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The writer rarely has any input as to the cover design... that's usually the publisher's domain.

However, it's still fun to try. :3 A lot of writers happen to be artists too... so let's give it a shot!

Mine would probably show a person as a collage of other people, both male and female, like magazine cutout type things because my MC is a shapeshifter. But then again that has little to do with the actual plot. xD See, I have no idea.

All very interesting ideas, I esp. like GhostlyMaiden's. For my cover, I would love to see a small girl with shoulder-length purple hair in the foreground of the cover, and the smouldering riuns of a city in the background. Somewhere in the ruins would be a shadowy woman with long flowing hair, her arms up in supposed victory. On the back cover would be two teenage girls, one with green hair in a braid and the other with wavy teal hair to her back; a tall man with blonde hair, arms crossed, would be between them. There would also be a fox boy popping his head from one of the corners of the cover, his expression ^_^ and giving the peace sign.

mine was originally going to be from the POV of just one person, but the other characters wormed their way in...

Cover Idea 1: the MC who starts the ball rolling, Genji Natsuhara. Tan, has long, medium blue hair, parted on the right, and pulled back into a low ponytail. he wears a faded green army-like jacket, a black sleeveless t-shirt under it, khakis and brown lace up shoes. with him is Kanae Shin *points to her own av* only the coat has yellow lips that are trimmed in gold on one side...and Takuma Nekasa, who has shaggy brown hair, wears a white labcoat with a light blue polo shirt under it, and brown pants and shoes. he also has glasses.

Spine of cover 1: Chiharu Natsuhara, short, with reddish-brown hair, glasses, wearing some kind of oversized sweatshirt and jeans, has a chignon. She's walking towards the back cover, but is looking over her shoulder like she's looking at Genji, Kanae, and Takuma.

Back of Cover 1: Gawl Kudo, dressed similarly to Genji, only instead of a black sleeveless t-shirt, he has a funky string tanktop that has a bright red triangle on the front. his jacket has a bright orange patch on the left sleeve, and his hair is shorter than Genji's, and is blackish-blue. With him are Kouji Suzuki, who looks similar to Kanae, only he has longer hair, which is more of an emerald color, and is pulled back in a high ponytail. He wears black pants, black shoes, and a black tanktop, but over the tanktop, he has a yellow coat similar in design to Gawl's. Near him is Ryo Tanaka, a blonde who bears some resemblance to Takuma. Ryo has black shoes, black pants, a white long-sleeved T-shirt, a red cardigan that has thin white stripes, and a black hat that resembles a beret, but isn't a beret.


Cover Design 2: Pictures of all the afore mentioned characters, mostly silly things, like Haru and Gawl with squirtguns, Kanae getting sprayed in the face, Gawl eating, Takuma trying to dodge the camera, etc...

this was last years design, the story failed though and I lost interest anyways (super sue angsty crap hah, it had a good plot afterwards with the family history twist but eeewy characters)

Hmmm, for this year's novel, I definitely want a sunrise in it somewhere, since the title is "A Wish for Dawn". However, it's a bit of a pun, since the love interest's name is Dawn, so she'd have to be on the cover as well. Dual meaning for the win. XD

So probably a really pretty, sweet looking girl, watching the sunrise. Dawn at dawn. XD [/geek]

However, I don't want to mislead the readers into thinking it's a mushy romance, so I imagine I'd find a way to include some of the crazier aspects of the story into it, to. I'm just not sure how, yet.

I was really bored (that and I have no life) so I made a cover: [link]