Wednesday, July 2, 2025

My indie book is making progress!

If you recall, a couple weeks ago I announced a new venture: An indie book.

Don and I have been getting a crash course in marketing, which of course is a Brave New World for both of us. Meanwhile I've been in near-constant communication with Jessie Denning, who is doing the formatting and layout. She sent a pdf of the book and I went through it in detail and sent back corrections. (In one spot, I actually misspelled "four" as "for." How...?)

Meanwhile Don designed the cover. Ladies and gentlemen, here's the big reveal:

Here's the back-cover blurb:

What happens when the producer of an historical reality-show company in Los Angeles is challenged to live by the rules she sets for her contestants? This is Rachel's folly: To spend four months living like a pioneer woman on Samuel Finn's primitive Idaho wilderness homestead in exchange for a hefty promotion and a coveted corner office.
 
The physical and mental challenges are staggering. Together Rachel and Samuel face the potentially devastating trials of 19th-century life. But they also are blessed with incredible benefits, including quiet evenings of conversation and music on the front porch with a million-dollar view of majestic mountain peaks.

Can Rachel complete the challenge? More importantly, can she complete the challenge without falling head over heels for the handsome, rugged man who bets she can't?

We're planning the release date sometime in mid-August. Whee, this has been a fun journey so far!

11 comments:

  1. Looking forward to reading this book.

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  2. That book sounds right up my alley. I will definitely want to purchase and read it. Don’s cover design is absolutely beautiful. You may want to consider selling prints of the art work.

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    1. Now don’t get all big-headed 😁, when the producers come knocking, but this sounds like it would be an enjoyable tv show or movie.

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    2. Ya know, I was thinking perzackly the same thing!

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  3. Love the design and I can't wait to read this one. Jenny

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  4. PLEASE kern the F and O in Folly. The image is nice but the type looks amateurish, sorry.

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    1. while your blog readers won't agree, something like this is more professional. Study current Harlequin etc romance covers--simple typography is in.... https://ibb.co/JFwGRg9z

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    2. Actually, we took your advice and redesigned the cover with a different font.

      - Patrice

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  5. The cover design is great. Congratulations on the progress!

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  6. Great cover design that would catch my eye in a bookstore. Very interesting story premise; sort of reminds me of the TV show "Green Acres".
    (That's not an insult, by the way.)
    I'll buy it when it's available.

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  7. There was a similar TV story 25 years ago or so. One of the couples imported a still and they also liberated a spring bed sit from somewhere. Turns out that those folks were the owners of an aluminum machining facility out in California. After the TV show was over they went to that family and they had just built a McMansion and the father stated that he wished he had built a much smaller home. Very interesting show!

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