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The Advent (also known as Passion Forsaken) has a
long and varied book cover
history.
The first book in the Collective Obsessions Saga began
with the following cover (my design) back in 2001:
Followed by the professional rendering undertaken by my first publisher
Tyborne Hill in 2003:
My working cover for "Passion Forsaken" after Tyborne Hill closed (which was
tentatively renamed "The Advent"):
The cover designed by
Club Lighthouse
Publishing:
And finally, the current cover:
Needless to say, the first two renderings were issued long before I decided to
write the Collective Obsessions Saga using the pseudonym
Deidre Dalton.
My preference? It's a toss-up between the fourth design and
the current cover. I like them both.
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Note
from Deidre:
Quite frankly, I've always disliked the title
"Passion Forsaken." However, through various publishers over the years, the
moniker was beyond my control. The book is not a steamy romance in typical
Harlequin fashion, nor is it a fluffy piece about unrequited love. The story
actually launches the Collective Obsessions Saga, an
eight-part series which follows two Irish families from their arrival in America
to the present day. The books weave through more than one hundred forty years of
fictional family history filled with avarice, madness, murder, mystery,
paranormal activity, romance, self-indulgence and macabre Gothicism. It's hardly
light reading.
To that end, I elected not to renew my
publishing contract for "Passion Forsaken" as the three-year term came about in
February 2014. Call me crazy, but I decided to take control of the book and do
my own thing. Renaming the novel was my first priority, as was designing a new
book cover. The story is the same as "Passion Forsaken" from start to finish, so
little text editing was necessary.
I also had issue with the ordinal pricing of the
book decided by the publisher ($5.99). The Advent is
the shortest title in the Collective Obsessions Saga
(roughly 130 pages), so I felt $0.99 was a bit more appropriate. Some publishers
might feel pricing the book at $0.99 is a form of "devaluing" the author, but I
strongly disagree. Some of the best books I've read in recent years have been by
unknown authors trying to make a break in publishing. There are many good
writers out in the world, and I think most consumers understand the difference
between crap and quality from the first chapter. Being an avid reader myself, I
would never pay $5.99 or even $4.99 for a general fiction e-book even if it was
written by Ernest Hemingway or Stephen King. Many people are struggling
financially these days, so $5.99 for one e-book is a lot to ask of them.
However, I want to make clear my appreciation to
Club Lighthouse Publishing (especially Terri Balmer) for giving all right books
in the Collective Obsessions Saga a chance. I will never
forget her generosity.
Although The Advent is
no longer available at
Club Lighthouse, the remaining seven books in the series
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