I think I have my cover...

I was searching through Shutterstock for images of the Troubles in NI and not having much luck. Nothing was catching my eye until I inadvertently scrolled too far to the bottom and noticed the wall with IRA Ghost written on it. I added the No at the top.

I saved it and went looking for something or someone to put in front of it and, after a huge number of wrong directions and a couple of guys who would work all right...I found this model in a different pose. Just head and shoulders with a light on half his face. I dug into his images to see if the light was better placed...

And this is what I caught. I had to shift the image 40 degrees counter-clockwise and remove the color profile to make it work...but I really like this mock-up. I'll post it on Facebook and get some feedback. See if anyone agrees with me.

I set up HNH with the Library of Congress for a copyright and LCCN. And I have a couple of queries out regarding getting reviews for the book. Next step is to get my template for the cover from Ingram.

I don't want to start doing the ebook format till I get my notes back from my editor. I've got a solid Table of Contents in the HB format, but that doesn't shift to ebook. All they want is links between the ToC and chapters. But I'll be having plenty of fun making corrections in the text and do not feel the need to do that in two different files.

Getting closer and closer...