Homes get them, people get them, why not blogs? I thought it was time to give mine a new look, hence the background change. What do you think?
I wanted something atmospheric and moody and went on an image hunt. I found this one on bigstockphoto.com. It was easy to find using the search elements I incorporated: a full moon and a wolf.
The hero of my October release, Weathering Rock, is cursed by lycanthropy, so it seemed like a good fit. That and I’ve always been a little gone on the whole werewolf legend and moonlight.
Bigstock is affordable and easy to use. I know I’ll be rummaging through their library of stock photography again. My biggest problem was deciding which image to select, I liked so many.
Huge thanks to Jane Wakely for pointing me toward the website. I feel like I just repainted my house. J
Love the change, Mae!
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Thanks, Christina. It was so hard choosing just one!
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Thanks for stopping by and checking it out, Christina!
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It’s wonderful, Mae! It’s perfect for Weathering Rock! Great job!
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Thanks, Venice. I really wanted something to tie into WR and Caleb. Wolves and moonlight seemed the perfect match. So glad you like it! 🙂
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Looks great Mae! I often use istockphotography. They have great pics as well. I’ll have to check out bigstock too!
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Thanks, L.J.! I just recently heard of istockphotograpy so I want to check them out too. A friend suggested I might want to play with my name banner at the top blending, it with the blue/silvery theme of the background to see how it would look. I created it in Photoshop so I have to go back to the drawing board for that, but I think I’m going to experiment just for fun. 🙂
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I think that’s a great idea for the name banner. Can’t wait to see it. It is fun to play around with designs. I can spend hours doing it!
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Aren’t stock photos fun. It actually takes me longer to find photos for my book review than it does to put the review together after I find the photos I want to use. I believe a lot of it goes back to already having an image in my head of what something is supposed to look like. And, yes, your new background is positively smashing.
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I love stock photos, Sheri! Not only do I like searching for particular images but I’ll often stumble across one that inspires a completely different idea. I’ll tuck it away for later in hopes of using it in the future. Now that I’ve found some good sites for quality images that are either royalty-free or affordable, I’m sure I’ll be sprucing up my blog posts with more images. Oh, and so glad you like the new look. I enjoyed shopping for it 🙂
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Great new BG Mae, kudos! I look forward to seeing what you do with your banner 🙂
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Oh, how nice to find you here! *waving* Thanks for dropping by. As soon as I wrap things up with the book trailer, the banner is next!
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