Debut Book Cover Revealed!

I can’t wait to hear what you think! Many of you have posted comments over on facebook, but feel free to repeat anything complimentary here. 😉

One big surprise, if you’ve followed along my writing journey, is the name of the book. All along (see labels on the bottom left-hand side of the blog if you don’t believe me) I’ve referred to the book as Undiscovered. What?!? Turns out–and I knew this from my years of studying the industry–that publishers almost always change the names of books. If you’re pursuing publication, don’t stress over your title or become too attached to it. Most likely, your book will be released under another title anyway.

The interesting thing to me is that Moody changed the title to The Familiar Stranger before I even saw the contract! Somehow my book ended up on the fast track, so the title had to be decided upon quickly for the cover design process to begin. Despite other books on amazon sharing the same name and–how should I put this?–being of the spicier variety, I love the play on words. I’ll just hope and pray my mother-in-law doesn’t accidentally order the wrong one!

I really can’t say enough good things about the way Moody has treated me. As a debut author I expected to have 0% input in the cover design. Instead, the marketing manager spent an hour on the phone with me to capture the feel of the story with pictures. This beautiful modern cover was the sixth cover they showed me. And that wasn’t because I wasn’t pleased with the earlier efforts, but that Moody wasn’t satisfied. Disclaimer: there is a small chance the cover might change because of a technicality I found out about yesterday, but I’d promised to share the cover with you. If it does change, it will be another part of this crazy journey I can share with you.

Next post: Guess what wacky thing happened next concerning my contract with Moody. DON’T post if you already know. Let’s keep it a secret until I reveal the laugh-out-loud, yet cry-inside moment.