush with cover suicide. You can find her book list (with each of her 5 pseudonyms, whew!) at Romantic Times. Ella March Chase is the name she uses now: she has a new historical fiction book coming out this winter).
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