I could use a hand (har)

[rj_anderson]

As the originator points out in comments, this is not a Photoshop Disaster as advertised, but a genuine Original Art Disaster -- which if you ask me makes it even better:

Princess Three-Hands and the Nuzzling Knight*

If any of the other debut authors on my f-list are fretting about what their covers might look like, take comfort: they cannot possibly be this bad. And, if you are carrie_ryan, they might possibly be this good. Excuse me while I ENVY. (Plus, awesome book title.)

And speaking of titles, my editor and I are trying to come up with one for Knife and its sequel, currently entitled Wayfarer. Most of all we need a series title that can link the two books and is properly descriptive of both. So there is brainstorming happening on all fronts, but no magical solutions as yet. So far I think the best suggestion has come from my husband -- Faery Secrets -- but I wonder if that's too passive-sounding. What do you think? And to those of you who know something of what Knife is about, any suggestions?

ETA: As yahtzee63 pointed out in comments, this artistic disaster turned out to be a fantastic promotional opportunity for the author. Heh.

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* Thanks to snowrabbitses for the link.

Comments

[tree_and_leaf]

Having read the "Frauendienst' of Ulrich von Liechtenstein, where the narrator, who seems unable to accept that maybe his beloved just isn't that into him, loses his finger in a tournament and sends it to her in a box,I suspect that one of the hands actually belongs to her creepy ex-boyfriend, who has sent her it as a present (or maybe it's another woman's hand he's hacked off, a la whichever Sherlock Holmes story it was - the adventure of the cardboard box?)

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

That explanation wins at everything. Hee!

*uses closest thing I have to a Holmes icon -- which, now that I think of it, is a pretty serious omission from my icon catalogue*

[leah-s.livejournal.com]

feel free to borrow from mine, my friend. I have several.*grins*
I've been thinking of titles but the best i could come up with was some variation of "Wild" and Faery. Even with a thesaurus. Sorry.
Agree with no quest, adventure, or secrets in title