The other day I googled my name. It’s been a while since I did that and I was really surprised at the results. In the past, my name would come up on relatively few sites, along with my namesake in Scotland (actually, that should be namesakes because there’s more than one of me out there apparently… scared? you should be :-)!)
But this time there were pages of me. I tell you, it’s all rather daunting. Anyway, one of the delights I discovered while googling was this cover:
My first book, THE BOSS’S CHRISTMAS SEDUCTION, will be released into the UK in November this year together with a book by Sandra Marton! I’m just over the moon with excitement and I absolutely love the cover. Oh, and did I mention SANDRA MARTON!!!
So tell me, have you googled yourself recently? And what was the best surprise you found?
Wow, that is such a gorgeous cover and how funny that you only found it because you did a self-google!!!! The other day I found that a book group had decided to choose their books via the alphabet and so because they were starting with the As they picked my book - that was pretty cool!!!!!
Comment by amanda ashby — 6 September, 2007 @ 12:20 am
Ah, the advantages of being at the beginning of the alphabet with both your names! But, yeah, that is very cool!
I’m glad you think the cover is gorgeous. I’m mesmerised by it (easily amused’r'us). I just love the subtleties… his hand on her arm, her straps down off her shoulder, the intensity of the kiss. ::sigh::
Comment by yvonnelindsay — 6 September, 2007 @ 2:55 am
yep, its the most FABULOUS cover! Yay you! And yes, SANDRA MARTON!!!!
Congrats!!!!!
Comment by Natalie Anderson — 7 September, 2007 @ 7:41 am
I could stare at this cover all day. It’s fabulous.
Comment by Christa — 7 September, 2007 @ 9:02 pm
Oh and apparently I share the name of a German rock singer.
Comment by Christa — 7 September, 2007 @ 9:06 pm
Thanks, Natalie! I’m stoked about it all, the cover, the pairing, being released in the UK before Christmas. Absolutely awesome!
Christa, ah, you’re my kindred cover spirit :-). Ooh, and a German rock singer too, that’s exciting!
One of my alter-egos is a doctor in Scotland, from memory, a research scientist. I wonder if she’s ever googled our name. Hmmm, now that brings an interesting scenario… we live at opposite sides of the world, doing pretty disparate work. Do you think the same could be said for everyone?
Comment by yvonnelindsay — 7 September, 2007 @ 10:42 pm
I’m with you on that cover — how into it are they? It’s a lesson in *showing* the subtleties of the kiss.
As for googling: there’s a playwrite with my name, which I don’t mind. Mostly I’m glad that now I have enough mentions that I don’t get Jenna Jameson hits included.
Comment by Bronwyn Jameson — 7 September, 2007 @ 11:22 pm
Yeah, Bron, I agree on the subtleties. Mind you, I’m not sure that every reader analyses them as the authors might do. I think for the art department its a fine balance to find a picture that will speak subliminally to a potential buyer, with all the cues that promise the story (or, in this case stories) inside that will take them on a fantastic journey. Or maybe I’m just rambling…
Comment by yvonnelindsay — 8 September, 2007 @ 4:13 am