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and Creative Friends
Book cover art is a major selling factor of any book. Too, art and photographs can tell a story and serve as story starters or picture prompts. They can also inspire certain creatives into writing song lyrics. Some readers will automatically pick up any book by a favorite author, regardless what the product looks like. Anyone casually perusing the shelves in a book store is usually drawn to an unknown author’s book by its title and cover graphics. That leads them to then read the blurbs on the back. In publishing a book, the face of the product is critical. It doesn’t matter if it be a novel, a short story anthology, poetry, or nonfiction. Book sellers like to see dazzling covers; though not all book art jumps out at you from the shelf but can still incite the imagination. See my three covers and video trailers on My Books. Also, remember to check out the exciting book cover art on my new thriller, Down to the Needle, which is my latest release. Middle of Page - To Page Bottom
Also, here’s Big Red, one of my oil paintings that I photographed while the paint was still wet. That's why it may shine in places. 
However, in the process of beginning to paint again, and noticing book cover art all the more, it dawned on me that painting and other art is like writing on the walls. With a free-flowing imagination, art can be story starters; picture prompts that lead to stories, even to publishing a book.
Book cover art is a specialty field. The picture must, in all cases, relate to the story being told. So perhaps I need to find photos or paint specific scenes from my next books. Many facets are involved in publishing a book and book sellers are keen to them all and promote only the best. To date, I have been asked twice about using my photos as book cover art. I am thrilled! If you are interested in any of my photos for your book cover, please don't hesitate to Contact Me. We can work out great deals that each can live with. See my photographs and photos of my oil paintings at Mary Deal Fine Art.  Both my photos and paintings are available as giclee on canvas, framed or unframed, and posters (all in many sizes), and greeting cards. If you purchase greeting cards, you can have printed inside any message you wish. That's exciting!
...Speaking of writing song lyrics, Lyle Sinclair is another talented friend and uses many “triggers” in writing lyrics and music.
About his group, Lyle says: "I have a really neat group of people that perform with me. On piano, a very sweet and dedicated school teacher, Jeanne Cannon. On lead guitar, a very fine gentleman and musician, Sam Ruhl. On drums, a retired engineer from Hewlett-Packard, Andy Rawles. And on bass guitar, a maintenance engineer for the Postal service, Rick Holmberg. It’s a group of very qualified artists and great back up harmony and lead vocalists.
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