Cover Reveal ... Kinda ;)

If you're Facebook friend of mine, or a fan (I hate that word), or you just follow my public updates there, you may have seen something a little out of the ordinary.

I'm currently writing my next novel, Hidden. I did something I haven't done in three years - I actually sat down and plotted the book using the techniques of The Plot Whisperer. I have a notebook filled with notes, background story, character sketches, etc. I've got this one DOWN, baby. All I have to do is write (easy and fun) and edit (not easy, but still fun). It's like all cake from here.

I've already got a cover. I've had it for about a month. The incredible Steven Novak made it for me. I've been dying to share it, but it seems silly to share it when the novel isn't even fully written yet!

So I had this idea...this evil idea...to share my cover in pieces. lol. Cruel, I know. Only 5 friends have seen it in full and here's what they have to say:

"Oooooooohhhhhhhhhh! I LOVE it."

and

"I LOVE it!!! Very mysterious and dark and enticing."

and (my favorite)

"holy <bleeping> <bleep>

you're going to sell a <BLEEP>LOAD of books"

Here's how the cover reveal is going to work. Every time I hit a new word count goal, you get to see another part of the cover. I showed the upper left corner yesterday, just to kick the whole thing off. When I hit 10,000, you'll get the lower right corner, 20,000 is the upper right corner, 30,000 is the lower left corner, 40,000 is the right and left sides, 50,000 is the entire cover. Sounds like fun, right?

If you want to keep track, and help encourage me to keep writing, there's a word count meter on the top of the right sidebar of my blog. You'll know exactly where I'm at because I update it several times a day.

Here's the first reveal:

 

XoXo, Megg