30 Covers, 30 Days 2011: Day 3

Happy 3rd of November! At this point, your sea legs should just be getting under you. The waves of inspiration are rolling nicely, and the wind is filling your sails! Why not take a break and take a peek at today’s cover, designed by David High:




Paper Roses by grenouille

Sometimes the things we are looking for are not so far away…
Paloma only knows her parents from one photograph. She’s spent years fighting to become part of her foster family. She’s longing for affection, real relationships and attention. Things that are so hard to find in a circus fighting for its own survival.

Meeting a man who knew her mother turns Paloma’s life upside-down. It‘s the beginning of a long chain of events, of questioning her life’s values, of the strangest friendship of her life, and of a quest to find out who she really is. Why do a certain gang’s members recognize her on the street even though she’s never seen them before? Why doesn’t she resemble any of the people in the photograph? And why does the circus’ owner hate her so much?

Every person she meets opens a new door to the past of her parents. But some doors should stay closed forever…


David High hails originally from Miami, FL and has spent the last 20 years in New York City and it’s reach-by-train-whereabouts designing, illustrating, and art directing for the publishing, music, and cable television industries of both U.S. coasts. His website (which needs a good updating) is: highdzn.com, and his newest newest work (updated with relatively frequency) can be seen here: highdzn.new

This cover is breathtaking! Fantastic job!

This cover is absolutely gorgeous!

Very eye-catching and beautiful.

Oh wow, the symbolism and beauty of this cover is amazing... now I'm praying doubly hard that I'm fortunate enough to walk away with something even resembling this quality. :(

*goes to train some of the randomizer monkeys*

Oh man, I'm sorry! I accidentally deleted a comment here while trying to reply.

medlock, I think your comment said this:

"Best one so far. Question though, are the novels already all picked for the 30 Day, 30 Covers?"

My reply was going to be that we haven't yet picked all the covers, and will be continuing to pick through November! Sorry about that. I'll be updating our top post, too.

Gorgeous!

This is my favorite one so far. LOVE the synopsis on this story too! Awesomesauce.

So far, the covers and synopses (synopsiseseses?) all seem to compliment accentuate each other very well. Excellent.

This cover is breathtaking and it fits the plot perfectly. Amazing idea, amazing cover, amazing work!

This is really stunning, both the design and the synopsis...

Definitely eye-catching and stunning!

So cool! It fits synopsis perfectly. When I saw the cover I thought circus, and then I read the synopsis, and then I wanted to buy the book and then I realized that the book isn't even fully written.

I didn't realize how rarely the vertical is emphasized in the design of something that is, well, usually more vertical than horizontal. Does that make sense? Really cool.

Gorgeous, simply gorgeous.

What a small world, I was going to nominate my story for 30 covers, 30 days, but my protagonist is not only named Paloma but is also searching for her birth family. Your story sounds amazing and the cover is breathtaking. Happy writing!

This is absolutely gorgeous!! The design is clean and minimalist but breath taking all at the same time.

& the synopsis is just amazing. I'd love to read this one day!

The cover is so freaking beautiful. Synopsis sounds good too!

Holy cheese. Synopsis and cover are just amazing!