So, I found my book cover, or at least a short list of good candidates. Here's how:
Step 1. Find a great photographer. This is a very difficult step, but I was lucky enough to a) be looking on DeviantArt, and b) stumble across KayleighJune (https://www.deviantart.com/kayleighjune) here. Wow! Go over there and have a look, you can see many examples in my favourites.
Step 2. Work out the kind of shoot, and describe it to your photographer. This took a while actually, because I kept having lots of different ideas. Poor Kayleigh! Well, she was a good sport, and she tried many of the different framings I'd suggested.
Step 3. Find models. Kayleigh recommended a whole lot of possibi