According to experts, the cover artwork is one of the most critical tools an author has to attract readers and entice them to pick up and open their book. The challenge is to develop an attractive and relevant cover image that represents the story within.
As my book, That Which Cannot Be Denied, is a story spanning 130 years, four generations, and four
continents, it was incredibly challenging to select a compelling image that effectively represents the story.
Rather than create a collage of images that represent the totality of the book, I decided to develop an image to represent the most poignant and powerful event in the book. That event took place when I was eighteen years old, hitchhiking alone in the middle of the night, in the middle of a snowstorm on a deserted road in the mountains of Yugoslavia during the Cold War. Other than the arrogance of youth, I have no explanation for what possessed me to embark on such a reckless and dangerous journey.
It was the time when I came as close as I ever have to death and experienced the first of many miracles I have been blessed with in my life. If you want to read more about that event, please subscribe to my site and download the free chapter.
I want to thank Beverly Anderson for assisting me in selecting concepts for our cover and the Koehler Books team for developing the cover art which so effectively represents that night, and all of you who participated in the cover poll to select the final image on the cover of the book today.
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