Far Away by Victoria Blake
Here is the cover of my new book, Far Away, which is due out this summer. I like it very much for its mean and moody atmosphere. I love those footprints tracking away through the snow. I like that lone wolf of a man on the horizon. I’ve been very lucky so far in the covers I’ve had. I’ve never had much cause to complain.
The cover of my first book, Bloodless Shadow, was Hertford Bridge, the Oxford “Bridge of Sighs,” a bridge I had walked under I don’t know how many times in my life, because it was the route from our home to the market where my mother did most of our shopping. Like this one, it also had the silhouette of a man walking away. The man looked rather eerily like my father. However Dad had died three months before the book was published. Well, I thought he was dead until he materialized on the front of my book!
Bloodless Shadow
Far Away is the first book I’ve published as an Independent Author and it’s a very different thing when you are choosing your own cover – a degree of paranoia kicks in. After all, even if we wish it wasn’t the case, we all know the snap judgments we make on the basis of appearance. So covers matter. It’s what your prose is dressed in. Anyway, here it is and I’m delighted to show it to you.
What do you think of the cover? If you’re a writer what have your experiences been like with your covers? Tell me the good, the bad and the ugly!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Far-Away-Victoria-Blake/dp/1784623407
http://www.troubador.co.uk/book_info.asp?bookid=3292
victoria blake 
Great cover Vicky, looks really professional. I very much judge books by their covers, and this one would be a hit with me! If you want any reviews done for the release date, do let me know. Regardless, I’m sure it’ll be wonderful!
LikeLike
Thank you so much, Linda. And thank you also for your very kind offer of review. I’d be delighted. I haven’t got copies yet but when I have I’ll get in touch.
LikeLike
I’ll look forward to it. People like Lee Child don’t need any reviews from bloggers but anything to help less well-known authors is a pleasure – I know how much work you’ll have put into it so if I can do a tiny thing to help, I’m delightful to!
LikeLike
Thank you very much!
LikeLike
Looks great, lots of luck with it. I’m not a published book author, so can’t compare experiences unfortunately.
LikeLike
Thank you so much for your comment. I’m at the slightly paranoid stage at the moment – dreams of my mother being very disapproving and big waves beckoning at the window. Oh, the joys of approaching publication!
LikeLike
Louise and I both like the cover very much, it looks suitably cold and atmospheric. I am glad it’s not me heading for the mountains. Good luck with the book, and hope it is as successful as your father’s escape.
LikeLike
Thanks Keir – glad you both like it and many thanks for the good luck!
LikeLike
I think it’s a great cover, Victoria. It can be taken from so many different viewpoints – are you the person who is far away from the person on the cover, or is the person on the cover feeling faraway or on his journey there.
I completely agree about your previous covers. They have always hit you between the eyes – but then so have the titles. Brilliant!
It’s wonderful to see Far Away beginning its journey …
LikeLike
Thank you very much! I loved the sort of existential angst aspect of it I have to say! And many thanks for the good wishes. As you say the journey begins!
LikeLiked by 1 person