Whoever said that you should not judge a book by its cover was obviously swimming against the tide. Judging a book by its cover is precisely what most people do. You only need to stand in a book shop (you remember book shops don’t you?) and watch people browse. The books with the great covers are constantly being examined.

Anyway, I wanted a great cover. And I wanted it as soon as I finished my first draft (around March 2014). Somehow that made my attempt at writing more real. It gave me comfort. I could see what I was aiming at. I had to have that cover!

Anyway, here it now is.

But how did I get there?

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