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Naturally I am way too excited about this image and went against everything "they" tell you about waiting, and teasing, and doing a giveaway. Here is my cover from the very talented @faridislam 
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I just booked a cover reveal with @Lolasblogtours and I am so excited to show you all the final product.
So to catch up: I finished my manuscript on May 11th. I sent it to an editor @poetfida for her to look through the poetry section and give the rest a look. I received amazing feedback, as well as a title from her! We went back and forth a little bit on the edits and I took her words of advice to heart. I then sent it to a copy editor, @pencitedits, who looked at grammar, pacing, word usage and she too, offered amazing feedback. Together, these two cost me $500 in edits. I didn't shop around for a cover design artist. I looked at my fellow poets' books and loved their covers. They got me in touch with Farid Islam through upwork.com. He took my concepts and turned it into something physical.....which you'll see in the next coming weeks! For now, I am waiting on Createspace to review both the interior and cover changes that I made. Once that is finalized, I can order a proof of the book!! Once I get the proof, I will continue to look for mistakes and offer a few files to "beta readers" to read before the book is out. My hope is that it comes out on my birthday, July 21st!! I'm looking for a venue to launch this book baby and I will probably be doing that in the next few days while I wait for both the physical proof and cover reveal to take place. In the meantime, I wish you well on your self publishing journey! I just booked a cover reveal with @Lolasblogtours and I am so excited to show you all the final product.
So to catch up: I finished my manuscript on May 11th. I sent it to an editor @poetfida for her to look through the poetry section and give the rest a look. I received amazing feedback, as well as a title from her! We went back and forth a little bit on the edits and I took her words of advice to heart. I then sent it to a copy editor, @pencitedits, who looked at grammar, pacing, word usage and she too, offered amazing feedback. Together, these two cost me $500 in edits. I didn't shop around for a cover design artist. I looked at my fellow poets' books and loved their covers. They got me in touch with Farid Islam through upwork.com. He took my concepts and turned it into something physical.....which you'll see in the next coming weeks! For now, I am waiting on Createspace to review both the interior and cover changes that I made. Once that is finalized, I can order a proof of the book!! Once I get the proof, I will continue to look for mistakes and offer a few files to "beta readers" to read before the book is out. My hope is that it comes out on my birthday, July 21st!! I'm looking for a venue to launch this book baby and I will probably be doing that in the next few days while I wait for both the physical proof and cover reveal to take place. In the meantime, I wish you well on your self publishing journey!  Before I start getting lost promoting my memoir, I wanted to do a few more things with Love, Defined. After all, this book is my first book baby and I have learned so much from "her" during the writing and editing, and publishing, and promoting phases. I'm excited to do a giveaway for a signed paperback copy of Love, Defined AND a $10 Starbucks giftcard.
Special thanks to Juniper Grove Book Solutions for doing my blitz. Click here for a chance to win!!  I've been sleeping on this for a few days and I really appreciate @poetfida for her help w this title!! 😍 !!!Cover reveal with giveaway coming soon!!!
What is a storm of hope? It's clouds of doubts, a calming center. It's thundering madness, and a lightning of beauty across the dark expanse of the sky. It feeds the soul with rain and offer up a rainbow after the gloom passes. It is in me. It is in you. This storm, this rage, this beauty. This calm. This storm that passes by in bursts throughout our seasons. This storm that gives way to prayers, and faith, and strength. This storm that rages on and gives our life new meaning, and hope is found in the eye of the storm. |
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