Thoughtful About . . . Gearing Up

With the official release of A Stray Drop of Blood only two and a half weeks out, I’m getting pretty darn anxious and excited. And it occurs to me that I have lots of stuff to announce to my three faithful readers! 😉

First, Stray Drop is available for pre-order at CrossPurposes Books. Waiting to put it up on Amazon until we have the cover finalized. For all your crazy cats out there that have mentioned your plans to buy it, feel free to go ahead. =) And if you want it signed, just shoot me an email at roseanna [at] roseannawhite [dot] com and let me know, and I’ll sign it before it gets shipped out. (Sometimes it’s really handy to live with the publisher . . .)

Next up, cover should be finalized within a few days, and I am soooooo excited! Photographer David Schrott will be taking the photos, and the fabulous George Weis of Tekeme Studios will be turning those sure-to-be-amazing photos into a cover. There’s a story behind that, actually. Wanna hear it? If not, read no further, LOL.

At the ACFW conference, I got out the SuperShuttle at the hotel and saw a girl a little younger than me, who I’d spotted at BWI, sitting right across from me. So naturally, I said, “Hey, we were at the airport together!” As it turns out, we also had the same flight home, so we agreed to meet up and have someone to sit with and talk to. This girl is Ashley Weis, and as we got talking, she told me about her husband’s design company. I was at the moment trying to figure out how to get a new cover, so I asked her whether he did book designs, and she assured me he did. I had a gut feeling then and there that the Lord was answering my cover-prayers!

I’m very excited at how Ashley’s husband got the vision for the book; the design he proposed is exactly what I was hoping for, and I know the execution will be stunning. Interestingly, Ashley herself will be the model, and I know she’ll be a fantastic Abigail.

Anyway. Rest assured I’ll be posting the cover as soon as I have the file!

Moving on. In the weeks leading up to release and through the month of December, instead of My Friend Fridays featuring my author buds, I’m going to be featuring the characters from Stray Drop, starting tomorrow with Abigail. I hope y’all tune in to get a sneak peek at these guys!