Steemit Shout-out, Cover Reveal, Process of Creation - Beatrix Percival Complete Series Book

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Hey Steemit peeps! Well, the series is finally completed on Steemit! 61 exciting chapters have been posted one at a time on my Steemit blog. I started writing this series a little over a year ago for my Steemit blog. I enjoyed writing the first story so much, I decided to extend the story and write two more books! For those who have not read any chapters of Beatrix Percival yet, the story follows a young woman who discovers she is a witch. Through the story, she encounters strange creatures in strange worlds, and unexpectedly falls in love with a young man named Arthur. To find out more about this dark, funny, romantic, exciting, and dramatic story - browse my Steemit blog and read the chapters! The entire Beatrix Percival Series book is also available on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1976321050


The awesome book cover design was done by Ampersand Book Covers!

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Paraphrasing one of my past Steemit posts, in the back of the book I gave a shout out to Steemit & the Steemit community for inspiring me to write this series:

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MORE ABOUT THE CREATION OF BEATRIX PERCIVAL

I shopped online for vintage female names and came across "Beatrix." It felt perfect for the main character, so I knew it was the one. I decided that using a first name for her last name would be unique, so I shopped through other vintage female names, but none of them seemed to fit. I decided to start searching for names for the character "Arthur" and came across the vintage men's name "Percival" and loved the combination of the name with Beatrix.

The spells, mystical gadgets, & creature names were the hardest to come up with. I spent hours writing made-up words onto paper, then researching them online to make sure they were not taken (or mean something already). It is shocking how hard it is to come up with a unique name that is under 10 characters long.


Hours & hours were spent creating the imagery for this magical series. I wanted the Chapters of the series to stand out, so I designed imagery to coordinate with each part of the story.

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I also created some digital illustrations of some of the imagery from the story:

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^ The Talenbee

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^ The Magic Spider On His Pet Bird

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^ Arthur's Transformation, The Spell Book, & Mrs. Evelyn's Yellow Hat


I even created special magic imagery to use in the chapter/book designs. Here are a few examples on a photograph:

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Before the complete series was released as one book, each book was released separately on amazon. With the completion of each part of the series, I designed a cover for each book:

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I created a logo for the series and other promotional material to advertise the series as well:

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I also created video book trailers to advertise each part of the series:

Beatrix Percival (Book 1)

Beatrix Percival Retribution (Book 2)

Beatrix Percival & The World of Shadows (Book 3)


Thanks again to the Steemit community for being so kind and supportive!

If you are finding me for the first time, feel free to check out my blog :)

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Beatrix Percival: The Complete Series Available here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1976321050


Thanks for reading! :)


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oh wow that's awesome to see :D

Wonderful cover!

Amazing covers, good luck with the book.

I spent hours writing made-up words onto paper, then researching them online to make sure they were not taken (or mean something already).

I was always impressed with the intricacy and care you showed in choosing names. That attention to detail gave an intrigue to the story from the moment the character comes onto the scene. Like a new friend, you want to spend time around them.

Congratulations on the culmination of one years labors! Surprised to hear it is your first book. Many more to come I imagine.

Excellent book cover and graphics.

those logos are stunning

wonderful work buddy always a good time reading and seeing your progress :)

attractive book coverpage!

Thank you! :)

i like that one, thanks for sharing...

the cover is looking incredible great designs :)

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