The Sex and Salmonella ebook cover!

Ta da!!!!!

I am more excited about the ebook release of Sex and Salmonella than any of the other Tory Bauer mysteries because it was the first one to come out nationally (though it's the 2nd mystery in the series- long story). It only had one printing, and it's the rarest of the titles. For awhile, back in the 90's, used paperback copies of the book were selling for over $100. Don't worry, the ebook price will be $2.99, just like Funeral Food. I think there are a lot of people who never got to read this book, and soon (like, within a couple of weeks), it'll be available again!

And yes, there is a carnival in the story.

Many thousands of thanks to my son Curtis, who is doing the covers for me, even though he has plenty of his own work to do.

Final doesn't mean what we think it means...

Curt is still tinkering with the cover of Funeral Food. The Kindle version of this book (and of Sex and Salmonella, and The Hotel South Dakota) will be ready for release soon, which means that pretty soon, *final* will actually BE final.

Once again, the changes are small, but wonderful. The artist is a genius. Read about the changes and take a peek at the Sex and Salmonella cover work in progress here.

Cool, no? I can't wait to see what Curt puts inside the frame.

The Final(ish) Cover for the e-book version of Funeral Food

I wanted to post this link  yesterday, on the evolution of the Funeral Food e-book cover, but Blogger was down for almost 24 hours. We're back in business now-so please take a moment and go look the path this notion took to becoming perfect for the book. I didn't give Curt any hints or suggestions for the style or theme- I let his brain take over. And I love the results.

The changes from the last version are minor, but wowsers, do they ever make a difference.

Now, he just has to do it 5 more times...

The e-book cover for Funeral Food

Most of you know that before I started writing knitting books, I wrote six mysteries in the Tory Bauer series. The books were published as paperback originals by Avon (I shared an editor with Dennis Lehane and Laura Lippman, which is some pretty amazing company). The books have been out of print for quite awhile, but the first three are being readied for release in the Kindle format (with the Nook version to follow shortly thereafter). My son, Curtis Taylor,  is designing the covers for the e-books. He has two blogs, Curtis Taylor, Artist and Illustrator, where he details his journey as a new writer (and sells his own original artwork and note cards), and Hop Head Said, a beer-blog that he writes for Ventura County. I love his work, and one of the pleasures of releasing these books in a new format, is that I got to choose the cover artist. I did not hesitate.

We expect Funeral Food, Sex and Salmonella, and The Hotel South Dakota (which is the correct reading order- ignore their original publication order) to be available next month. If you're completely unfamiliar with the series, the Amazon reviews will give you a notion of what to expect (hint: bad words, and no knitting).

Curt has been working on the covers for a few months, and yesterday, he sent me an almost-final draft of the cover for Funeral Food. There may be some minor tweaks, but this one is pretty well finished.

I don't know about you, but I love it!

It's Alive!

Fearless Fair Isle Knitting will hit the stands Feb. 15, 2011!

The Amazon listing shows an earlier cover, here's the final:

Woohoo!