Alternate cover for RELEASE ME
My fabulous publicist,
Tara Settembre, of
Buy the Book PR, is always on the look out for ways to promote my work. Through the grueling task of coming up with the next great idea, it's nice to know Tara has kept her sense of humor.
It's no secret that I absolutely adore the cover for my upcoming release,
RELEASE ME (which is now available for pre-order on Amazon, by the way). However, yesterday, Tara sent me an alternative to the blatant display of chocolate male flesh and six pack abs that currently grace the cover of my sophomore novel.
What do you think:
Nothing against two icons of country music, but personally, I'm still loving the chocolate and the six pack.
Labels: Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, Release Me
Do romance novels need a makeover?
For all you romance readers out there, there is a fascinating discussion going on over at
Dear Author regarding the covers of romance novels.
This topic surfaces often, and I'm always surprised by some of the answers. I guess it's because I tend not to care what strangers think about me, but the thought of hiding a romance novel, or even not buying a romance, because I'm afraid of what the cashier will think of me, just blows my mind. Why in the wide, wide world of all that's good and sensible should I care what the cashier at Barnes & Noble or Walmart thinks about my clinch cover? That this causes any amount of stress for some people makes me sad. There's just so much other stuff to worry about, why waste the brain energy?
Then again, I wonder if maybe some people just have an inflated sense of self-importance. Seriously, does the cashier at Walmart even care what your reading tastes are? What makes you think they're going to give any thought to the book you're buying (or you, for that matter) once they've scanned it and placed it in the bag. You're really not that important to them.
Or maybe I'm just in a cynical mood. So not good this close to Christmas.
To take the edge off this slightly rant-like post, I'll cheer myself up by posting the cover for RELEASE ME again:
Funny how I complained about the cover of DELIVER ME but I just loooooove the naked torso cover.
Labels: Dear Author, Release Me, Romance Novel Covers, Romance Novels
It's the little things...
While doing a little last minute Christmas shopping on Amazon.com this morning, I realized it had been a while since I'd conducted a "Farrah Rochon" search. Imagine my glee when I found that my June, 2008 novel, RELEASE ME, is avaialbe for pre-order. I squealed.
Yes, I actually squealed. It's a good thing most of the office was out to lunch.
Most people would call this a "little" thing, but I consider it huge. I have a backlist. As someone who is still pinching herself every now and then over the release of her first book, seeing a second one out there is the epitome of super cool!
Check it out:
RELEASE ME on Amazon.com!Labels: Amazon, Christmas Shopping, Release Me
RELEASE ME's Fabulous Cover!
I know, I know. Two blog posts in one day. As I mentioned earlier, hell has frozen over. And, if that is true, people here in New Orleans can rest assured that we are not in the vicinity of hell, because the temperatures here are no where near freezing. We hit the 80's on the second day of December.
The real reason for this special update is to display the fabulous cover for my newest novel. Fresh from the extraordinary Art Department at Dorchester Publishing is the smokin' hot cover art for my June, 2008 release, Release Me, the second in my Holmes Brothers trilogy.
I am ecstatic about the cover!
Labels: African American Romance, Cover Art, Farrah Rochon, Release Me
