{"id":2425,"date":"2022-08-03T12:59:12","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T12:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/?p=2425"},"modified":"2022-08-03T13:01:02","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T13:01:02","slug":"cover-options-for-playing-at-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/cover-options-for-playing-at-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Options for Playing at Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em><strong>Playing at Murder<\/strong><\/em> is off to beta readers, on the way to an October release, if all goes well.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m trying to decide between two possible covers for it.<\/p>\n<p>The basic design is dictated by the pattern of the series, which starts with<em><strong> A Gift for Murder<\/strong><\/em> and continues in <em><strong>Wired for Murder<\/strong><\/em>. But each book has a ribbon at the bottom featuring an image that represents the product category of the trade show which forms the backdrop for each story. And there\u2019s room for another item to the left above the title.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Playing at Murder<\/strong><\/em> is set at a trade show for toys and playthings.<\/p>\n<p>Two different approaches to the cover. Which do you prefer?<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/PAM_v1_500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2426\" src=\"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/PAM_v1_500-185x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/PAM_v1_500-185x300.jpg 185w, https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/PAM_v1_500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/PAM_v2_600.jpg\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/PAM_v2_600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2427\" src=\"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/PAM_v2_600-185x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/PAM_v2_600-185x300.jpg 185w, https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/PAM_v2_600.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Playing at Murder is off to beta readers, on the way to an October release, if all goes well. I\u2019m trying to decide between two possible covers for it. The basic design is dictated by the pattern of the series, <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/cover-options-for-playing-at-murder\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,256,204],"tags":[259],"class_list":["post-2425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-market-center-mysteries","category-writing","tag-playing-at-murder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2425"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2430,"href":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425\/revisions\/2430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}