I'm so outlandishly excited, you guys! I have an enormous announcement to make.
I can't help but send you fuzzy, electronic hugs to wherever you are, lovelies! I hope you're having a nice day, and I hope what I'm about to say is going to make it better.
Here it goes:
I'm getting published!
I know. I can't believe it either. It feels like the biggest plot twist of my life!
A big thank you to all of you for making this possible! I've said this time and time again, but His Moon would never have grown as it has without all of you guys. Kaia and Kaleb belong as much to you as they do to me. Your words of encouragement, specifically telling me to get my work published over and over again, have been what made this reality.
Thank you for joining me on the rollercoaster/feels ride that is His Moon. I love writing so much, and I'm so grateful that I have friends like you with whom I can share it with.
As a token of my gratitude and my declaration of love—and because you guys are the best and, therefore, deserve the best—I will be giving away never-before-seen content!
I know His Moon has been completed for a while and His Hunter has just been concluded, so I'm thinking this news will lift some of your lovely hearts. You get a bonus chapter! And you get a bonus chapter! Everybody gets a bonus chapter!
The book is going to be published on February 25, 2019. So soon!! I'm still here on Wattpad (I won't leave you all!), but for copyright reasons, my publisher asked me to take down the last few chapters before publishing.
They are also setting up a professional website for me. (I'm really feeling legit writer vibes, you guys!) On this site, you can participate in a book cover contest for His Moon. You can create and submit the cover you've always wanted and imagined for the story. And who knows? Maybe you'll be the lucky one to have his/her name in print on the book itself and on its cover!
You? A book cover artist? Imagine that!
The following are the things you need to know before joining the contest:
• Send the covers to my agent at ftwagent (at) gmail.com on or before February 10, 2019.
• Know that if we choose your cover, you will get credit on the physical cover and inside the book. If you're an aspiring graphic artist, this can be a good addition to your portfolio and might bring you future work from us and other book publishers.
• If your cover wins, you will have to fill out a form that lets us have the cover.
• You cannot use any copyrighted images. You can use royalty-free images.
• If your cover wins, we will do everything we can to use it. However, you need to know that there can be odd reasons why we might not be able to. For example, we might not be able to use the Photoshop file because of an error or we might find a copyrighted image in the cover design.
The cover must meet the following requirements:
• High-res, in JPG and PSD (Photoshop) format so that we can use it for the paperback version of the book
• 5.5 in x 8.5 in and 300 DPI (pixels per inch)
• Must have the book title "His Moon" and the author's name "Maggie McNeill"
Some tips:
• The cover has to look good in Amazon thumbnail size. Attract possible readers; make them want to click on it.
• The text needs to be readable.
• Use only one font.
By the way, this is not mandatory. I'm only giving you guys the chance to get involved in the book launch because I couldn't have gotten here without you. I can't thank you all enough!
Please stay tuned for more updates. I'll see you in the next post!