Cover Evolution Update - "A Gathering of Dragons"

Just a quick update on the cover for Farloft's upcoming new chronicle, "A Gathering of Dragons".

I think Lizzy has the expressions resolved. Farloft and Snow both look excited and ready to be off on an adventure.

This is what is called 'flat color'. When you order a commissioned piece of art for your OC (original character), they will ask you if you want black & white, flat color or full color.

When the cover is completed this image will be in full color with shading and dimension. 

If you haven't read the previous Farloft Chronicles
Now is the time!
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Farloft really is a Dragon for All Ages.

The Evolution of a Cover

I am finished with the latest Farloft Chronicle, A Gathering of Dragons. It has been beta read, proofread by numerous qualified people and is now off for formatting. The hard work is done. Not to say that I don't enjoy writing... that writing isn't my passion... but it is hard. Any author you ask will agree if they are being honest.

Now comes the fun part. I love the process of designing the cover. I don't do the work myself. I leave that to the professionals. This time around I am working with Elizabeth Bailey, formerly Elizabeth Babicz. She picked up the ball on my Shifting series when Sarah Hyndshaw was unavailable to continue. I think she did an excellent job of matching Sarah's original style and even gave it a bit of a boost.

Shifting covers by Sarah Hyndshaw

The Farloft Chronicles and the Dragon Who Tweets!

My relationship with Farloft, my dragon muse, started in 1996. My nephew, James, was nine years old and having a problem with the concept of ownership. It wasn't that he stole, it was that he made some really poor trades. Let's just say you wouldn't have wanted him on your corporate bargaining team.

He would go to school with a new winter coat and come home coat-less, with a transformer toy. His mother would have to go to school to retrieve the coat from the student he struck the trade.

James just didn't seem to get it. His parents talked to him, his grandparents, I even took a stab at it, but it was a concept he was having real issues with. I wondered, 'who would a little nine year old boy listen to?'