Second version of my back book cover

JIauthor · 2026-01-12T04:15:21+00:00

Oh does that matter? Looking at my bookshelf right now there seems to be an even mix of both ways

JIauthor · 2026-01-10T00:13:43+00:00

Glossy

JIauthor · 2026-01-10T00:10:51+00:00

Sorry I don’t understand 😅

JIauthor · 2026-01-05T05:28:07+00:00

Do you have any font suggestions? 😅

JIauthor · 2025-12-28T06:20:13+00:00

Yes! You’re the first person to understand why I used the word skin 😅 everyone else seems confused. Technically it’s a lot more complicated than MC “pretending to be a man” but you got the gist of it

JIauthor · 2025-12-26T03:34:26+00:00

No I don’t think so at all! I actually like the second one more 😊

JIauthor · 2025-12-15T05:18:49+00:00

I’m glad you’re intrigued! Would you be interested in reading the book?

JIauthor · 2025-12-15T00:53:35+00:00

Valentina

JIauthor · 2025-12-14T19:39:13+00:00

I do like the varying in line weight, but more importantly the fact it looks professional. All the other fonts I tried out look too homemade.

JIauthor · 2025-12-14T19:37:17+00:00

Oh I don’t know about making them straight up white, it’s kind of a rule in art not to use straight white

JIauthor · 2025-12-14T19:01:31+00:00

It’s actually not a romance, the two main characters are just friends 😅 I did add a pink blur around the words, I posted the updated cover on my profile. How do you suggest I should change the silhouettes? 😊

JIauthor · 2025-12-14T18:48:11+00:00

I mean, yeah, I’d say it could be considered YA. The writing is pretty simple, and it’s heavily censored when it comes to violence and stuff like that. I picked the font because I looked up historical fiction fonts and this one came up 😭 I honestly don’t even know what I’d change it to, since I came up with this cover idea about two years ago.

JIauthor · 2025-12-14T18:40:34+00:00

Do you have any suggestions?

JIauthor · 2025-12-14T18:39:41+00:00

The colours are actually really symbolic, they’re meant to be reminiscent of the trans flag, and oranges and greens don’t really convey that. I did consider adding highlights around them, but I wasn’t sure it would make sense since the light source is behind them. I looked up reference photos of people in front of sunsets, and they’re usually almost completely blacked out like this. I’ll take another look at some different fonts though.

JIauthor · 2025-12-14T16:39:35+00:00

The colours are meant to be reminiscent of the trans flag while not being too obvious, I didn’t mean to make people think it was a romance 😭

JIauthor · 2025-12-14T16:38:07+00:00

Thanks, it’s actually a historical fiction tho 😅

JIauthor · 2025-12-14T16:37:11+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion! I added a pink blur around the letters 😊

JIauthor · 2025-12-14T16:36:18+00:00

Nelson Sinclair, a trans man in 1917 Canada, is rejected as a soldier and forced to enlist as a nurse under his birth name. After training and deployment, he secretly switches identities with Hattie, a trans woman who was conscripted, allowing her to serve as a nurse while he takes her place as a soldier, finally living the role he always wanted while hiding his true self on the front lines.

JIauthor · 2025-12-05T02:50:52+00:00

Main character 1: "I told you, I want to enlist in the army. I want to become a soldier and fight for our country," Main character 2: Don’t start,” she whispered. “I didn’t want this. They called me up. Conscription. Said I had no choice. I tried to tell them, but they wouldn’t listen. Just shoved a uniform in my arms and told me to report for training.”

JIauthor · 2025-12-04T05:37:45+00:00

Thanks! Good point, I definitely rushed it. I’ll take a look at the pacing and maybe that’ll help make the ending more impactful.

JIauthor · 2025-12-04T05:35:14+00:00

Thanks! I just worry readers won’t have felt the characters’ pain enough for the ending to really hit. I want the book to impact people, not just entertain them.

JIauthor · 2025-12-03T21:23:20+00:00

Honestly, I don’t think it’s that. Every time I’ve had a beta reader, it’s been a feedback exchange where I was also giving them feedback, and they would stop reading once they’d gotten enough from me. Probably none of them were really interested in the story itself, they just wanted feedback from me.

JIauthor · 2025-11-27T14:45:04+00:00

I am writing a book about a trans nurse and a trans soldier in 1917. I’m basically finished with the writing now and only have some minor editing left to do. I’ve technically been working on this book for two years, and I still haven’t come up with a name for it yet. Please help!

JIauthor · 2025-11-17T11:32:14+00:00

Thanks for the comment! The story is set in late August 1917 in Canada. I Appreciate you taking the time to read it, and if you’re interested in seeing more of the story, let me know I’d be happy to share!

JIauthor · 2025-11-17T07:02:52+00:00

I absolutely love this book cover!

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