fake cover time!

In the grand tradition of the fake album cover meme, the blog 100 Scope Notes has posted instructions on how to make your own fake YA novel cover:

CREATE YOUR DEBUT YA COVER

1 – Go to “Fake Name Generator” or click http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/

The name that appears is your author name.

2 – Go to “Random Word Generator” or click http://www.websitestyle.com/parser/randomword.shtml

The word listed under “Random Verb” is your title.

3 – Go to “FlickrCC” or click http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net/index.php

Type your title into the search box. The first photo that contains a person is your cover.

4 – Use Photoshop, Picnik, or similar to put it all together. Be sure to crop and/or zoom in.

5 – Post it to your site along with this text.

In my enthusiasm, I made two before I realized you were supposed to include a person on the cover. Still, I think they turned out OK:

Pretty good, eh?

The first one is obviously a fantasy novel, or maybe science fiction about a post-global warming world plunged into an ice age. I like that it came up with a Cajun name for me, as I am half Cajun.

The second one I could definitely see being a YA novel, but the one that looks most YA-ish is the third one I made, with an actual person:

Coming soon to a fake bookstore near you.

Be sure to check out the gallery of covers others have submitted; I think my favorite is this one.