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A Heartfelt Thank You

December 21, 2018 By JPMcLean 4 Comments

Your cover love has been a very special Christmas gift, for which I am grateful. Please accept a heartfelt thank you to everyone who voted for Secret Sky in Kobo’s Cover Contest 2018.

Hearty congratulations to international best-selling author Adam Croft whose book cover for The Indie Author Mindset came out on top. Adam Croft writes thrillers, mysteries and self-help books. He’s sold more than a million books to date.

Given the competition, I’m pretty happy to report that Secret Sky’s cover came in second overall, and it placed first in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy category. Congratulations and a special thank you to the design team at JD&J Book Cover Design.

On Christmas day, the fourth book in The Gift Legacy series, Lethal Waters, will be released. This fourth cover is another fine example of JD&J’s design work.

For a limited time, Lethal Waters will be available on pre-order for the special launch price of $0.99.

Click here to pre-order Lethal Waters.

Lethal Waters was formerly titled The Gift: Penance. If you own one of the originals, congratulations! You now have a collector’s edition. The fifth and never-before released book in the series, Deadly Deception will drop on January 8. As always, I’d love to hear your feedback. Just hit reply or contact me via the social media buttons.

Get your copy of Book 1, Secret Sky from Kindle with one click right here. And if ebooks aren’t your preference, click on the bookstore tab for other purchase options, or just click on the covers below.

Here we go again!

December 17, 2018 By JPMcLean Leave a Comment

As you know—and thanks again to everyone who voted for it—Secret Sky won best 2018 cover in the sci-fi/fantasy category at Kobo Writing Life. Kudos to the talented folks at JD&J Book Cover Design! And because Secret Sky was a category winner (woo hoo!) it’s now in the running for best cover overall. So, here we go again!

Secret Sky is now competing against the other category winners and runners-up for Best Overall Cover 2018. I’d appreciate your support again. It takes but a moment to vote. Just click on the contest link, wait for the page to load and then scroll down to Secret Sky and click on its cover to cast your vote. After you vote, the current tally will be revealed.

At this level, it’s the best of the best. Competition is fierce and I’ll need all the votes I can get. Voting closes at midnight EST on Thursday, December 20th, so don’t delay. Please share the contest link with anyone who has a laptop, tablet or smart phone who might cast a vote for Secret Sky. Thanks in advance.

I’ll share the contest results after it closes. Fingers crossed!

We Did It!

November 30, 2018 By JPMcLean 5 Comments

We did it! Thank you to everyone who voted for Secret Sky in the Kobo Writing Life contest.

Thanks to you, Secret Sky has won BEST SCI-FI/FANTASY COVER FOR 2018 with 68% of the votes! I’m not sure it’s sunk in yet. 68%!!! Excuse me while I repeat: “We did it!”

Congratulations to the designers at JD&J Book Cover Design. Secret Sky‘s cover now advances to the final round and goes up against the winners in four other categories for best overall cover for 2018.

As a special thank you for your support, I’m extending Secret Sky‘s special launch price of $0.99 until the contest closes! Get it from your favourite retailer right here. Or click here for more purchase options.

(And keep your voting fingers limber – the final round of voting starts on December 14.)

Heart photo by Jamie Street on Unsplash

I could sure use your help!

November 28, 2018 By JPMcLean 4 Comments

Two posts in one day is unusual, I know, but it’s crunch time and I could sure use your help, so I hope you don’t mind.

Ebook cover for Secret Sky Kobo selected Secret Sky as one of the top ten book covers for 2018 in their Sci-Fi/Fantasy category. You can imagine how excited I was to hear the news. This is a huge deal and has the potential to raise the visibility of the book, which is always a challenge.

The winner is chosen by popular vote, and voting is now underway. Secret Sky‘s cover was in the lead for a while, but has slipped behind. I could use your help to push it back out in front.

Voting is quick and easy. Click here to go to Kobo’s website, scroll to the bottom and click on the cover for Secret Sky. The current tally will be revealed after you’ve voted. Voting closes at 11:59 EST on Thursday (That’s 9pm on the West Coast), so we don’t have a lot of time. Let’s do this!

I’d be grateful if you’d help spread the word. Share this post with friends, family, distant relatives, winged and furry friends. If they’ve got a phone, an iPad, a laptop or computer, they can cast a vote! Thanks so much. (And thanks to everyone who’s already voted.)

Book cover designed by JD&J Book Cover Design.