On the Topic of Covers

It has come to my attention that perhaps I have not sufficiently conveyed to the readers of this blog that the covers I’ve been posting of Rampant are not actually the covers of Rampant. I’ve been joking. And photoshopping. Photoshop is, I’ve discovered, best used for jokes. And getting out red eye.

For instance, this cover:

is actually this cover:

And this one:

is actually this one:

This cover, however, is the real cover of Rampant:

What, you don’t like it?

Okay, fine. I guess the time has come to admit it. And I do this with great trepidation of course because it’s awkward as anything. After all, every author dreams of the day she’ll get the cover of her book, of her baby. She can’t wait to share it with her friends, with the world!

But I have felt awkward about doing so in this case.

Because this, my friends, is the actual real cover of Rampant:

It’s so unfortunate. Haven’t been able to look Carrie in the face for weeks now. The fact that she is in North Carolina and I am in D.C. has been very helpful in that regard.

I mean, talking about fanning the flames of the zombie/unicorn war!