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Two More Poses

Snoopy

It’s the last day of the Aicardi Syndrome Foundation Fundraiser, and we’re within two hundred bucks of the $12,500 goal!

I don’t want to sound like an NPR pledge drive, but there are only 8 hours left to donate.

To keep the excitement and momentum going, I’ve posted two more cover poses behind the cut.

The first is from Kelley Armstrong’s Bitten. Not only is this pose rather painful on the shoulders and wrists, but it also demonstrates the dead-girl-on-the-cover trend. I’ve seen this on other books, and maybe it’s even appropriate to the story, but tell me, have any of you ever seen a dead guy on a book cover?

I also did my best to match the cover of Lois McMaster Bujold’s book Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance, which several people requested. With the help of the ever-popular teddy bear and a photobomb from our cat Flop, I propped myself up on the couch and tried not to give myself too much of a head rush.

Mirrored from Jim C. Hines.

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martianmooncrab
Dec. 31st, 2012 08:56 pm (UTC)
You will forever be known as the creator of Book Cover Pose Yoga..
jimhines
Dec. 31st, 2012 08:58 pm (UTC)
The workout video is the $20K reward :-)
martianmooncrab
Dec. 31st, 2012 09:10 pm (UTC)
then you can do a fundraiser to fill in the video participants... grin.
mrissa
Dec. 31st, 2012 08:56 pm (UTC)
My MIL was reading Captain Vorpatril's Alliance at family Christmas, and when we discussed the back cover, my SIL said, "I hope Jim Hines sees that!" I was amused. Now I am even more amused.
jimhines
Dec. 31st, 2012 08:59 pm (UTC)
:-)
burger_eater
Dec. 31st, 2012 08:58 pm (UTC)
If only you'd covered your nipples with an ace bandage, you would have won the internet for all time, not just the day.

Boosting the signal.
jimhines
Dec. 31st, 2012 08:59 pm (UTC)
Aw, crap. We even have some Ace bandages around the house. I am shamed by my failure!
burger_eater
Dec. 31st, 2012 09:02 pm (UTC)
We've finally identified something that will make you feel shame. Excellent!

(Seriously, this whole project has been awesome and I admire the hell out of you for it.)
evewithanapple
Dec. 31st, 2012 09:05 pm (UTC)
Oh man, I remember that Bitten cover! It was on the first copy of the book I read. (Fortunately, the one I own is much more tasteful.)
jimhines
Dec. 31st, 2012 09:13 pm (UTC)
I'm genuinely curious what they were going for with this version of the cover.
agilebrit
Dec. 31st, 2012 09:07 pm (UTC)
...is it just me or does she look dead on that "Bitten" cover?
jimhines
Dec. 31st, 2012 09:11 pm (UTC)
It's not just you.
agilebrit
Dec. 31st, 2012 09:15 pm (UTC)
...I guess the next question is, is she supposed to look dead. If she is, mission accomplished. If she's not, well.
jimhines
Dec. 31st, 2012 09:17 pm (UTC)
My guess is that it's deliberate. I don't have an answer as to why, but it's not alone. See http://trac-changes.blogspot.com/2011/10/cover-trends-in-ya-fiction-why.html
rachelmanija
Dec. 31st, 2012 09:47 pm (UTC)
Bitten: A+.

Vorpatril: Why no blue interpretive dancer pose???
jimhines
Dec. 31st, 2012 09:49 pm (UTC)
If I Photoshop The Tick into the background, will that make you happy? :-)
rachelmanija
Dec. 31st, 2012 09:51 pm (UTC)
No, I want you to do the pose!
snapes_angel
Dec. 31st, 2012 10:37 pm (UTC)
Which, of course, requires much photoshopping, if Jim does both.....
deborahblakehps
Jan. 1st, 2013 03:01 am (UTC)
It would make ME happy :-) ANd you need to add that Ace bandage :-)

I loved the Bujold book, but I looked at the cover and thought...SERIOUSLY? (Of course, what I should have been thinking was "JIM COULD DO THIS! WITH A CAT! AND A STUFFED BEAR!" But that would have been crazy.)

I contributed. Not much, since I'm spreading my meager wealth around donation-wise, but I'm in there.
jimhines
Jan. 1st, 2013 03:10 am (UTC)
Thank you! Every donation helps, large or small.

Did you email me? I haven't seen anything pop up from you yet.
deborahblakehps
Jan. 1st, 2013 03:26 am (UTC)
Nope--hadn't gotten there yet :-)
brownthrasher
Dec. 31st, 2012 10:10 pm (UTC)
I feel I've gotten my money's worth with the Bujold pose. Thank you!
jimhines
Dec. 31st, 2012 10:14 pm (UTC)
You are most welcome, and thank *you*!
blythe025
Dec. 31st, 2012 10:20 pm (UTC)
OMG, you are the coolest bloke ever.
snapes_angel
Dec. 31st, 2012 10:36 pm (UTC)
Kitty!

But yea, dislocating all over the place.
difrancis
Dec. 31st, 2012 11:31 pm (UTC)
Can you do the blue girl in the background????? Dress as Jig and do it. Yes?
sinboy
Dec. 31st, 2012 11:43 pm (UTC)
I vote scalzi for blue woman. And Kowal for Ivan.
naath
Jan. 1st, 2013 12:42 am (UTC)
It'd be fun :-p

but to be fair the blue girl is a dancer, and that looks like a dance pose to me. Unlike that post they've put poor Tej in
akiko
Jan. 1st, 2013 03:47 pm (UTC)
Oh, Baen covers. *sigh*
offcntr
Jan. 2nd, 2013 12:50 am (UTC)
Anyone else notice on Bitten that her left forearm's been rotated 180°? Jim's palm is towards the floor, hers toward the viewer.

Ow. Just ow.
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