JUNK RUNTAH

People say it all the time: Cover art sells books.
When I paid Carl Graves $400 to do the cover for Magnificent Guns of Seneca 6, it wasnt because I think hes a nice guy.  He IS a nice guy, but thats beside the point.  I did it because I want to do JA Konrath numbers.
It forced me to take a long, hard look at some of my other titles and come to the realization that they werent selling well because their cover art stunk.  Not that I hadnt tried, and yes, they had kind of a pulpy appeal, but they werent polished (in any sense of the word) and people did not buy the books at the rate I want.
The other thing I was interested in doing was creating a uniformity in the Superbia series.  Unfortunately, to do that, I had to deep six Glendon Haddixs original Superbia cover (that cost over $200).  And losing it wasnt a slam against GH.  Its an investment in the future of the series, and a bridge between the first book and the sequels.
The covers are slowly (slooooowly) making their way onto  If you want to take a sneak peak at them, I set up a Pinterest page here.  Take a look and tell me which one is your favorite.

To give you an example of the changes, heres a few before and afters:

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