Friday, April 23, 2010

It's a Fludd!

Although not one of the water variety. :-)

UPS delivered a box today and I was surprised to find in it my author’s copies for Nathaniel Fludd, Beastologist: THE BASILISK’S LAIR. A full six weeks early! I usually receive them right on the pub date. Hm. I wonder if that means they’ll ship to stores early? I'll keep you posted. I guess that also means I ought to have another contest.

Either way, I cannot even say how much I love the design aesthetic Houghton Mifflin and Kelly Murphy have brought to this project. It has exceeded my wildest dreams.

And also, here is the cover for Book Four Three*, THE WYVERN’S TREASURE.


I love, love, love the ominous dragon overhead and the warm toned sky. Kelly Murphy is a freaking geNiUS!! ::ahem:: Excuse me. I get a tad carried away.


* I am starting to get slightly disoriented with having one coming out, one in production, and one I just turned in. Pretty much a Who's On First moment.

8 comments:

Jennifer Darlington said...

YAY!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

What amazing jackets! You're right, your illustrator is terrific. And so are you, my dear.

Jennifer said...

oooo!! I may not be able to restrain myself from reading my ARC of Basilisk any longer....

Robin L said...

So glad you're looking forward to it, artsymommachic!

Hey Val! So glad to see you here. Miss you. :-(

Jennifer, I also just received ARCs of THE WYVERN'S TREASURE, and rumor has it that I can be bribed... :-)

Unknown said...

She IS a genius!!! Wow, those are some beautiful covers!

Robin L said...

So glad you like them, Beth!

dixie said...

It must be exciting to hold your new book right out of the box and in your hand for the first time! Congratulations and yes, book 3 is absolutely beautiful.

Karen Llewellyn said...

Oh, better than Christmas!