Covering the Cover Art of my Novel's Cover

I'm excited for the whole Komikon on April 17. My ebook will be debuting. :)

I'm going to go all sentimental a bit, because writing and editing it (just ask my editor) has been one hell of a journey; but this post has nothing to do with writing, and instead we'll take on the "Dragon Wars" cover.

First, I thought a drawing of the Adventure Quest Worlds newbie area would be nice; and I also thought that putting in tendrils that popped out of the ground, which was symbolic of the inequitous system in-game, would be great, too. Notice that the title is still Quest Adventure.

But then I just thought it didn't fit the storyline, so I ultimately scrapped it.

Next, I tried to be more in-depth with my protagonist with regards to the cover art, as I did write the whole novel in the first person; so I came up with this:



And then I made one for a CD cover because I'd be selling it in ebook form, too:



But then it was all too plain now--the fonts weren't edgy, the colors were to monotonous, and it just didn't fit the novel. Plus the title was too close to the game's title and it made it seem like fanfiction and not fiction inspired by the game.

So, my editor and I came up with this:



And it's pretty kick-ass if I do say so myself.

Update and Plot Research

So my editor and I have been playing around with the idea of the book. I've change the title as it was too closely related to the name of the game. I changed the cover design, too. I'm selling previews of the completed book at the summer Komikon in the Philippines (at UP Diliman, Bahay ng Alumni, if you're an AQH reader from the Philippines and interested).

I was doing plot research and I thought to post this picture on the blog:

I haven't finished the Yokai quests just yet, so if you wanna help me and rendezvous somewhere during the weekend (I'm available anytime!) just give me a post here. :) This constitutes playing the game, which therefore nullifies my storm-out the other year because of the Bag Space thing, but I haven't made a comeback just yet. ;)

Adventure World: The Dragon Slayer's Heart Excerpts

Okay, so the e-novel I promised would be out by January is coming a bit late with the edits, as I am busy with other projects -- that's the bad news. The good news is that I've got excerpts ready for reading! In this copyrighted document, you will find the prologue and two chapters.

Before reading, please note three things: 1) I and this creative work are not associated with Artix Entertainment in any way whatsoever; 2) said work is under the sub-genre fan fiction, and might relate to the game in some ways; and 3) it is protected under MyFreeCopyright, and any infringements thereof shall be dealt with.



P.S. I changed the cover art. I figured since the story changed throughout the course of being written, I might as well change it as well!

P.P.S. Happy reading!

P.P.P.S. Remember: COPYRIGHT. If you're too stupid to understand what it is, then you're a grade below the readability level of this e-novel.

Adventure Worlds: The Dragon Slayer's Heart Excerpts

And before I forget, don't hesitate to tell your friends about this; maybe I can help out with the bagspace petition again. :)