What did I want the cover to say? It had to embody the resonances of the story, set up a signature that was at once modern and classical, startling and beguiling, like the narrator’s deep love for her instrument.
A piano against a sky. But not just any old piano, a red one. A piano that screams blood, passion, hell even. It contains the very soul of the narrator, the thundering wonder of making glorious noise to express that you’re alive.
The sky I chose for souls in flight, The antithesis of what’s solid. Nebulous matters beyond our corporeality. A veil between us and outer space. Lying on your back on a warm day and gazing forever into your own imagination.
Or perhaps it’s just sky.
My Memories of a Future Life
Episode 1: The Red Season will be available on 30 August from the Kindle store.
Thanks for sharing that Roz, it’s nice to get insight into someone else’s creative process.
Thanks, Hugh. Choosing images when normally you communicate in words is a challenge for most writers, I think.
It’s a really nice cover design – simple, but effective. Good work!
(Actually I can’t quite give it 10/10 because I don’t much like the font, but it doesn’t spoil the impact.)
Thanks, Dom!