I really love it, she did a wonderful job.  How creative!

Wow, very good!
I almost found myself on some mystical road just by looking at it!

Spooky

Very beautiful cover, Alysia. Great job...

love, blink

well gee, hope u all are not judging a book by its cover but then again I hope you are!
I'm glad you all agree with me that it's interesting and pleasing and of course I will be here to tell u whats up. currently still researching different companies and what they offer.

thanks for your comments and support. it means a lot even if I can't explain that. love, alysia

thanks Cathy, all,my daughter said she wants to know everybody's comments about the cover so she can improve herself. as a mother, she says my opinion of her doesn't count, as we always think our children are perfect! haha! so true.  but she does have certain eye for color arrangement, depth and perspective overall to my unbiased? opinion.
Vicky said I should put a roadsign on the road though, and Dana & I agreed, a roadsign for a book called roadsigns, might be just the cat's meow!

not sure what kind of road sign..the number 11 miles? a deer road crossing? have to think about that. maybe anybody have a suggestion I can use..appreciate it. love, alysia

Hi Jean, I think it picks up the essence pretty well of a journey. that we're all on one of those but its always good to get confirmation or allow yourself to gloat for one second that it's doing what its supposed to. Dana's not home today and I can't wait til she reads this thread. so thank you all again. I guess thats me, with my philosophy if in doubt what to do, hitch a ride until you figure it out.   oh, I'm slow today. its purty.
hugs, alysia

my goodness spooky, I think you have a valid point! I was wondering if I did put a sign, where to put it without cluttering up the area and what size. but what u say makes sense that u must not underestimate the readers imagination..   thanks dearheart!

That is a stunning cover Alysia, your daughter is very talented.  I hope to see your book in our part of the world.  Congratulations to both of you and your other twin daughter!   

Well fine....tthhffft!   


PS--Whatever you decide will be perfect.  I'm glad to see you are letting yourself play with your ideas and have fun with them.  That's important too.

Also, I think we all do judge books by the covers don't we?  I remember being drawn to Bruce's first book because of the cover, then I saw the word "Afterlife" and I was just too intrigued by that. 

Do you know what the back of your book or inside flap will say as a description yet?

Heya Alysia .. Johannesburg, South Africa is my part of the world lol.

Hopefully your publisher will ship some out here?  I think its high time i read Bruce's books, they sound very intriguing from what i have learnt here so far.  I'm not so keen on on-line purchase though (yes silly i know) but there's a very good chain of bookshops here called Exclusive Books and if they don't have it in stock they will order it direct from the publisher.  Think I will do this with Bruce's books and the same when your book is released .. and Marilyn's as well!

Lots of love and best of joy with your book.
C

Alysia, I love the cover! Congratulations to your daughter, she is very talented.

That is a stunning cover Alysia, your daughter is very talented.
And i've got very good vibe about this book already.
Love the energy (aura) around the person nice shades.. Looks very mystical.

Go for it girl
With love, Romain

Very nice!  Reminds me of my daughter's web page art, and that's high praise indeed.  She always had fits when the person she was designing a page for wanted some art that didn't say anything about the site, she understands the importance of the website/cover art both reflecting the content and drawing a person in.  From the sound of what your writing is about, it looks like that artwork is perfect. 

Thanks Al. wanna see the back?

ok   I have it on my daughters puter. will see if I can get it up here. thanks for the read. whoops..spoke too soon. the file appears untouchable or too large or is locked. sorry..got meself too excited to share there.

Quote:

yea, it takes time and sweat and blood but I wish you would do it Marilyn, you're always promoting others..maybe its time to show us all just what you've been doing all these years. I'd be right there beside you, promoting you

some of us take years to write a book. it took 3 years to write this one, about 6 to 8 hours a day as I'm retired. wasn't writing all day, sometimes was just sitting and working on belief systems and emotions surrounding that. my best friend in roswell walked in the back door and caught me crying on the puter once   didn't know that would happen but got myself a little enlightened while writing. did a couple self retrievals at the puter too and included them in the book. I'm a firm believer in self retrievals before getting good at retrieving others but I have some retrievals in chapter 23. the next book will be easier, called Celibate in the City! haha! now watch someone steal my idea! cool, then it would be The Other Celibate person in The City. just a fun book I'm thinking. I had 500 pages and snipped it down to 300...my guides were like, "take it out alysia!" NO WAY! I'd say. the next day I'd read what I wrote through someone elses eyes and think man, that was crap! ha ha!  ah, yes, we are such changeable people and so full of it sometimes. I'd better shut up and speak for myself. thanks Albert keep writing if thats your path. you would probably have lots of help around you. love, alysia

would like to hear of your retrieval details over in retrieval section Albert if you've a mind to share.

Roadsign??? How about: Spirit Crossing!! --cat

January 18th..it's a date.
I'll be watching and anticipating it..sign of course..

With love, romain

hi its me again   I'm over here making further announcements on the announcements thread.

ah, I finally got my email responded to at Trafford Publishing company in Canada but first I complained to a very nice lady over there that my emails were not being attended to in a prompt manner. don't u guys think that two days is enough time to wait for an email to get a response? sometimes I wait a whole week before I get ichey because I don't want to..to...be a pregnant dog?  I can't put the word b-i-t-c-h here.

just bring interested parties up to date on the first time you publish something, its not like life was ever supposed to be a smooth ride..words of wisdom overflowing here

yea, so heres what he said today over yonder there where my child is...yea my book is my child...
quote: Dear Alysia,



Thank you for the go-ahead.  We will place the materials into the production queue.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

Best Regards,

Jeremy
___________________

now, wait, I wonder what he means by that   production queue...I just wonder how long the line is.
well, see I had this dream the kid was birthed jan 18. actually it was the time of birth but I translated the time to a date on the calender. Nothing happened on the 18th, except that Trafford said they weren't sure about whether my graphics would be fuzzy or whatever and they wouldn't be able to print just a few chapters for me to looksee and decide whether I should work on the graphics some more or not. thats what happened between the 18th and now.

but a year or two ago, I got the date Feb 9th was the big day of birth, so that's only 3 days from now. so I'm waiting.

anyway, I wish to thank all of you who emailed to Trafford a request to be emailed when it gets ready to fly, as it may have brought some notice to them that is working the production queue and I hope those graphics are legible...had another dream they would turn out ok, so I'm sitting here on fire with hope...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/spiritvideo/Alysia/myspace2/bloodyPuter.g...

those who are sensitive people should not view the image url I have just posted. I am not responsible for the feelings it causes you   I just want u to get to know my true nature. hugs, alysia

thank you Stacy, then it does what it was supposed to, arouse some curiosity..YAAAYYY!!!

Yea, Spooky makes a lot of sense to me too. its really been helpful to have this place to discuss things too.
thanks for reading. the book should be out this month, lol, I been saying that for years now.
love, alysia

ok, will do Rick.

My hearty congratulations Alysia!  Uhm, if money is energy and you have lots of energy in the book, I hope you don't price the book too high.  But don't give it away free either.  When do you think we'll be getting those e-mails from Trafford?  Best wishes - Rob

heres the link to order from Trafford should anybody want it:
http://www.trafford.com/4dcgi/view-item?item=19109&72171350-22912aaa


it will be at Amazon in a few weeks they said.   it cost me $1200 to self publish, but don't worry gang, for my financial well being I sold a house first for the money.

everybody who wants to write a book, you can do this for as low as $400. but that means you have to hustle it yourself in some way. never been very ambitious that way.

I got a buddy spend $10k of the australian dollar publishing over there. she really needs our prayers. she busted herself. but at least she had courage to believe in herself.

Shes in my book btw as my exploration partner.  hugs, alysia

Super Alysia,

I haven't received an e-mail yet but I imagine it takes a few days (if we're lucky) for the publisher to send them out.  Uh, does it make any difference to your pocket if we buy from Trafford or wait for the book to show up on Amazon.  I don't like to give my credit card info out to too many places.  Congratulations. 

With love,
Rob

Got the email.  It was in my junk mail box.  Guess I'll wait for Amazon & see if it's discounted.  Thanks and good wishes Alysia. - Rob

The bottom two thirds of the pic has a good, dynamic yet mysterious composition with nice tonality. It looks as though road leading into a vanishing point is the main element of the composition. I wouldn't put any distracting elements in there if I were you.

Rob

Yeah, I know, but I was also complimenting the artist.