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Comics and the Civil War: Girls want to have fun, too by Jina Bacarr

October 11, 2015 by A Slice of Orange in category Archives tagged as #amwriting, book cover, Civil War, comic books, comics, Confessions of a Podcast Goddess, Kindle Press, kindle scout, love scene, romance, sexy, time travel

Imagine curling up between the sheets with a broad-shouldered, hunky hero.

Drooling over those abs. Page after page.

Wishing you were the heroine captured in his big, strong arms.

Spread out over gorgeous pages ofâ€¦

Comic books.

Last month, I wrote about how the characters in my Kindle Scout winner, LOVE ME FOREVER, wanted to be video stars.

Comics give historical romance a whole new perspective.

Heroines in pretty gowns running for their lives, hoop skirts flying up over their heads.

Southern belles flirting with that hottie in a Union Army uniform, hoping for more than a kiss.

Secrets to help the Confederacy…

Sassy talk.

Sassier looks on their faces.

And those love scenesâ€¦oh, my.

If guys can have their comics, why canâ€™t we girls have our heroines and hunky heroes in comics, too?

Romance comics.

LOVE ME FOREVER

Would you read a historical romance in comic book or graphic novel format?

~Jina

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If you love Civil War romance and time travel and TWO hunky military heroes, check out my Kindle Scout winner:

LOVE ME FOREVER

She wore gray.
He wore blue.
But their love defied the boundaries of war.
And time.

LOVE ME FOREVER is now available from Kindle Press at Amazon.com

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Who’s ever seen a Christmas Piano Tree? by Jina Bacarr

December 11, 2014 by A Slice of Orange in category Archives tagged as book cover, Christmas, Christmas eve, Christmas tree, design, holiday romance, military, piano, romance, soldier, sweet romance, wounded warrior

I asked myself that question when I was looking for ideas for a cover for my holiday romance, A Christmas Piano Tree.

You canâ€™t stick a picture of a Christmas tree on a pianoâ€¦and the story is a romance. Got to have gorgeous hero and pretty heroine on the coverâ€¦but where to start?

Thatâ€™s when I decided to take a cover class from Andris Bear www.andrisbear.com and Lily Smith http://www.coversbylily.com through the Heart of Carolina Romance Writers.

http://heartofcarolina.org

Andris and Lily critiqued and gave suggestions to my cover until I got it right. Thank you, ladies!! I highly recommend their class if you want to do your own covers. Lily and Andris are awesome!

I love www.Dreamstime.com for stock photos, and since I have somewhat of an art background, I enjoy the process of cover design (once upon another life I studied design for the theatre). Here is a Spanish-theme sketch I did for a Vegas-type extravaganza.

Iâ€™ve always had a love for design since I was a kid and I drew pictures in my dadâ€™s encyclopedias (remember those?).

Here’s a sketch for a dress design I did at age 11. Somehow it has survived numerous moves around the country and overseasâ€¦

What kind of covers do you enjoy for Christmas books?

I totally enjoyed putting the cover together for â€œA Christmas Piano Tree,â€ the story of a pretty young war widow who re-discovers the magic of the holiday season with the help of a homeless vet and an old piano. I hope you like it.

Check out my Christmas Piano Tree Pinterest board!