The Host, cover, take two

Here’s another version of the cover for my novel, The Host. I got some feedback from my first version about the coloring on the tick being unnecessary. In thinking about it, I decided to go with a different graphic of the tick altogether. I also posterized the moon a little so it fit in with the effects on the neck and the tick. What do you...

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And now, the cover of The Host

Yesterday I posted the first chapter of “The Host,” and I received a little bit of feedback mostly from Twitter, so thank you. Though my claim that I was done fiddling with it is easier said than done. But, aside from having to polish what is now my third draft into a final edit, self publishing means I have to come up with a cover, too. Well, I’ve been working on it. So far,...

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