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| May 2013 |
WHAT'S RIGHT: The McDonald Observatory, located in the Davis Mountains is in this scene. They even have the correct telescope.
WHAT'S WRONG: In this particular scene, it's snowing heavily and the ground is covered.
WHAT'S RIGHT: The heroine, Kate, is pregnant.
WHAT'S WRONG: She's barely five months along while Cord drags her through the mountains in the snow.
WHAT'S RIGHT: Cord, the hero, is carrying a handgun
WHAT'S WRONG: Kate is a crack shot and is carrying a rifle.
WHAT'S RIGHT: Texas skies--especially in the Davis Mountains, have all the colors imaginable...some look like they're painted.
WHAT'S WRONG: Nothing, I LOVE IT too much to complain that it should be snowing!!
In spite of the inaccuracies, I really love this cover. For me, it conveys the danger, the location, and the desperate need to succeed.
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Angi Morgan writes “Intrigues where honor and danger collide with love.” She combines actual Texas settings with characters who are in realistic and dangerous situations. Angi has been a finalist in the Bookseller’s Best Award, Romantic Times Best First Series, Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence and the Daphne du Maurier.
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I think all authors want to know the answer to this question:
Do readers depend on the cover models to picture the hero and heroine?
It helps me to visualize them, unless I see something that is very wrong from the inside of the book (hair color and uniforms especially). Then it just irritates me.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way, Susan.
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No. The cover is the first thing to get my attention and a good cover helps, but as I read the book I use my own imagination (and the authors words) to put a face and body on the characters. Sometimes the cover matches and sometimes they don't.
ReplyDeleteLove the Intrigue genre and look forward to reading your books.
My editor and agent are constantly asking what my characters look like. I seem to forget to add the descriptions often. ~Angi
DeleteI usually like using my imagination and visualizing scenes in the book. But a cover where there are blatant oversights (hair color, hair legth etc..) will pull me out of the story
ReplyDeleteIf you hadn't pointed out the "wrongs" with this cover I probably would not have given them another thought
That's awesome to know. I love it. ~Angi
DeleteI let the author's words guide my imagination to create what the characters look like in my head... the cover may initially grab my attention with what it looks like, but after I do not use it as a reference for the characters.
ReplyDeleteWOOT. I know exactly what you mean...too many times the cover is just too wrong. ~Angi
DeleteI agree with what everyone has said. The cover grabs my attention but I use the descriptions in book to visual the characters. I just get annoyed when things like hair color is wrong. Which is what everyone else has said.
ReplyDelete:-) Me Two (and three and four) ~Angi
DeleteThe cover has no bearing on how I imagine the characters to look like.
ReplyDeleteI love readers with imaginations like yours! ~Angi
DeleteNot at all! When I have a picture in my head of how they look based on their description in the book, then I'll check the cover to see how accurate it is. Ticks me off when it's not even close! Thanks for the chance.
ReplyDeleteI agree 100%, Martha. And you're welcome (remember to register through Rafflecopter).
Delete~Angi
Not really, but a nice cover would get me to read the blurb
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The true purpose of a cover. Thanks BN ~Angi
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