Hello, again. I'm back to report on my progress toward publication. My book will be released on November 8, 2011. Yesterday, I finally received an email from the publisher with the cover design. Oh...my...gosh! It is not at all what I expected but it is absolutely stunning. I have a new found and great appreciation for cover artists! Somehow they encapsulated what the book is about in the art on the cover. I can just hardly believe it. They thought of things I never even considered, like using a plumeria (Hawaiian flower). My dad was stationed on Oahu during WWII, so it makes sense. But like I said, it never even crossed my mind!
This journey started for me when my book was accepted on September 24, 2010. And even though I now have a deadline and lots of edits to do and communication with "my" editor and "my" publisher (still sounds surreal), I kept saying that it just didn't seem real to me. It didn't seem like it would really happen.
Well, when that book cover was slowly downloading, line by line, I just sat there with my hands over my mouth, as silent tears welled up in my eyes. Each few lines revealed another part of the most amazing thing I'd seen - my cover, for my book!
It's real now!
So many in the industry (publishers, agents) were discouraging to me. But I am living this moment and it is proof that if you don't let them knock you down and just keep at it, good things will happen. So, my writer-friends, keep working at it. The word discourage, broken down means, "without courage." Don't let anyone take your courage away. You can do this! This moment can be yours! ~Karen
This journey started for me when my book was accepted on September 24, 2010. And even though I now have a deadline and lots of edits to do and communication with "my" editor and "my" publisher (still sounds surreal), I kept saying that it just didn't seem real to me. It didn't seem like it would really happen.
Well, when that book cover was slowly downloading, line by line, I just sat there with my hands over my mouth, as silent tears welled up in my eyes. Each few lines revealed another part of the most amazing thing I'd seen - my cover, for my book!
It's real now!
So many in the industry (publishers, agents) were discouraging to me. But I am living this moment and it is proof that if you don't let them knock you down and just keep at it, good things will happen. So, my writer-friends, keep working at it. The word discourage, broken down means, "without courage." Don't let anyone take your courage away. You can do this! This moment can be yours! ~Karen
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