Think, again...

I swear...I get all excited about an image and work up a cover with it and it's exactly what I want...and then the next day I find something better. Maybe. Not sure yet. Not 100% on this particular face. Or the lack of hair on his head. But...I do feel better about the feeling behind this one, where he's sort of vanishing into the wall.

I'll be like this for a while until I find the one that works. The cover for New World For Old is maybe a bit on the bland side, but it fits the story so I still like it. And having each of the images on the HB framed, and showing a slow progression of Brendan from boy to young man, fits for me.

I may keep tinkering over the next week. I'll be handling the move-out for the Seattle Book Fair on Sunday then hopping down to San Francisco to deal with a pickup of more books, then flying home and driving to Philly for another. so the week is taken up by traveling and business. I won't have a lot of time to relax and focus, a bit.

Thinking about the paperback covers...I halfway expect to go a lot simpler, for them. Not sure yet. I'll need to buy fresh ISBNs to use.

God, I've sunk so much money into my novels. Artwork and graphics and editing and set-up and details...and I'm nowhere near breaking even. I'm happy people are reading my work...and I get mostly good feedback on it all...but it'd be nice to actually make some serious revenue, for a change. Pay off my debts before I die.

Yeah, right, that's gonna happen.