The Making of a Blaze Cover
Posted by Alison Kent in Alison Kent, tags: Alison Kent, Cover Shoot, One Good Man
A lot of you may know that ABC’s Nightline recently did a profile on Harlequin’sr 60th anniversary. They spoke with CEO Donna Hayes, author Gena Showalter, had readings from several novels published throughout the last sixty years, and profiled a cover shoot. It happened to be a Blaze cover shoot, and it happened to be mine! I thought I’d share.
Harlequin and Silhouette authors fill out an Art Fact Sheet for every book we write. We grumble. Trust me. We grumble. But the art department uses the information we give them to get our covers right. For Blaze? They do an amazing job. The cover shoot in the video above shows my heroine Jamie sitting on a porch railing at my hero Kell’s hunting cabin. Though the models aren’t wearing the clothing the couple has on in the scene (Kell is wearing boots, jeans, and a Texas A&M T-shirt; Jamie is wearing a camisole and low riding cargo shorts), the background is perfect. And the models are spot on.
When I fill out my AFS, I include links to photos I’ve used to visualize my characters, and in some cases, links to photos of the setting. For this one, I wanted to be sure the art people knew that West Texas mountains don’t look like the Rockies or Appalachians. I have no idea if they look at the photos, but they got this one so right I’d be surprised if they didn’t. Either that, or my extensive explanations were wordy enough!
Loading ...And now, for the big unveiling, the final version of the cover that came out of the above shoot. This is an exclusive; I haven’t even posted it to my own Website yet …
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WOW!!!
That is one HOT cover.
I love this cover!! Not even knowing what the book is about – I put it on my list for the cover alone!! LOL
This is totally neat Alison!!! I so wished I saw this on TV with the captioning for the deaf but I did get the gist! (that the right word? LOL) But so cool seeing this and going down to see your cover then!! LOVE IT!
How can I pick between the 3 votes! They all sound good!
Oops, i meant ‘they all LOOK good’
How cool is that?!?
BTW….LOVE the cover! It is definately HOT!!!
Blazing hot cover!
Ooh, I love the cover. Reminds me of that classic western The Searchers.
I missed the show when it aired so thanks for posting the video. That was interesting.
My goodness. (Fanning self) That is one nice cover!!
Gotta love those BLAZE covers…. NICE!!!!
Great cover!
Great news story, thanks for sharing the video. And I love your cover!
I like the cover models to be dressed appropriately for the scene of the book they’re trying to show!
Just seeing the cover is enough to buy the book especially when your name is there too. Over the years I think the artists have done well for you even if the picture is not altogether descriptive of what is inside.
Love the cover and the tag line
WOW. Love the cover!
Enjoyed the video too, though this was my second time to see it. 
I didn’t see that clip either, so thanks a bunch for posting it, Alison!! And holy geez…that is one hot cover!! I think I’m in love with the male model. Seriously. *sigh*
That was SO much fun, watching how much work went into the shoot ( I had no idea!) and then seeing your cover. Congratulations, and I’ll definitely be picking it up.
That is one HAWT cover. Whew! Can’t wait to read this one.
I didn’t know we could leave links to photos on our Art Fact Sheet. That’s neat to know.
Congrats on the cover exposure on Nightline!
Juliet – I have no idea if they use them, but I leave them. When we used to do our AFS by hand, I would send in photos from magazines along with the rest of the pages!
Wow! That is an awesome cover.
Oh wow Alison, awesome video, and I’m oh so happy the hat went on his head
Sexy cover Alison, can’t wait to read the book, congrats 
!
Petro
I really, really like that cover.
love the clip so dam n hot the cover is amazing whoo waht hot chemesty congrats alison , u are so cool
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