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Gnomic Utterances. These are traditional, and are set at the head of each section of the Guidebook. The reason for them is lost in the mists of History. They are culled by the Management from a mighty collection of wise sayings probably compiled by a SAGE—probably called Ka’a Orto’o—some centuries before the Tour begins. The Rule is that no Utterance has anything whatsoever to do with the section it precedes. Nor, of course, has it anything to do with Gnomes.
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Date: 2010-08-18 06:37 pm (UTC)I think often people in the industry and commenters have a hard time divorcing "gorgeous piece of art" and "successful cover." What appeals to us aesthetically is not always going to make a good cover.
(don't even get me started on the many many YA book bloggers goning on how they hate such and such feature/trend for covers--photos,cropping, etc.--because it doesn't catch THEIR eye. Well, we aren't publishing YA for the adult readers of YA--we're publishing YA for YAs, who may or may not feel the same way you do. Sorry. Digression.)
And yet that's no reason NOT TO BE ACCURATE, you know? There's no reason whatsoever that you can't create an awesome, appealing modern cover that also accurately reflects the main character. NONE.