The Official Cover Reveal

Cover Reveal

    This is the Official Cover for the first Edition of To Love Perfectly. I'm still going through the publishing process. Honestly the first edition might be a little rough because it's the first book I'll ever have published. However, I just thought I'd share with you the cover art and design. The photos of the front and back cover were taken by me which I'm proud to say that my very limited photoshop skills paid off I hope. I also use the front and back cover of a reflection of the themes in the novel. I'm not going to spoil but nature does play a key role. I will say the cover design process for Barnes & Noble is stupidly tedious. However, I will say I'm still greatful that they have made publishing so much easier. I'm probably never going to use Amazon. They're just too corporate for me and I detest "E-Books" and "Audio-Books" I have nothing against listening along while someone reads a book what I do detest is how we've lost putting tangible things over the non-tangible such as books. I'd much rather physically pick up a book and read it then go only stare at a screen and read it.

The Original Photos:

I took both of these photos during my freshman year at Christendom College. The first one I took was the winter one which is on the way to the Saint Lawrence Commons. You can also see Old Chapel Hall and one of the Gazebos in it as well. I loved how the dark and dead trees contrasted the fresh snowfall it turned out swimmingly well. The 2nd one I took is overlooking the Shenandoah River from one of the trails on campus. Thankfully, I had my camera on me and I was just in awe of how the sun was setting and reflecting through the trees and on the river so I captured it for you all to see. I knew for certain I was going to use the Shenandoah River as the cover although I thought about using some photos I've taken of the Dungeness River but it seemed better suited. For the back cover I wasn't sure what to do I knew I wanted to either use Christ The King Chapel or another place on campus. I did know however that I definitely wanted to use a snowy landscape photo. I also thought about using a photo I've taken of the Altar in Christ the King Chapel during adoration but even though it looks good I knew I wanted space to put text for a summary and this photo to the Commons worked perfectly.