As an author (especially as a spiritual author), I always have to walk a fine line: the nature of marketing means I need to be promoting my books, but the nature of humility means that I may not brag about them. At least, not about the text, which is to say, the content that I created.
But my books are more than just my work. Every book represents the labor and creativity not only of the author, but of editors, proofreaders, salespeople, marketers and publicists, and designers. In today’s post, I want to praise the designers. At least three of my books feature truly beautiful cover art, that I really had nothing to do with. But they’re wonderful, and they deserve to be in the spotlight.
So I want to, as we say in the south, brag on them. And even if you are not particularly into book design, I hope you will find the architecture represented in these images interesting: a church, a chateau, and a monastery all have shown up on my covers. Here they are… (more…)