Like A Virgin
Good morning, my Lovelies and welcome to Thursday! May today bring you happiness and peace with the world around you, or, alternately, alcohol, or whatever other coping mechanisms you use, to deal with the chaos of the day.
There are times when I know exactly what I want and how to
go about getting it. Questioning my decision would never occur to me because I’m
so decisive. And there are other times where I have a good idea of what I want
and can reason out a decision, whether that’s by listing the pros and cons or
just going with my gut feeling.
Then there are other times where I’m just clueless. Times
where I only see bits and pieces of the puzzle and not the full picture. And it
never fails that when I start trying to put that puzzle together without knowing
what it should look like, I inevitably find my puzzle is missing pieces!
So, this week I’ve kind of found myself in between rationing
and being fucking clueless!
What the hell am I talking about? Well, I’m getting my first
professional book cover done. What does that mean? I have to have some vision
of what I want the cover to look like and then I have to choose a photo that
will work well within that vision or that can be manipulated to work well
within that vision.
Y’all, I can write a story. I can write a story that can
make you feel every emotion under the sun. I can make you love. I can make you
yearn. I can make you cry, laugh, snicker, be happy, be angry. I can use my
words to manipulate your thoughts and feelings. But ask me to envision a
photograph or art of some kind, and I’m clueless.
You would think I would be able to use those skills and have
them translate into what I need, but no… So, thank God there are professionals
out there who can take the words I give them and visualize what would work
best.
When I approached my cover model and ultimately the designer, I told them that I'm a professional book cover virgin. At least I got a laugh out of it, right? And, honestly, it was kind of fun to say that I was a virgin about some aspect of my life again. (Lord knows that's been a while!)
Let me tell you, I’m beyond excited to get this cover done.
And I know that each and every one of you are going to love the end result.
Writing this book absolutely drained me. My emotions were all over the place as
the words flowed, especially the ending. And because I put so much of myself
into it, I can’t wait to see what my readers think!
For now, let me say once again how grateful I am for all of
you, for the time you give me, and for the patience you bless me with when I’m
losing my shit. Y’all are the best!
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