THE GIRL FROM LONG GUYLAND
Cover Designer: TOSH MCINTOSH
Comments about cover design
MEMOIR MEETS THRILLER. Set against a 1969 psychedelic love-in backdrop, The Girl From Long Guyland is shared through the eyes of Laila Levin when decades later, an unsolved murder pulls her reluctantly into her past. A dramatic collision of then and now entwining family, marriage, profession and ethics.
The cover was a collaboration with two members of my critique group. We sat in front of a TV screen and brainstormed. We focused on the tagline (above). Cynthia Stone suggested we find a contemporary woman carrying a briefcase with marijuana leaves to represent the protagonist’s 1970’s past coming back to haunt her. We purchased the picture of the woman from Shutterstock.com. Tosh McInstosh found the beautiful photograph of mesas in New Mexico. The body in the novel is buried in a similar setting. Note a cross made of sticks. We hunted down the photographer and purchased the the rights to use it. Tosh put it all together in Photoshop Elements and created both the e-book and paperback covers. I believe the resulting cover is a wonderful representation of the story.
I would read a book that looks like this! The juxtaposition of the woman in the sexy suit and the pot leaves and the western desert are intriguing!
This cover really pulls the potential reader into the mysterious story of a successful business women with a past. The hint of drugs, death and a ruggedly beautiful landscape captures the essence of this well rewritten book.
The cover is well designed, clear and easy to read while raising questions that make me want to read the book: the contrast of the woman in a business suit contrasted with the rugged landscape, the question of the cross over the grave, and the marijuana spilling out of her briefcase. Nicely conceived and executed.
This cover is a great representation of the heroine’s past coming back to haunt her by showing the marijuana leaves falling out of her briefcase in the desert where the body of a friend was secretly buried. Beautiful picture of New Mexico.
I love the beauty of New Mexico my new home. The colors are vibrant. Also, the cover designer did a good job of capturing the main character going back to the scene of the crime.
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