So I had to come up with an idea for the cover and two
interior scenes. The first thing I focused on was the cover. In my mind, I saw
the cover differ than what it came out with. I saw the hanging tree, which is a
central location in the book, the grim reaper peeking out from behind the tree
and a single rotting corpse swinging from the bough. When I told my vision to Enggar,
I sent him a few pictures of some old Oak trees and a short scene from the book
describing the tree.
Some time passed and the artist came back with a sketch of
the cover and it was different than what I expected, but it worked. He had gotten the hanging bodies, the reaper
and what I had asked for. However, when the final version came in colored and
all, the overall creep factor of it had been magnified by a hundred and I knew
I had made the right see decision about Enggar cause he got my vision and made
it his own while capturing the essence of the book.
The two interior sketches I had a basic idea, but it was
tougher picking what I wanted. The two scenes were the main character having to
confront the reaper who had been manipulating her computer. The second scene
was the main characters entering into the haunted church with Death's Dance and
interrupting the mass going on. I sent a few images of old church interiors to Enggar
and he came back with a haunting depiction of what I had envisioned of the
ghosts in the old church not so happy about interrupted. 
Overall I was very delighted with the artwork and how it
came out. It had been the first time I had worked with an artist. Seeing what I
had in my head drawn out as a visual medium instead of what I had just in my
imagination was wonderful. It was painless and we worked very well together. I
would do it all over again. Actually I plan to considering there are three more
books planned in the Deathly Encounters series.
Death’s Dance Blurb:
Being a psychic, you would think talking to the
dead was a walk in the park. However, it’s not always that simple. The hooded
specter haunting me is one I’ve been dreaming about since I was a kid. One day,
he appeared in my bedroom mirror. Good. Evil. I don’t know what his true
intentions are.
Enter Jackson, ghost hunting show host extraordinaire, and my ex, to save me from the big bad ghost.
From there…well…it’s been a world wind of complications. My house burnt down. I’m being stalked by an ancient evil and gotten myself back into the world of being a ghost hunting psychic. Jackson dragged me, along with a few other psychics, to a ghost town wiped off the map called Death’s Dance.
Enter Jackson, ghost hunting show host extraordinaire, and my ex, to save me from the big bad ghost.
From there…well…it’s been a world wind of complications. My house burnt down. I’m being stalked by an ancient evil and gotten myself back into the world of being a ghost hunting psychic. Jackson dragged me, along with a few other psychics, to a ghost town wiped off the map called Death’s Dance.
From there things went from bad to worse.
Death’s Dance Buy
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Bio:
Crymsyn is
a National Bestselling author of over seventy paranormal romance and horror
novels. Her experiences as a psychic have given her a lot of material to use in
her books. She currently resides in Charlotte, NC with her hubby and her three
dogs. If she’s not writing, she’s curled up with the dogs watching a good
horror movie or off with friends.
To find
out more about Crymsyn:
8/20 Stuart Conover’s Author Page Interview
8/20 SpecMusicMuse Interview
8/20 Azure Dwarf Post on Artwork
8/21 Come Selahway with Me Top Ten List
8/21 Armand Rosamilia, Horror Author Guest Post
8/21 SocialBookShelves.com Review
8/21 Blog of Sheila Deeth Character Post
8/21 A Haunted Head Guest Post
8/21 The Official Writing Blog of Deedee Davies Top Ten list
8/22 SBM Book Obsession Review
8/22 Bee’s Knees Reviews Guest Post
8/22 Seers, Seraphs, Immortals & More Interview
8/23 Reading Away The Days Review
8/23 Sapphyria’s Book Reviews Excerpt
8/23 Horror Tree Guest Post
8/24 Willow’s Author Love Review
8/24 The Rage Circus Vs. The Soulless Void Review
8/24 Bookishly Me Review
8/24 LucyBlueCastle Guest Post
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