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Well, i am in the works of making a warhammer novel, and im needing a cover on the topic of the life and death of the kronus's 31 ig company the prize is credit when the book is released in the credit section a signed copy of the novel and an exclusive miniature.

could you PM an excerpt from the book like a pivotal scene that would help to make the cover art relevant?

Its our second day here in kronus's harsh swamps we lost several men during the night including sharp-eye joe, he was cut down by a swarm of genestealers guess he's eyes wern't as sharp as the genestealers claws..whats that? Holy terra there here already! - the entry ends suddenly and the page is caked in blood

Thank-ye. I will see what I can do after turkeyfest tomorrow.

Thanks, hopefully it wil suceed i hav 24.7 to work on it

Are yoy planning to Publish/Sell this? If you are, don't. GW will be on you like a pack of nerds on a new GK Codex.

If it's just for fun and personal use, sounds fun. I'd love to have a go at making a cover but I really don't have the skills.

Not trying to be too dismissive here, but judging from your grammar so far, I'm not holding my breath to read it.

Being able to spell correctly does indeed help a lot when writing a story

May not be being written in English though.

Ketara wrote:Not trying to be too dismissive here, but judging from your grammar so far, I'm not holding my breath to read it.

TBD wrote:Being able to spell correctly does indeed help a lot when writing a story

Sounds to me like you chaps are volunteering for the positions of proof readers...

Im australian and im writing it first then doing spelling

The grammar as well, I assume? Punctuation and grammar are just as important as spelling. Making sure that you are using the right word in context is included in the subject of grammar. For instance:

MiloticMaster wrote:Holy terra there here already!

Everything is spelled properly, but the useage of 'there' indicates a location, as in "The Genestealers are over there." In this instance, you would want to use the contraction of 'they are', or 'they're'. Spell-checkers will often miss this because it's spelled correctly, or may highlight it for verification due to common misuse, but it's up to you (or your proofreader) to determine which word is appropriate for the circumstances.

Maybe you should write and edit the story first rather than worry about the cover art? That's pretty much the last thing to consider in the work flow.

You need to write a brief synopsis of the story and a description of the protagonists other wise any artist is gonna be pissing in the wind , something along the lines of a descriptin of the world its set and the look of the guardsmen . Its no good painting up a hightech stormtrooper sqd on a ice world if its set on a forgeworld with conscript guardsmen ?

if its anything like the rest of the stuff you have written on here i wait with a warm bath and razor blades !

Problems of spelling and grammar aside, it doesn't help that the excerpt given is literally a poorly written joke. I highly suggest that MiloticMaster watch 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' to understand why.

To understand how to write a synopsis, here's the sample Gav Thorpe presented.

http://mechanicalhamster.wordpress.com/sample-synopsis-annihilation-squad/

OK. If you're serious about writing, it's a hard road to follow. I haven't published myself, but I've tried, and I've learnt a few tips along the way.

Most people that say they are going to write don't bother, so you're ahead of them. Aside from that, there's still a lot of competition to get books published. You need to pick your preferred publisher and tailor the book the them. As it's a book using WH40K intellectual property, I assume it'll be through Black Library.

You'll therefore find lots of useful tips here, including how to submit:

http://www.blacklibrary.com/Getting-Started/FAQ-Working-For-Black-Library.html#guidelines

(It is rare for a publisher to accept unsolicited manuscripts, but BL do within limits. You'll also see that you don't need to finish the book to submit it.)

Finally, with regard to your given sentence. I'd second what the others have said about grammar and spelling, and add the importance of finding a voice.

You're writing a diary entry, but the guy wouldn't write "Holy Terra, they're here!" (That's the Monty Python joke).

It would work as a recorded transmission, and the text could end with - * INAUDIBLE * WEAPONS FIRE * TRANSMISSION ENDS * or something similar.

Anyway, my point is that you should find a voice for the story and stick to it. The voice you choose is up to you. It could be a narrative by a surviving veteran, or a series of transmissions recovered from a planet's surface, or a written diary. Whichever you pick, you need to be generally consistent.