Justine Larbalestier

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Name Big=Good

I misspoke. Turns out that it’s more than possible for my name to be bigger than the title.

You can see the proper cover of Magic’s Child in the sidebar to your right. And, honestly, my name is so small you can barely even read it. How humiliating!

Now, this, this is much better:

Isn’t that a vast improvement? I likes it! I likes it a lot!

Well, okay, yes, my photoshopping leaves much to be desired. But work with me! You can see where I’m going with it, right?

You may add my name to the list of writers who dream that one day their name will be bigger than the title: “Look, Ma! That’s me! My name’s in lights!”

One day, one glorious day . . .

Hey, and this also means that Scott can have his name bigger than the title! Given that his name’s shorter than mine. Excellenter and excellenter!

Posted by Justine at 1:17, 16 January 2007 under Frippery, Writing life | 9 Comments »

Comments

  1. Jay Lake Says:

    Two words for you:

    Jay Lake

    As Bob Silverberg once said to me, “You know, kid, you’re lucky you’ve only got seven letters in your name.”

    :D

    January 16th, 2007 at 1:32 am

  2. 2. Justine Says:

    Now that I’ve seen how big my name can go, I’m not even the slightest bit jealous. You can keep your boring name. Larbalestier can bestride the earth* like a colossus!

    *Or, you know, the front of a book.

    January 16th, 2007 at 1:35 am

  3. David Moles Says:

    even bigger if you could turn it sideways, don’t you think?

    January 16th, 2007 at 2:44 am

  4. 4. Justine Says:

    I know! I wish my photoshopping skills extended that far.

    How does it feel to have a name that is not only short, but also so nicely balanced? Five letters followed by five letters. How pleasing will that be to the eye when it takes up half the front cover of your books?

    January 16th, 2007 at 2:51 am

  5. David Moles Says:

    I dunno… it kind of feels like I should be writing thrillers. Scott Turow, Robert Ludlum, that sort of thing.

    On the bright side, it should be easy to read my name from across the room.

    January 16th, 2007 at 6:15 am

  6. 6. Justine Says:

    I would love to read a thriller you had written. The mind boggles!

    January 16th, 2007 at 6:02 pm

  7. Mely Says:

    You should switch the positions of your name and the title, so that the bigger of the two is given extra weight by the girl’s outstretched arms, like it is in the original one.

    January 17th, 2007 at 4:23 am

  8. 8. Justine Says:

    Mely: Feel free. I have fulfilled my yearly quota of photoshopping!

    January 17th, 2007 at 8:06 am

  9. niki Says:

    you need to work on your photoshop skills

    January 19th, 2007 at 1:29 pm

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