Dogfighters cover & Hobbit Trailer

[alex_beecroft]

Gosh, my titles are imaginative, aren’t they? But I got the final version of my cover art for Under the Hill: Dogfighters last night and had logged on to post it for people to see, when I came across the Hobbit trailer. That made two things to squee about instead of just one, so here they both are together, unconnected except by my enthusiasm.

Look! I have a dragon! And a Mosquito bomber, and mehndi, and countryside that looks like it really is the Peak District, and a model I can easily picture as Ben – he has just the perfect attitude. So cool! I can’t wait to get both this and Bomber’s Moon in paperback. They’re going to be such handsome books

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As for the Hobbit trailer

 

I’m loving all of it except for the completely random Galadriel/Gandalf shipping. What?! As someone who spent three years writing Celeborn/Galadriel fanfic, my feathers are mightily ruffled. Why must everyone in the world disregard my favourite elf?

Apart from that, I loved the Dwarvish plainsong, and I particularly love “Can you promise that I will come back?” “No.”

So, on the whole I’m guessing it’ll be like the other films – mostly excellent, but with some bits inserted that make me tear my hair out. I wonder which part will outweigh which.

Mirrored from Alex Beecroft - Author of Gay Historical and Fantasy Fiction.

Comments

[darkemeralds]

Ooh! The cover of your new book is gorgeous!

And I am at one with you in the squee over The Hobbit. I only wish we didn't have a whole year to wait to see John Watson turn into Bilbo Baggins. (Or, from what I understand, hear Sherlock be Smaug...?)

[alex_beecroft]

Thank you! :) I probably shouldn't say this, but I wonder if one of the reasons it's one of my best covers is that the book is Fantasy with romantic elements rather than pure Romance. Having done cover art for Romance novels myself, it can get very difficult and restrictive when you have to try and get both characters on screen together. There's not a lot of space for other interesting things, like dragons :)

Yes, I've heard that Benedict Cumberbatch is voicing Smaug. That's going to be such fun! I can't wait to see Thranduil and the elves of Mirkwood. They were my first experience with elves and set me on the path I'm still on today, so I hope they're done right, or there will be ructions! ;)