Innocence

: innocence_lies; November 13th, 2009

Patry Francis's debut novel, The Liar's Diary, is a gripping mystery that kept me reading until the wee hours of the morning. With unexpected twists, engaging characters and a plot that remains solid throughout, this is a novel worth reading on those long car trips or a week at the cottage with no Internet access.

Jeanne Cross--mother, wife, and school secretary--is entranced by a new co-worker, musician Ali Mather. Ali is everything that Jeanne is not: sultry, outgoing and exccentric. Trapped in a dominating marriage, finding balance only with her overweight teenaged son Jaime, Jeanne's life is one of perfect routine. Of pretending.

But what happens when things start unravelling around her? When Ali and Jeanne become close friends, Jeanne finds that maybe her carefully constructed world of routine, was just a house of cards waiting for the next breeze.

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Create Your Own Novel Cover

: innocence_lies; November 12th, 2009

Current Mood:: thirsty

This is quite fun actually.

As seen on: http://100scopenotes.wordpress.com/2009 ... -ya-cover/

CREATE YOUR DEBUT YA COVER (Or any cover)

1 – Go to “Fake Name Generator” or click: http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/
The name that appears is your author name.

2 – Go to “Random Word Generator” or click http://www.websitestyle.com/parser/randomword.shtml
The word listed under “Random Verb” is your title.

3 – Go to “FlickrCC” or click http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net/index.php
Type your title into the search box. The first photo that contains a person is your cover.

4 – Use Photoshop, Picnik, or similar to put it all together. Be sure to crop and/or zoom in.

5 – Post your cover.

6. Post a summary of a potential story for it

For Fantasy Covers:

1 – Go to “Behind the Name”. Hit “Generate a Name!” or click http://www.behindthename.com/random/
The first name you get is your author name.

2 – Go to “Fantasy Novel Title Generator”
or click http://nine.frenchboys.net/novel.php
This is the title of your book.

3 – Go to Photobucket and click on “surreal art” or click http://photobucket.com/images/surreal%20art/
Add the two numbers of your age together (ex. 2 + 7 = 9). Go to that page of results. The fourth picture, no matter what it is, is your cover.

4 – Use photoshop, Picnik, or similar to put it all together.

5. Post a potential summary for the book

Examples that I've done using this model under pen names: