Helen Henderson, author of the Dragshi Chronicles, is asked the question, "You open your front door and find a penguin wearing a cowboy hat. What does he say?" The answer was posed by Anne Everett who hosts the answer.
Find more on the Dragshi Chronicles on Helen's blog. She is also participating in a 52-week, 52-post challenge covering her books, writing life and insights into her world.
Designing
a cover. Do you want a tantalizing scene of the fantasy word? Your name
is larger print that the title? Or a half-naked hunk?
These are a few thoughts that went into the design of the cover for First Change: Legends From The Eyrie.
What
made things more challenging was that this was the fifth volume set in
the world of the dragshi. For those who haven't followed them, the dragshi are more than just a man
or woman, but two beings—one human, the other a dragon. The pair share
one body in space and time and are able to change forms with the other
at will. But be warned, a dragon form comes with more than just the
freedom of the sky.
Unlike the four full-length novels which recounted the tales of the trader girl Anastasia and the Dragshi Lord Branin Llewlyn, First Change is
a collection of several novellas and short stories. None of the tales
are related other than they all take place in the world of the dragon
shifters. The events take place in different eras with different
characters.
A
cover design could use elements from all the stories or from just one.
In the end, Fire and Ice was used as the basis for the cover design. The
setting of the Nerelan equivalent of the Far East, a beautiful empress,
and the green token that determined her fate were the elements
selected. And so without more ado, here is the cover for First Change: Legends From the Eyrie.
For more information on the legends of the dragshi told within First Change, click on the cover.
List of First Change ebook sellers at books2read.com/u/49PMZp
Vengeance has two paths—death or love. And a long memory.
Hatchling's Vengeance (Book 4 of the Dragshi Chronicles)
Buy Links: List of Ebook sellers
Paperback: Amazon / Barnes & Noble
Blurb: Vengeance takes many paths. The cult leader, the Parant, means to have his. No matter how long it takes or how many innocents die, he will kill all dragon shifters. For those who the Parant commands, will vengeance yield to love and provide a path to redemption? Or will retribution decree the punishment for past acts be death?
For the last two unattached dragon shifters, their only weapons to save their kind are their swords—and love. Sometimes not even dragon fire and talons are enough to overcome the mind control wielded by the one called—the Parant.
Dragon shifter and follower alike stand on the knife’s edge with happiness and loss fighting to control the balance.
Click here for an excerpt.
About Helen:
Helen Henderson has written fiction as long as she could remember. Her heritage reflects the contrasts of her Gemini sign. She is a descendent of a coal-miner's daughter and an aviation flight engineer. This dichotomy shows in her writing which crosses genres from historical adventures and westerns to science fiction and fantasy.
In the realm of fantasy, she is the author of two series: the Windmaster novels and the Dragshi Chronicles. Henderson describes herself as a tour guide to the stars, the Old West, and worlds of imagination and invites you to journey with her. The trip begins at helenhenderson-author.blogspot.com.
