{"id":3008,"date":"2026-01-10T19:43:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T18:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kylieravera.fr\/?p=3008"},"modified":"2026-07-12T15:39:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T15:39:18","slug":"a-quoi-va-ressembler-la-couv-de-ton-prochain-bouquin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/?p=3008","title":{"rendered":"A quoi va ressembler la couv&rsquo; de ton prochain bouquin ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suite \u00e0 un sondage r\u00e9alis\u00e9 sur un \u00e9chantillon repr\u00e9sentatif de deux personnes et demi dans un rayon de vingt m\u00e8tres autour de moi, j&rsquo;ai \u00e9tabli que sa couverture intervenait pour 67,38% dans la d\u00e9cision de s&rsquo;int\u00e9resser plus avant \u00e0 un livre. Surtout quand il s&rsquo;agit d&rsquo;un premier (dans mon cas, techniquement, puisque publi\u00e9 sous un nom diff\u00e9rent de celui utilis\u00e9 pour mes \u00e9crits pr\u00e9c\u00e9dents). Autant dire que le bidule a int\u00e9r\u00eat \u00e0 \u00eatre soign\u00e9 pour multiplier les chances de voir des vrais doigts de vrais gens venir se saisir de l&rsquo;objet (un fantasme tactile d&rsquo;auteur, jugez-nous si vous voulez).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">J&rsquo;ai donc eu envie d&rsquo;une r\u00e9alisation originale pour ma couverture, et pas simplement d&rsquo;une image issue d&rsquo;une banque, aussi d\u00e9cidai-je en accord avec mon \u00e9diteur de puiser dans mon vivier de connaissances pour venir mettre des pixels sur l&rsquo;enveloppe de mon roman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les magnifiques couvertures des 9 tomes de <em>La tentation de la pseudo-r\u00e9ciproque<\/em> ont \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9alis\u00e9es par Sam Drakulls, un geekzone buddy qui s&rsquo;est depuis reconverti en ambulancier (aucun lien de cause \u00e0 effet <em>a priori<\/em>) et j&rsquo;ai eu la chance que Sanrankune accepte d&rsquo;illustrer mon rekoeil de nouvelles il y a 9 ans de \u00e7a. Le gars \u00e9tant non seulement talentueux mais aussi tr\u00e8s sympa, c&rsquo;est naturellement vers lui que je me suis tourn\u00e9e (du c\u00f4t\u00e9 gauche, parce que les convictions, c&rsquo;est important) pour ce nouveau job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Je vais donc vous partager le making-off de la couv de ce <strong>roman de fantasy avec un t\u00e9l\u00e9phone portable dedans<\/strong>, qui est aussi <em>un roman sur l&rsquo;\u00e9criture d&rsquo;un roman de fantasy<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apr\u00e8s un premier brief, le concept de la couv ressemblait \u00e0 \u00e7a.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/WordPress3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/8691268115844180650-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3018 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/8691268115844180650-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/8691268115844180650-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/8691268115844180650-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/8691268115844180650-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/8691268115844180650-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/8691268115844180650.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"671\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4057552738703388105-671x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3019 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4057552738703388105-671x1024.jpg 671w, https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4057552738703388105-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4057552738703388105-768x1173.jpg 768w, https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4057552738703388105-1006x1536.jpg 1006w, https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4057552738703388105.jpg 1048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Une fois pass\u00e9 du c\u00f4t\u00e9 num\u00e9rique de la force, le concept a donn\u00e9 ceci. Mais je n&rsquo;\u00e9tais pas compl\u00e8tement satisfaite par la disposition alors on a essay\u00e9 quelque chose d&rsquo;un peu diff\u00e9rent.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bon, mieux, mais ce grand \u00e9cran noir en plein milieu, je trouvais \u00e7a angoissant. Alors on a encore revu la composition en ajoutant quelques \u00e9l\u00e9ments.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"671\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/878428419959286942-671x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3011 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/878428419959286942-671x1024.jpg 671w, https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/878428419959286942-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/878428419959286942-768x1173.jpg 768w, https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/878428419959286942-1006x1536.jpg 1006w, https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/878428419959286942.jpg 1048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"671\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4596769432088498125-671x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3013 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4596769432088498125-671x1024.jpg 671w, https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4596769432088498125-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4596769432088498125-768x1173.jpg 768w, https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4596769432088498125-1006x1536.jpg 1006w, https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4596769432088498125.jpg 1048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L&rsquo;id\u00e9e au d\u00e9part \u00e9tait de faire un contraste, avec juste une partie en couleur et le reste de la sc\u00e8ne en N&amp;B. Mais si l&rsquo;id\u00e9e \u00e9tait sympa sur le papier, au final, je me suis dit qu&rsquo;avec des couleurs partout, ce serait mieux.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ah oui! L\u00e0 \u00e7a commen\u00e7ait \u00e0 ressembler \u00e0 un truc sympa, avec plein de petites r\u00e9f\u00e9rences \u00e0 des \u00e9l\u00e9ments du bouquin. Il ne restait plus qu&rsquo;\u00e0 terminer la mise en couleur, revoir deux ou trois points pour mieux coller au contenu, et on a obtenu&#8230; <\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/5201459040507755141-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3014 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/5201459040507755141-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/5201459040507755141-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/5201459040507755141-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/5201459040507755141.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:clamp(21.027px, 1.314rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.272), 34px);font-style:normal;font-weight:600\"><strong>Attention, roulement de tambours&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ea90b345-e69f-4dc9-bb65-9be0903d3d84.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"912\" src=\"http:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ea90b345-e69f-4dc9-bb65-9be0903d3d84.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3020\" style=\"width:395px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ea90b345-e69f-4dc9-bb65-9be0903d3d84.jpg 600w, https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ea90b345-e69f-4dc9-bb65-9be0903d3d84-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voil\u00e0 voil\u00e0&#8230; Oui, la premi\u00e8re id\u00e9e ne faisait pas du tout couverture de livre, en fait, donc reset total, et vous avez droit en m\u00eame temps que le <em>cover reveal<\/em> au <em>title reveal <\/em>(alors que si j&rsquo;avais fait une \u00e9cole de marketing 3.0, j&rsquo;aurais bien fait attention \u00e0 scinder ces informations dans deux posts diff\u00e9rents, histoire de maximiser l&rsquo;accaparation de votre attention, fl\u00fbte, trop tard, la boulette&#8230;). Le titre du roman, ainsi que l&rsquo;auront remarqu\u00e9 ceux d&rsquo;entre vous qui ont pass\u00e9 avec succ\u00e8s le cap du CP, sera donc:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#cb8f0f\"><strong>La geste improvis\u00e9e du chevalier Anowan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Premier tome de la s\u00e9rie <em>Les gestes malhabiles<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oui, ce n\u2019est pas une couverture classique pour un roman de fantasy&#8230; Mais il ne s&rsquo;agit pas non plus d&rsquo;un roman de fantasy classique ! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/10-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3030\" style=\"width:550px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/10-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/10-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/10-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/10-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/10.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La suite&#8230; ce sera en <strong>mars 2026<\/strong> ! (Si l&rsquo;univers ne nous a pas aval\u00e9s avant.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide is-style-wide--1\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Avec Sanrankune, nous avons quand m\u00eame finalis\u00e9 la pseudo-couverture originale, qui a d\u00e9j\u00e0 servi d&rsquo;affiche \u00e0 l&rsquo;occasion d&rsquo;un march\u00e9 de No\u00ebl. Je la trouve tr\u00e8s cool aussi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Et merci \u00e0 lui pour sa patience ^^).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3-La-geste-du-chevalier-Anowan-30x40-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3-La-geste-du-chevalier-Anowan-30x40-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3010\" style=\"width:401px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3-La-geste-du-chevalier-Anowan-30x40-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3-La-geste-du-chevalier-Anowan-30x40-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3-La-geste-du-chevalier-Anowan-30x40-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3-La-geste-du-chevalier-Anowan-30x40-1.jpg 1182w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suite \u00e0 un sondage r\u00e9alis\u00e9 sur un \u00e9chantillon repr\u00e9sentatif de deux personnes et demi dans un rayon de vingt m\u00e8tres autour de moi, j&rsquo;ai \u00e9tabli que sa couverture intervenait pour 67,38% dans la d\u00e9cision de s&rsquo;int\u00e9resser plus avant \u00e0 un livre. Surtout quand il s&rsquo;agit d&rsquo;un premier (dans mon cas, techniquement, puisque publi\u00e9 sous un [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[64],"class_list":["post-3008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-la-geste","category-making-of","tag-la-geste"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3008"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3481,"href":"https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3008\/revisions\/3481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikavalery.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}