“What's the deal with those covers?”
They are pretty, aren’t they? Blake Bergeron (not to be confused, ever, with that jerk, Blake Flannagan, inSIDE my books) does an outstanding job bringing the essence of my work to life out there. Yet people are always asking, “Why did you change the style after the first four?”
Thanks.
We decided to do that in order to establish that those first four books were, together, something of an introduction to the characters and the storyline; that the books following would be more “free-standing” even though the same storyline would continue. More or less. Because this is all one story. I mean, isn’t everything, in the end, all one story? Come on...isn’t it?
“But why animals?”
I like animals! Don’t you? What kind of a person are you?!?! Cute little fuzzy things… Anyway, most of my books have an animal in them, somewhere, or a plot twist revolving around an animal. You wouldn’t want me to give that away, would you? I mean...you are going to READ THEM, aren’t you?
“And those awfully weird titles… What’s THAT about?”
You know, early on, a few years ago, I ran a contest and offered free books for life to anyone who could tell me where I pulled those titles from (no nasty remarks, please). Think of the opportunity you missed!! But, on the other hand, you probably have a hard drive full of free books you’ll never read… All of my titles are lines from Emily Dickinson’s poetry. And if you read the poems you can possibly read some deeper meaning into what the books are about. Not necessary, mind you, but it wouldn’t hurt as my old granny used to say.
Want to know more? Any questions, class? Feel free...