Doesn’t it just make you laugh? Doesn’t it illustrate all too well the struggles we all have with our prayer life? I’ll tell ya, I relate. So as soon as Diane turns in the final manuscript, you can bet I’m going to be reading that baby for my own improvement. LOL!What’s especially wonderful about this cover is that Diane and her daughter, Hannah, came up with it all on their own. I didn’t have to think about it once, and what a blessing that was for my overtaxed brain! Don’t you just love it when all the stars align like this? WARNING: Don’t y’all go try this kind of thing at home! Hannah happens to have a degree in design, and she knows what she’s about. Delving into the intricacies of design on your own could prove dangerous to your mental health if you don’t have the expertise to negotiate the curves safely!
We also have the new logo for our Journey Press imprint. What do you think? Isn’t it totally cool? Joy and I did a lot of thinking about what kind of image would represent this division the best, and with journey in the title a compass seemed to convey the message perfectly. Our illustrator, Jim Brown, did a bang-up job of turning our vision into reality. This will represent our resources for the journey very well. In fact . . . hmmm . . . Resources for the Journey might just be a good tagline for this imprint.Update: This has been a very good week. The photo shoot at Joe Bonsall’s farm went beautifully. We got a bunch of amazing shots and had a delightful time doing it. Joe was more than gracious as we tromped around the fields and took a ton of shots against some astoundingly lovely backgrounds. Man, my face would have hurt after all that similing into the camera, but he took it all in stride. We sure appreciate his willingness to share this precious treasure with us, and I know his fans will as well when they get a look at this book. Talk about an idyllic—and secluded—location! Believe me, after all the jaw-droppingly scenic, winding, back country roads we wandered down to get there, I’d never be able to find it again without a map and a guide and a GPS. Being a girl from the country, I sure envy Joe for having this piece of heaven where he can find peace and refreshment for his soul.
Coming up: Marisa designed a beautiful interior for The Heart’s Journey Home. I finished the edit, so the text has now gone to her to flow into Quark. We’ll soon have the copyflow back for Jen to do one last read. As soon as her final corrections have been entered in the Quark file, it’ll be proofread, those corrections will be entered, and then it’ll be ready for the printer. In the meantime, as soon as I have final text for Seasons in the Mist from Deb, it will go to Marisa to design the interior, and then flow the text, and the process starts again.
Meanwhile, Under His Wings is all ready except for a few final corrections we’re waiting for, and Praise for Parents of Teens is being edited by my fellow editor buddy, Linda Allen. I’ll start working with the designer on the Perspectives cover soon—which reminds me that I need to send all the info for this project to Peg so she can put it up on our Web site—and after a quick read-through on COPS, it will go to Linda for the edit.
The time is also approaching at warp speed when I need to get our designers busy on the Heading Home and Mirrored Image covers. Oh, and yes, I need to write Crucible of War! Can’t forget about that since I only have a year to complete the manuscript, when I really need more like 18 months. And did I hear someone shout that the holidays are coming up? Can anybody please lend me another 24 hours a day?!







