@hwjohnston7 Writing for an audience other than you means having to compromise the quality of your work, simply because you're forever having to ask yourself whether your intended audience is going to like what you've written.
@For_Film_Fans The fact is they have turned it into a colossal waste of time. Imagine putting Klingon under Languages Spoken on an employment application form.
@CHRISDBRAND I'd never do anything as foolhardy and potentially damaging as that; however, I do intend to put "This is the greatest book I've ever read--the author" and "Damn, this guy can write--the author" on the front cover of my upcoming novel.
@realmattfalcon Smiling, he sawed her head off. Nothing wrong with that. The sentence I mean. You don't want to overuse this kind of sentence construction, but never using it because "all-knowing" editors happen not to like it is ridiculous.
@Holliiejanes Start with something provocative and propulsive, something that grabs the reader's attention and lets the narrative horse out of the gate, e.g. Where did I leave the body?
@JDaltonAuthor I've seen far worst. The main problem is the composition. The images are either too small or pushed too far down the cover by an avalanche of text. YouTube has some excellent how-to-design-a-great-book-cover guides. Binge watch a bunch of them, and you'll be good to go.