17 Responses to “What Every Boy Wants…”

1. Shuzluva Posted: Aug 30th, 2006 at 9:23 am

   1 Holy shit…I actually thought that was two guys until Bam kindly pointed out that the Boobless Wonder (or should I say mantittified chick?) is supposed to be a woman. And what’s with all the crazy arms going on? The arm under her (his??) chin seems to be coming from a third person…and that arm is getting grabbed by a fourth sitting behind Boobless. Well, four people would explain all of the incendiary items on this crazy cover…four is HOT!

2. Evangeline Anderson Posted: Aug 30th, 2006 at 9:29 am

   2 I think the bow placement is kind of strange. It probably would have been better to just have the shirt halfway buttoned and only show the tops of her boobs. This just looks weird. But I imagine the artist did the best she could with the request she was given. Which remindes me, I need to fill out an art request for Ceremony of Three. Damn, I hate those things. Sigh Evangeline

3. Shuzluva Posted: Aug 30th, 2006 at 10:39 am

   3 Evie, while I’m looking forward to purchasing my copy of Take Two, I dread anyone actually seeing the cover. Especially my husband, who I assure you will go into fits of laughter when he sees two hairy-legged men in banana hammocks standing on a flaming ball being grab-assed by a woman in a bustier and panties. You know I love you, but for the love of all your readers, please be specific! …Ceremony of Three, huh? Looks like another loooooooong teaser. But back to the cover at hand, you give the artist a lot of credit. Are the requests really that specific? Does an author say: Hey, I want a man, a woman, lots of flames and a big bow between her boobs?

4. Evangeline Anderson Posted: Aug 30th, 2006 at 12:14 pm

   4 Shuzluva, Arrg! Don’t get me started on the Take Two cover. That’s how I found Bam’s site in the first place. I hated my cover so much I sent it in to be snarked. lol. Take Two is a New York book, coming out from Aphrodisia in book stores everywhere Nov. and I had no say in the cover at all. My editor sent it to me and said ‘this is it.’ I was not happy but I must add that they did a much better job of my next book for them, Pleasure Planet. Here’s a link if you can see it–it’s on my MySpace page. http://www.myspace.com/evangelineanderson Ceremony of Three, however, is going to be an EC title and I will get some say. The art form request asks that you describe the heroine and hero (or in this case, heros, cause there are two of them) in detail. Then it asks for your vision of the book. What do you as the author want on the cover? Here is where many first time authors go wrong. They ask for lots of complicated positions and scenes when, IMO, it’s much better just to keep it simple. Show the hero and the heroine, a little skin but try to keep it classy and you have a winning cover. Anything too abstract just ends up looking weird. : ) Evangeline PS–Oh, and Ceremony of Three is a menage erotic romance where the heroine is forced to make love to two sexy vampires at the same time in order to bring the rogue vamp ‘into the light.’ Sex Magik, baby! : P

5. L.E. Bryce Posted: Aug 30th, 2006 at 12:20 pm

   5 It depends on the publisher. They’ll ask for descriptions of the characters, and your input, and some publishers will work with you to get a good cover. I usually submit sketches, and for my October release actively worked with the artist (you can see the results here.)

6. Shuzluva Posted: Aug 30th, 2006 at 2:08 pm

   6 Evie, November is already marked in my calendar for Take Two. So when do we get to enjoy Pleasure Planet? Oh, and YESSSSSSS! The cover is awesome! So…what’s the story behind the cover? Hmmmm??? L.E., That cover looks fanstastic! No meth-eyes! No extraneous body parts! No weird/jarring fonts! Thank goodness.

7. Evangeline Anderson Posted: Aug 30th, 2006 at 2:14 pm

   7 Thanks Shuzluva! Plesure Planet is actually an anthology with three sci-fi erotica novellas in it (I wrote all of them in this case) The titles are Mirror of the Heart, The Girl, the Geek, and the Time Machine, (my favorite one) and Wildmen and Wormholes. I need to post blurbs and excerpts on my site but I haven’t had time to do an update lately. Promise you they all have hot sex tho. : ) Evangeline

8. A.M. Hartnett Posted: Aug 30th, 2006 at 4:47 pm

   8 At first glance, VERY first glance, I liked it. It was the arm stretched out and the hand touching her face. Unfortunately the rest of it registered, particularly the fact that the arm doesn’t seem to be attached to his body. Now I feel like I want to cry.

9. Ann Posted: Aug 30th, 2006 at 5:38 pm

   9 It’s two boys, right? Why do you think it’s a boy and a girl? What evidence so you actually have that the figure on the right is supposed to be a woman? None. None, I say.

10. Evangeline Anderson Posted: Aug 30th, 2006 at 5:49 pm

    10 Bam, do you mind if I leave a blurb for Ceremony of Three to tease Shuzluva and Barb b? If so, just deleat Ceremony of Three–coming from Elloras Cave whenever my editor finally finishes the damn edits When Elaina Stevens is viciously attacked by a rogue vampire, she only survives the attack because another vampire intervenes. Rafe is a Night Dweller, sworn to protect humans from the ravages of his own kind, feared creatures known as Dark Wanderers. To protect Elaina, Rafe puts his own mark on her, and in the process, brands her very soul. But Rafe’s vows forbid him to touch her again … no matter how much she wants him to. Then Elaina discovers Thorn, the vampire who attacked her, wishes to repent for his past sins. But the process of bringing a Dark Wanderer back to the light requires a human host — someone willing to be filled with the essence and cum of both vampires at the same time. To be with the man she loves, Elaina is willing to do almost anything — even act as the host for her most feared enemy. She agrees to accept both Rafe and Thorn in a single night filled with blood, pleasure, and pain as the mysterious act of sex magick draws the rogue vampire from darkness into light. That only leaves the question … what will happen between vampires and human when the Ceremony of Three is over?

11. bettie Posted: Aug 30th, 2006 at 7:52 pm

    11 I have no one to blame but myself. I clicked the Real Doll link. No one held a gun to my head. But now I am traumatized by the “half torso” offered by the site. Real Dolls = funnygross Real Doll Half Torso = sickmuthafuckas-R-us. Thanks, Bam, for yet another highly educational game of Don’t Click That Link!.

12. Bam Posted: Aug 30th, 2006 at 8:18 pm

    12 Thanks, Bam, for yet another highly educational game of Don’t Click That Link!. Shoot, Bettie, y’all should know by now that you should never click on any of the links I post.

13. Laura Posted: Aug 30th, 2006 at 9:20 pm

    13 Am I the only one old enough to remember “Boxing Helena”?

14. Bam Posted: Aug 30th, 2006 at 9:28 pm

    14 Are you kidding? I’m a huge fan of Sherilyn Fenn! She was fucking awesome in Just One of the Guys. And Julian Sands? Fucking creepy! Netflix that shit, y’all!

15. Evangeline Anderson Posted: Aug 31st, 2006 at 6:36 am

    15 What’s Just One of the Guys about? Sounds good. and I remember Boxing Helena. So weird. Didn’t Kim Bassinger back out of that role after she read the script? Who could blame her. Evangeline

16. Shuzluva Posted: Aug 31st, 2006 at 6:43 am

    16 OMG, Evie! You’ve never seen Just One of the Guys? How old are you anyway? It was a 1985 cult classic about a girl that can’t get what she wants in high school so she becomes…you guessed it. There was apparently an awful remake starring Amanda Bines called She’s The Man, but don’t bother. See the classic…Billy Zabka (Johnny fro the Karate Kid) is in it too…playing a jerk! Can’t wait for Ceremony of Three. However, in case you haven’t guessed, I’m still partial to print books. The thought of taking a laptop to bed doesn’t work for me. I guess I’m showing my age.

17. Evangeline Anderson Posted: Aug 31st, 2006 at 8:16 am

    17 Hey Shuzluva, I’m a very respectable 33 dear and feeling every bit of it. : ) It’s probably one of those movies my parents didn’t want me to see. They were ministers so I was very protected from anything ‘graphic’ which of course made me crazy to see or read anything forbidden. And now I’m an erotica writer. lol. My little sister who came along after the ‘rents mellowed and could see or do anything she wanted to has no interest in anything to do with erotica. Go figure. lol I’m partial to print books myself but since Ceremony of Three is a novella, I don’t know if it will go to print. However, Take Two is coming out in November so you can wait for that. It’s also got some naughty menage action. : P Evangeline