COVER DESIGN

I have just a short entry tonight, but I wanted to report that I just received my cover for Keechie from the publisher. When I signed the contract they asked me for suggestions and ideas of what I wanted the cover to look like. My wife had done an original watercolor for me, so I sent it in as an example of what she and I imagined Keechie to look like.

They first sent me a design that one of the cover designers had created. It was beautiful, but the woman she depicted just wasn’t Indian nor African-American in appearance. I realize that the cover of a book has more to do with market appeal, but I just couldn’t do it.

I emailed the publisher and asked them to take another look at the image I had sent them originally. It is possible that they hadn’t even seen it until then, for the next day I got the word that they have agreed to use the original by my wife!

Go to http://www.freewebs.com/brew99 to see it! We are very pleased. Now anyone buying my book gets an original story by me, and a bonus—an original watercolor cover by an artist that I have spent the last 28 years with!

Added in Edit:

The official release date for Keechie has been set for February 6, 2006, but will be available for pre-ordering through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and PublishAmerica.com BEFORE then!

Send an email to keechie@bellsouth.net to arrange for an autographed copy. There will only be 100 autographed copies of the first printing, and they're going fast!