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Allure of the Depths Blurb and Updated Cover
Hello all,
So I’ve been struggling with the blurb of Allure of the Depths (I changed the title back, as you’ll see later), but I finally wrote something that I think is decent, so I thought I’d share it alongside the updated cover as well. I hope you don’t mind two posts in a row about the same WIP, but this should be the last thing I post to this space about Allure of the Depths for a while, so it should be fine.
I’ll start with the updated cover. Here it is:
I tried to take on all of your advice. Like I already mentioned, I got rid of the ‘The’ in the title like Sofia suggested. I tried to follow Maya’s advice and make it more mermaidy by adding a silhouette of a mermaid, but I don’t know if it’s…
The Allure of the Depths Covers
Hello all,
I’d like to share with you the old and new covers for one of my WIPs which I haven’t talked about much here on the IPC. It’s called The Allure of the Depths, and is a fantasy romance loosely inspired by the little mermaid. I’m currently working on the blurb, but I’m struggling with the wording on some parts (and I also haven’t decided whether or not it’s going to be a cozy romance or something slightly darker.
And now, for the original cover:
I mean, it’s a decent first draft, but it’s hard to read most of the text. The title was originally just Allure of the Depths, because I was trying to squeeze in all of the lines and stuff. They were a lot of work trying to move them and change their lengths, so I didn’t put them in…
Maya Daisy
Jul 30
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Hi Nae!
So, I know that I'm kind of late to this, but oh well. Life happens. First off, I wanted to say that I love the title. I definitely think that that it's a great name and it would be hard to think of another one that would be better. But, if you do end up changing it, just keep in mind that "allure of the seas" is the name of a cruise ship by royal carribean... which probably isn't the vibe you're going for. Now, for the cover though, I feel like it could be better. I do like the ocean aspect, but I feel like for a mermaid romance, it needs something more, you know? Maybe some more sea life under the water, or even a little mermaid in the distance? Or perhaps a glimpse of the mermaid village (I don't know if they have a village, but you know, wherever they live). And I know it's difficult because you're just building covers on canva, but I figured that my feedback might be helpful anyway! Anyway, hope this helps, and good luck!
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A Prototype 2.0
The main thing now is that the image doesn't really match the title (also it still isn't original artwork, just something I found on google).
sighs Anyway.
~ Sofia
Nadya Wildlands
Jul 10
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I love the new design. The W and N not overlapping brings me so much inner peace.
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I agree, the first two paragraphs are great, the third is just slightly less interesting. However, I don’t really have too much feedback for it.
"As the storms battering the coast of Navarón and the waters surrounding Alintera worsen" This is a good beginning of a sentence, however I feel like it lacks--I don't know if this is the right word, but--tangibility. Like perhaps instead you could do "As storms batter the coast of Navarón and the waters surrounding Alintera grow restless" (and that doesn't sound particularly original, but I think you get the point.) Something to immerse the reader in the setting.
The only other thing that I thought you could play around with was starting your last sentence with an ‘And.’ I don’t think it’s necessary, but you may want to experiment with it. The reason I brought it up is because when you put an ‘and’ somewhere it’s kind of like saying, “We have to do this, this, and this. Look at all the things we have to do in order to save the world.”
That’s all for now!
~Sofia
P.S. I love Azul's name!!!! Nerida's too, but you know.