Ties That Bind – Cover Reveal!
November 23, 2014
After making some changes to the initial cover, the proof of Ties That Bind with the new cover was finally delivered yesterday. Really, even Christmas has a hard time comparing to the feeling I get when I discover there is a box with my latest book waiting for me at the post office. I feel like a kid opening a gift every time.
Ties That Bind by P.J. Howell |
Now that the cover is complete, I can check that task off my list as we move closer to the publishing date. Since I am nearing the date when the book will finally be available on line, I’d like to share the book cover with you – here it is:
I would ask what you think of it…but I won’t. Right now I like it and that’s what’s important at this point. If I keep second guessing myself, this book won’t get published before the end of the year and I fear many of you will never forgive me if it isn’t available to you before Christmas!
I will admit to something I should have put more thought into when my first cover was revealed, and that’s the fact that I wish I had stuck to a certain look that could have carried over from book to book so that it was apparent they were part of the same series. While I like the fact that they each have their own character, as far as covers go, I think it would have been better if they had a similar look (and it would have been easier and less time-consuming too). Now that I’m three books into the series, I’m past the point of no return; however, I was at a local bookstore the other day and I was reminded of the fact that not all book coves are set in stone. That reminder came from the Hunger Games when I saw that all the books recently got a face lift – new covers with a different look. I’m already thinking ahead to how fun it might be to redo all the covers for my series once (if) I reach an end to the series so that they all have a similar look.
But that’s obviously a long time from now so I will focus on the covers as they stand. Now that I have the proof and have thumbed through it again and again, I do feel happy with the result so that I can move forward with finally getting this horse out of the gate. There are just a few more details to finish with and right now the expectation is that Ties That Bind will be available next week (December 1st is the plan).
Just one more week!
I will post an update during Thanksgiving weekend – until then, have a great week.