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The demented musings of author Chris Bellows, mostly fictional. Strong D/s. Sexual mayhem. No macabre. Not for the uninitiated. Certainly not for the timid. Other stories available... http://www.eroticbooknetwork.com/ ... www.pinkflamingo.com... www.lulu.com/spotlight/chris_bellows... see the June 23, 2011 posting for more sites.
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- Chris Bellows
- Chris Bellows is a nom de plume. See the October 6, 2008 posting for information about me. The allowed space here is miserably limited.
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Great! You finished that quickly! I can't wait to read it. I do understand why you chose to make it a book and I don't care as long as I get to see what happens. I love the premise!
Good news!
Say, where do you get the pictures for the front of your book? Some of them are pretty sexy! :)
The covers are derived from a number of sources.
The cover for Billie and Mary was done by YPVS using 'Poser' art. Subsequent to his fine effort I introduced him to Liz at Pink Flamingo and he's done covers for my books and other PF efforts.
For a time I had a friend (Lady Whipenrod) draw some covers, 'The Interogator' and 'Collared and Leashed', but she tired of the endeavor.
Currently Liz Dusseau arranges all the PF covers. I do not do any custom covers for the Lulu books. Publishing hard cover books on Lulu is time consuming. And I have convinced myself that for the ebooks there, especially short stories, covers are not a major selling point.
In general, when it comes time to publish, it is frustrating to have a book held up awaiting custom cover art. Therefore, most of the covers are selected from photos/artwork which are in hand.
For example, for one story I wrote involving the Segufix restraint system, I attempted to obtain real photos of the sub/husband of a dominant wife who keeps him thoroughly immobilized in the myriad of imposing straps, buckles and locks. Personal matters precluded a timely response and Liz had to publish the book using a more generic cover photo.
So, in summation, it's great to get story specific covers, but not if it requires too much time and coordination.
Regards
CB
That's been my experience. I was recently contemplating putting some short stories on Amazon as an ebook and browsing around I find that a nice cover pic will often draw my eye, at least. But it's really hard to find free-to-use fetish type stuff. I have poser but I'm strictly a beginner amateur and I find it rather awkward and hard to use, I simply don't have anything like the skill to produce my own artwork with it. It's a real shame, but if I do go ahead it will have to be some generic pattern with a title on it.
idontwanttoblog,
Check out www.renderotica.com
YPVS did the cover for 'Billie and Mary' and I later introduced him to PF where he did the cover for 'Laura Davidson Keeper of Men'. He has since done other stuff for PF.
Drop me an email. I have an address for him, though it's a few years old.
Regards
CB
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