This post was written when I was in the middle of writing the When series of books. These books were my first efforts of designing my own covers as well. It was pretty exciting stuff for me!
I still love creating covers. It really gets me into the headspace of what my characters look like, where they live, etc. Rather like a book with pictures that we loved so much when we were litttle.
Three books became the When series, which started out with only the first book being a stand-alone. I titled it, The Dead Deserted Garden, and my editor said, “No!”
That title still intrigues me! Especially with Halloween just around the corner. My writing brain goes to many different places with that one.
Writing has always been a love of mine. Except for school reports! I didn't cherish those moments. I began with poems in grade school, and short little stories that I illustrated. I created something for each family celebration and probably wore my family out. But I graduated to a longer 'book' by the time I was 18. Following traditional romance novel writing, I pounded out a pretty cheesy story on a Royal typewriter I had found at a garage sale. You didn't worry about your nails when using one of those! When four of our five children were still young, I wrote my first full-length book back in 1998. I followed it with three more in that series. Those are my current WIP, needing many updates and editing. I'm happy to say as of this writing, the fourth in the Love Defined series is written and waiting for edits! I can't wait to get this final book in the series into my reader's hands! Currently, I have published twelve books, creating the covers on most of them. The cover work is something I really enjoy! Stay tuned for more on that.
My husband and I have been married for forty-one years, and we have five children and nine grandchildren. I've been a homeschooling mom, Sunday school teacher, AWANA director and a pastor's wife. I've worked as a CNA and an Activity Director. When I'm not busy writing...which I love, BTW, I'm working on home projects, marketing and attending events, where I love to meet you...my readers!
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