I got my cover for my February release.
The star of that story
is my hero, Tavos Santos.
He appears in an earlier book
and readers are waiting for his romance.
So author buddies thought
I’d be disappointed
he wasn’t on the cover.
I wasn’t.
You see…
readers have already
imagined what he looks like.
Ask a dozen readers
and they’ll give you a dozen descriptions.
That means…
a photo depicting my hero
will disappoint at least some of my readers.
It is better that
his face be left to their imaginations
(one of the reasons
why so many romances
show heroes from the chin down).
Seth Godin has a great post
on why the marketing NOT shown
is most important.