Ward Cards & Temp Tattoos
As part of their early promotion for The Painted Man, Voyager had sets of temporary tattoos made, using the wards I had designed for the website, which are also being used on all the international editions of the book, as well as in other places. These were sent out, along with the promotional Advance Read Copies (ARCs) of the book, to various booksellers and buyers to help show Voyager’s excitement about the series.
When Voyager first sent me my ARCs, they included a sheet of the temporary ward tattoos, along with the detail cards that were sent in the promotional package. The cards show what each ward does, and gives some background about the types of demon they affect.
I finally got around to scanning them for the blog. I think they are awesome:
I think we need some sweet Lauren Canyon coreling illustrations for the flipside of those trading cards. Also, a stick of gum. (Warded gum.)
Lauren CanNon, that is. I don’t know if Lauren CanYon can draw.
Peat, did you write the text for those cards?
That’s pretty neat. I can see Arlen handing them out at every village he gets to. 🙂 Or no, wait, Leesha handing them out. 🙂
I did not write the text for those cards, though some of it was lifted from descriptions in the books and in the appendices I sent my editor. I didn’t even know they were making them until I got mine in the mail with the tattoos. The temporary tattoos were a marketing idea I had a while ago; something to give away at conventions, and I pitched it to Voyager. I had forgotten I told them until they came out with them.
Maybe someday we’ll do more than a limited run, and I really can give them out at cons and whatnot.