Moonfixer, Appalachian Journey Book 2!
We posted about this already on our Facebook page and now we’re announcing it here. Moonfixer, Appalachian Journey Book 2 now has a new and improved cover. We were so pleased with Kim’s fabulous design for our Beloved Woman cover that we asked her to redesign the cover for Moonfixer–which we’ve never liked very much. Kim sent the final version to us yesterday and here it is:
That’s Aunt Bessie’s school bell in the front (the one Fletch gives her in the book) and the painting on the back is another one by our dad, John Tillery. Though Daddy never saw the original house (it was torn down years before he was born), this is how he imagined it when Aunt Bessie and Uncle Fletch told him stories about it. The picture of Aunt Bessie and Uncle Fletch on their wedding day that was on the front of the first cover is still there, just smaller. Since it’s in pretty poor shape, Kim touched it up a bit to make them show up a little better. And you can’t really see it unless you enlarge the picture but the background on the front is the wire in my antique jelly safe door and on the back is, of course, the full moon.
I can’t wait to hold it in my hands and just look at it! Kim pays so much attention to the little details and manages to blend them all in a perfect gorgoues cover. She has a color theme for each book (this one is gold) as well as a design (not sure if that’s the right word!) theme that will tie all the books in the series together, and of course, there’s that wonderful series logo and our official Spring Creek Press (the name we publish under) logo.
So, what do you think? Christy and I absolutely love it and have already given Kim the go-ahead to start on the cover for Whistling Woman, Appalachian Journey Book 1!
Okay, back to updating the Press/Media page and hopefully, after I get that done, I can do a little cleanup work on the rest of the blog–I need to get the new Moonfixer cover up in the sidebar!
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March 24, 2015 at 3:42 pm
KiM
I enjoy the books and the story behind the covers. Y’all keep writing and I’ll keep reading and making covers.
March 24, 2015 at 3:45 pm
CTHodges
That’s a deal, KiM! Your talent and creativity are the best and we’re so blessed to have you in our corner!
March 24, 2015 at 7:21 pm
Lou Ann White
I have loved this series and will read it again and again. It has been so impressive to watch you continue to improve its presentation with such care. Your strong covers will draw many to the wonderful story inside.
March 25, 2015 at 12:12 pm
CTHodges
Thanks so much for the lovely comment and brightening up this drary day, Lou Ann! So happy that you love the series enough to read it over and over again. And thanks for the vote of confidence on the new cover–we knew as soon as we saw Kim’s beautiful cover for Beloved Woman that we wanted her to re-do the covers for the first two books. Can’t wait to see what she comes up with for Whistling Woman! Thanks again! We can’t say it enough, we have the best and most inspirational readers!