Category: Covers

Navigating the Chakras: A Complete How-To Guide to Creating a Spiritual Journey

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The author says:

Embark on a transformative exploration of the chakras with “Navigating the Chakras,” a comprehensive guide that unites ancient spiritual wisdom with the latest scientific insights. This book is your roadmap to understanding the intricate connections between the chakra system and two profound spiritual paths: the Hero’s Journey and the Heroine’s Journey. Inclusive of every religion, “Navigating the Chakras” emphasizes the concept of Yin and Yang, the essential balance between opposing forces. This holistic approach reveals that there is no absolute good or bad, only the harmonious interplay of energies that leads to spiritual growth and fulfillment. Each religion is seen as a necessary piece of the grand spiritual puzzle, contributing unique insights and practices that enhance our understanding of the divine.

The Hero’s Journey: Opening the Heart with the Element of Fire

The Hero’s Journey follows the element of fire, guiding you to open your heart to love and compassion. This path aligns with Jungian psychology, focusing on discovering and developing the anima—the feminine qualities within the psyche. As you traverse the Hero’s Journey, you’ll ignite the flames of courage and empathy, unlocking your potential to connect deeply with yourself and others.

The Heroine’s Journey: Focusing the Mind with the element of Water

In contrast, the Heroine’s Journey follows the element of water, narrowing the focus of the mind and enhancing the executive function of the brain. This path is where the concept of the Virgin Birth to the Divine Male Child emerges, symbolizing the discovery and development of the animus—the masculine qualities within the psyche. By navigating the waters of the Heroine’s Journey, you’ll cultivate clarity, purpose, and the strength to manifest your deepest aspirations.

A Synthesis of Science and Spirituality

Drawing on the sciences of neurology, psychology, and physics, “Navigating the Chakras” validates ancient teachings with modern knowledge. This synthesis of old and new provides a robust framework for those seeking to deepen their spiritual practice and achieve a state of balance and enlightenment. Discover how the chakras can guide you to a life filled with love, abundance, and peace.

Whether you are just beginning your spiritual journey or are an experienced practitioner, “Navigating the Chakras” offers valuable insights and practical tools to help you map and navigate your personal path with confidence and clarity. Join us on this enlightening journey and unlock the full potential of your Body-Mind-Spirit complex. “Navigating the Chakras” is more than a book—it’s your guide to a balanced and harmonious life.

Nathan says:

Evenly split covers are a challenge, and you’ve conquered the biggest hurdle by having the two sides roughly equal in value. However, the other big challenge here is lack of contrast between the type and the background. Especially in the subtitle (or, rather, supertitle), the lack of contrast interferes with readability. The secondary typeface chosen also seems a little too clean and modern to me.

My advice: Increase the contrast, increase the title size so it can be more clearly read in thumbnail, and play with that second typeface.

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The Fantasy Fugitive

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Enter a world where fiction becomes reality… When struggling writer Lucas inherited a mysterious book from his grandfather, he never imagined his own literary creations would spring to life from the pages. But after his fictional protagonist Easton escapes the book and begins exploring our world, Lucas finds himself trapped within his own magical story. Now, he must navigate a perilous fantasy realm, facing dragons, trolls, and warring kingdoms as he searches for a way home. But the line between creator and creation blurs as Lucas discovers the consequences of his writing extend far beyond the page. With each twist and turn, this gripping portal fantasy explores the power of imagination, and the bond between an author and his fictional characters. Can Lucas escape the book, and reclaim control of his life? Or will he be forever be lost in a world of his own making…

Nathan says:

I like the concept here.  Let’s see if we can tweak it:

  • As you can especially see in the thumbnail, the hand is a lot more immediately visible than the sword it’s holding; in fact, in the thumbnail, the sword is overlooked entirely. Reducing the contrast on the hand and making the metallic areas brighter could even this out; you’ll have to test it with various settings.
  • The big problem here is that the title ends up being unreadable when you combine an ornate font, metallic effects, WordArt-style distortion… When I saw that there was also a reversed letter, I could imagine a reader saying, “Screw that,” and turning his attention to another book entirely. Remember that the primary point of type is to be READABLE. I would start with thicker letters (either a variation of this font, or another font altogether) and again, use the thumbnail as a guide.

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Nurturing Your Inner Strength

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NURTURING YOUR INNER STRENGTH: “Your inner strength is the foundation of your greatness, nurture it and let it shine.” “Nurturing Your Inner Strength” is an all-encompassing handbook to personal growth and resilience, providing practical insights and realistic solutions for; developing inner strength resilience, and well-being. Through fascinating chapters, readers will learn about self-awareness, emotional intelligence, dealing with hardship, and making meaningful relationships.

This book offers a road map for managing life’s problems with grace and resilience, from comprehending the mind-body link to accepting change and discovering purpose. With a mix of research-based insights, real-world examples, and practical activities, “Nurturing Your Inner Strength” teaches readers how to maximize their intrinsic potential and succeed in all facets of life. Whether you want to overcome self-limiting beliefs, manage stress, prevent burnout, or make meaningful relationships, this book provides useful tools and information to help you on your personal development and transformation path.

“Nurturing Your Inner Strength” is a must-read for anybody looking to discover their inner resilience and live a life of purpose, passion, and energy. Whether you’re facing personal or professional struggles, this book will help you nurture the inner strength and resilience required to overcome hurdles and reach your full potential.

Nathan says:

The biggest thing I notice is that the title is smaller than it could be, which usually happens when the artwork itself is going to convey something… but this art doesn’t; it’s just competent filler.

My advice would be one of the following three options:

  1. Enlarge the title so it really dominates the cover. (I’m not sure that having “Young Inner” in a smaller and weaker font works in your interest either.)
  2. Change out the artwork so it’s at least subliminally related to inner strength or personal growth — even something abstract with a sunny color scheme would work.
  3. Heck, do both!

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The Whispering Secrets of Willowbrook

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It is set in a mysterious town, guarded by a dragon. It is fantasy romance. The targeted audience is both male and female.

Nathan says:

The art’s great. However:

  1. Unless this is an audiobook release, don’t make it square.
  2. Your text is scrunching up against the woman’s face, and you’ve completely hidden the dragon.
  3. Don’t capitalize “Of.”
  4. Using an internet handle instead of a name makes this seem like a dashed-off messageboard posting, not a for-real novel.
  5. Nobody cares who edited a novel, especially if it’s yourself.
  6. No colon in the byline.

As good as the art is, unless there’s room in the original uncropped artwork to move text off of and away from the most important parts of the image, you need different artwork.

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Devil’s Due

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An assassin is a kidnapped girl’s only hope…

Former CIA assassin Thomas Caine was burned, betrayed, and left for dead. Now he struggles to stay off the grid, and hides from his dark past in the seedy underworld of Pattaya, Thailand. But when human traffickers target a woman Caine swore to protect, the vengeful assassin wages a bloody one-man war to get her back. He soon finds himself taking on the Russian mafia, and an insane criminal warlord who claims to be the devil himself. For years Caine has kept his killer instincts locked inside. Now, they’re about to be unleashed. And his enemies have no idea what’s coming for them…

“Fast, hard-hitting, and deftly-plotted… a must-read for fans of Mark Greaney and Barry Eisler.” — The Real Book Spy

The bestselling Thomas Caine thriller series starts here, with this action-packed novella.

Nathan says:

It solidly hits all the bases for its genre.  Two comments, though:

  • If it’s set in Thailand, why is all the signage in Chinese, and China Town-related?
  • This is a peeve carried over from Lousy Book Covers: If you’re bestselling by a specific standard — NYT, USA Today, Amazon, etc. — say that. The vague “International Bestselling Author” seems too much like blowing smoke.

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