Woot #2

Earlier this year VIRTUAL EVIL was named a finalist for the ForeWord Award (Science Fiction). Today VE was announced as a finalist for the Independent Publisher Book Award (Science Fiction). I was a finalist for both of these last year so apparently I'm doing something right.

HUZZAH!

Madman's Dance Cover Art

I'm on the downhill slope for the next Time Rovers book - Madman's Dance. Here's the gorgeous cover. The gent and the fiery background are courtesy of L.W. "Lynn" Perkins and the cover design is by Christina Yoder. These are the ladies who designed the other two covers in the series.

I gave Lynn an idea of what the gent looks like (for those who have read the series this is the Genius himself, T.E. Morrisey, the software wizard who created the Time Immersion industry along with Harter Defoe, who was on the cover of Virtual Evil). Theo is a babe.

Lynn and I examined potential backgrounds and finally settled on St. Martin-in-the Fields and the National Portrait Gallery (Trafalgar Square, London) engulfed in flames. When Christina asked the theme of the book, I said "Armageddon". She took it from there. As always, these artists have a talent that leaves me breathless.

Madman's Dance is going to be a long book. Sojourn was 367 pages and this one will be way over 400+ as there is a lot hitting the fan in this story. It's conveniently divided into two sections, not surprisingly entitled Part One and Part Two. Clever huh? So much needs to be resolved, both in 1888 and 2057. Those resolutions will involve not only some of the machinations of the Transitives (shape-shifters) but some personal resolutions, as well.

The manuscript will be sent to the editor May 1. It goes on press mid-July and should be available by October 30th, its launch date. I'm hoping that this one proves even better than Sojourn and Virtual Evil.

And now back to my rewrites. Thanks for sharing my adoration of the cover. I think it's way cool.