Something to Crow About
I truly have something to crow about. The 4th book in the P.J. Benson Mystery series now has an actual release date: February 10, 2021. It has a beautiful cover, designed by Chris of http://highpinescreative.com. They did the covers for the first three “Crow” books (The Crows, As the Crow Flies, and Eat Crow and Die.)
Since FiveStar/Gale/CengageLearning stopped publishing mysteries in 2017, I decided to self-publish Something to Crow About. Although I actually had to learn the process two years ago when I was granted the paperback rights to A Killer Past, a few things have changed in those two years, and I’d forgotten a few things, too. With A Killer Past, that publisher had already created the front and back material and all I needed to do was copy what was in the hardcover edition and upload the final edited manuscript file.
I didn’t have that material for Something to Crow About. I had to make sure what I uploaded was the final edit. (Yes, I hired an editor. In fact, I used the editor who edited the other P.J. Benson books), and I had to decide what to put in the front and what should go in the back. And then I had to make sure everything met Amazon’s requirements.
That I’m as far along as I am right now, for me, is something to crow about. I’ll be posting more in the weeks to come. This will be P.J.’s last book, so I need to do something special. Just what that will be, I haven’t decided.
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Thank you, Maris…Reading is a great way to distract from reality. Looking forward to your new book.
Thanks, Clarice. The Ebook should be available for pre-order. I’m still waiting for the paperback edition’s cover. I understand what you mean about needed a distraction. I feel that way, too. I hope Something to Crow About gives you that experience.
Congratulations, Maris. I think the cover is the best yet.
Thanks, Anne. It’s the same artist who has done the other “crow” covers. So glad he’d doing this one. Hope you are well. I miss seeing you and the rest of the Tuesday group.
And the story is wonderful – although I don’t know how it ends. I guess I’ll have to buy the book. Can’t wait to read it all the way to the last exciting page. Congratulations Maris.
Thank you, Pat. Your help along the way has been wonderful.
congratulations
Thank you, Rohn. This is almost like work.