Help me pick a cover for the Endometriosis Guidebook

I absolutely love cover 1 and can't wait to read it. I am currently on day 1 of my period and my partner just had to help me off the floor and back to bed.

I feel like the uterus, tubes, etc should look more painful. Twisted, a little thrived, deformed, with the endo in dark big clusters scattered throughout. Not big on the ritual symbols, they dont really relate. Think more, death, decay,decom, despair. Pieces torn away or hanging. Atleast thats how I imagine what mine looked like. Just a twisted up, fused anatomical deformation that was all ripped away. Show the emotion and pain in it...

Not a fan of the grimoire or demon motif (even though it felt like it some days!)

What if you put the title inside the uterus, like its crammed in there and the uterus is about to explode?

Maybe add knives or needles sticking out while the uterus is twisted and being wrung out like a wet cloth, the images are both interesting but they lack a description of how painful it is

Please cover the covid vaccine affects on endometriosis. I believe it has an astronomical effect in rapid progression of endometriosis. I had endometriosis and after getting the covid vaccine it spread and became unbearable. I lost an ovary to a chocolate cyst that tripled in a matter of months, after having my ovary removed I ended up having to have a hysterectomy as there was no controlling excessive bleeding and pain that I was in. My doctor cannot explain what was causing this but after the hysterectomy the examination of my uterus showed very strange rope-like tissue in the endometrium( similar to what has been removed from people after the covid vaccine. I wonder if anyone else has experienced this?

I have endometriosis and I feel 2 is fitting and visually understood to those who don't have it and want to learn no 1 I would walk past as a goth demon book but love the colour and set up book 2 x

I'm especially fond of the Vegvisir, Norse runic compass, in #2. I think we all need to find our way through the "storms" of endo.

If I saw option 1 on the shelf, I'd think it was a book about mysticism and not an important health topic. Option 2 features the uterus and ovaries, which provides more visual context about the book's topics.

If endo is possible in males, and then must be also be possible in females without a uterus, why make the uterus the central image on the cover if you want to educate those without one? I say this as a female who after six Endo laps hasd a radical hyst to help with the problem. But now I’m learning that might not have been the actual solution, and caused other issues.

Add the artwork of the uterus in option one into the uterus of option two. Voila! The best of both options.

Neither one is screaming endo at me, as I see this just hours before going to my endo dr. The second one would look better with barbed wire kinda binding it up, giving the imagery of the physical pain that endo causes.

I like cover one but maybe add like blood around the edges of the uterus or the corners of the book

Not a fan of either actually

Love the first one best! The “uterus” art at the bottom is very eye-catching.

I personally like the coloring of the first one but the design of the second one. The first one has the black down the middle, maybe add some more black down the uterus on the second picture. I like either one tbh, and I think it’s great that you are educating us ☺️

As a goth, I like it. As a practicing witch... not so much. Also- I think the demon hunter bit is just unnecessary or helpful.

I get having a two color design. It saves money. However this book at first glance screams horror. I think your designer could be creative with the red and black and black and white and red and white to add in different shades to some area of the cover design to make it draw in the person walking by it in a store. Otherwise I like either choice.

This is amazing! As a postdoctoral researcher working in Public Health this is precisely the kind of education I love to see. Will this book also include information about adenomyosis? I suffer from both endometriosis and adenomyosis and it took me over 20 years to finally get diagnosed. I have had so many doctors gaslight and dismiss me over the years and have heard everything from ‘you’re just attention seeking’, ‘you’re just depressed’, ‘periods are supposed to hurt’, ‘you just have IBS’ to ‘you’re not actually in pain you’re just a drug seeker’. Even so called ‘specialists’ don’t seem to understand that this is a systemic disease with whole body symptoms and immune system effects.

The cover needs to reflect this is a whole body disease so two is out. One is alright ...but something that reflects the endocrine or immune system would be preferable. There must be some historical representation in old anatomy or physiology texts that relates?

One small change suggestion-to switch the gender symbol with the eye/moon and title it "The Endometriosis Grimoire". Can't wait to read it!

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Love it, especially cover 1!

Only because people are ignorant

Both!! Paperback and hard cover

I'd like more white introduced to the drawn elements. I like the 1st cover better. Maybe the moon, flowers, eyeballl and even ovaries could be white like the lettering. That'd make me think about lunar cycles, and the blood drop as tear, life and death cycle, etc.

Maybe something not sooo this? Can you zoom back out and try a variety of choices?

"Grimoire" is a term somewhat more specific even than "Bible" -- this cover is likely to encourage Occultists, Witches, and Pagans to buy it, not expecting anything about endometriosis or anything medical at all.

It's a little creepy for both and almost implies when the female parts are not working well, there is some ugly presence there.

1 is nice, but I guess no one will understand what it was about

I like both but #2 seems more descriptive of what I anticipate the text to review.

The witchy theme is not necessary in my opinion

I get the vibe we're going for, but it looks kinda shabby with all these the random symbols slapped onto it - esp. the feminine gender symbol since endo doesn't care which gender you identify as and has recently been found in cis men as well, and the pentacle.. coz endo is evil? and the reproductive depiction on #1 is just a bit cheesy imho - I think you should be able to find a more interesting and anatomically correct one, closer to #2... Otherwise can't wait to read this! Where will it be available?

The cover needs to mention “An Endometriosis Guidebook”

1 is too creepy

I love #1 maybe change the woman symbol to the trans one since it includes all ⚧️

Even though I’m into the witchy stuff, I actually prefer #2 - I unfortunately think the first would alienate some people who could need it… I do appreciate the symbolism in the first one, and for the danish market I would go for that - but if it’s for the American market, I’d absolutely go with #2

First thank you for investing your time and energy into this hushed-up/poorly handled condition. As for the artwork personally either would work, but the red/black, demonic/satanic wording and undertones might put off a number of people who would then miss your excellent content inside - would be a shame to miss reaching the Christian demographic based on first impressions .. I wrote an essay sorry !

You just continue to be you :) maybe the triple moon symbol might satisfy the creeped out patrons…

It took me many years to have my horrendous periods appreciated by the medical profession. Even when told I had endometriosis, nothing was done for a few more years. Thank you for taking these things seriously, but not too seriously either 😁

I hate the all seeing eye and the pentagram. Sorry, but it’s creepy

I like the stylization of cover #1 but agree, the eye is staring into my soul in uncomfy ways 😅

It looks really cool!

I'm writing...a guide? A book? A guidebook! And it is all about Endometriosis. As you can tell from the cover, this isn't going to be the same dry rehash of the condition. It's going to be something you will WANT to read (hopefully). I am going to be scheduling livestreamed book writing sessions where you will be able to interact with me and have input on what goes into this forbidden text. PS I solemnly swear I will not negelct the Secret Classroom during all this. Thank you for being here and for sticking with me as we, um, turn the page on something amazing. :)

I prefer Option 1, but I don't like the eye. That's weird.

I am SO in love with this!!! I can't wait to get one. Been suffering for decades.