Cover reveal and more

Things are moving fast all at once. After months of idleness, publication date for my debut novel, Marguerite, has been set for December 4. Very exciting!

While waiting for the publishers to reveal their complete marketing plan, I have been am busy setting up my side of things. I think I mentioned before that I joined the Author’s Guild of America, which was a shrewd move. They provide free tools to build a website (they can also build it for you if you like). They organised my domain name and an email in my pen name. They embedded the email sign-up form into the website. And the best—you communicate with a REAL PERSON (shoutout to Hector!) No bots, and no endless search for some elusive ‘Happiness Engineer’. Yay.

As for the rest, why must everything be so complicated? I was assured by Kindlepreneur (a very useful source of all kinds of information) that the best mailing service for authors is MailerLite, as well as being the easiest to set up. Well, either I’m a moron, or the other services need a degree in advanced coding. I have been struggling with the damn thing for days—despite a bot who is better than most, and even some help from a real live person. But it’s done, more or less. Finally, I’m pretty familiar with IG, via my art account, but I hate X, Facebook etc. I think I’ll pass. I’m too old to make little videos on TikTok.

Take a look at the cover and tell me what you think. I’m quite pleased with it. I was very clear about NO bare-chested duke clutching a swooning maiden.

It was difficult for the graphic artist to find a stock photo I liked, so I came upon the idea to use an old painting (in the public domain). This is an oil portrait by Swiss artist Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767 – 1849), possibly of Mademoiselle Cazenove. Then I wanted to superimpose a profile of the duke watching Marguerite ride in the park. The graphic artist did a good job of my ideas, I think.

Finally, a bout of shameless self-promotion:

I am delighted to present my debut novel, Marguerite. Set in the elitist and socially restricted milieu of the ton in Regency London, it is the story of an independent, opinionated girl and the man who pursues her despite her refusing his offer of marriage. 

If this sounds like your cup of tea, I would be grateful if you would consider preordering the book. Preorders help new authors get discovered, and your support is invaluable. 

Once you’ve read the book (if you manage to finish and if you haven’t hated it!), I would love it if you would consider leaving a review. Even a sentence helps other readers find the book, and I am interested in every piece of feedback. 

I’d also like to invite you to take a look at my website, Marina Montrose Author, where subscribers to the Reader’s Club receive a free, exclusive short story as a thank you gift. You can join here:

https://www.mmontrose.com/disc.htm

Thank you for being part of this adventure. 📚

P.S. The book is available for preorder on Amazon, but print copies only on Amazon.com still…Here is a link to all the other places where you can preorder. Or order later on.

https://cupidsarrowpublishing.com/marguerite

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Author: M. L. Kappa

I’m an artist and writer based on a farm in Normandy, France, where we breed horses with my husband.

21 thoughts on “Cover reveal and more”

    1. Thank you, Pete, I am fully intending to take advantage of your kind offer, which you made before, but I was thinking it might be better to wait until the book is actually published? Then it’s a reminder, without annoying people with too much advertising. What do you think?

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  2. Congratulations. The publication of one’s debut novel is so exciting.

    Now the hard work begins.

    I love the cover. And I’m glad you didn’t go with the sexy duke clutching a swooning maiden. I find those covers off-putting.

    I would also be delighted to feature you on my website as well as Pete.

    You can contact me on vivienne.sang@gmail.com

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    1. Thank you! I’d love that, it’s so kind. I’m new to this and a bit lost, so any advice, feedback and criticism is welcome. I feel bad, for example, for not having left more reviews on Amazon etc on books I loved. You get so many demands for your opinion nowadays, as soon as you buy as much as a toothbrush or watch a trailer, that sometimes I don’t bother. I am determined to mend my ways.

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  7. I’ve pre-ordered and joined your mailing list. I haven’t used MailerLite, but I used to use MailChimp before it went off-piste and became prohibitively expensive.

    I hope all goes well on publication day.

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    1. Thanks so much, April. I really appreciate it, and I would love some (honest) feedback later. I’m looking to improve the next books. MailerLite is free up to I think 500 or 1000 subscribers and as for the moment I have 13 there’s a way to go!

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