From: mbottorff@lshelby.com   
      
   Brian M. Scott  wrote:   
      
   > > Yes, I have been doing my own covers so far.   
   >   
   > And very classy ones, too.   
      
   Thanks.  But the truth is that I would probably be better off hiring a   
   professional, anyway.   
      
   Art has always been a secondary activity for me, and that shows in how   
   long it takes me to produce something I'm willing to put on an actual   
   published book.  Especially if I'm painting, but some of the 3D   
   modelling I did took me almost as long.   
      
   Realistically, at current average production rates, I can produce in a   
   year roughly one book and two painted covers OR two books and no covers.   
   (Or four to six covers and no books, but what would be the point of   
   THAT?)   
      
   My publisher/husband votes for two books a year and no covers.  He   
   thinks we can manage to make enough to cover the cost of hiring someone   
   else to do cover paintings.   
      
   And I have so many books I want to write, that I'm leaning that way too.   
   Although I would hate it if I never got to do any artwork at all.   
      
      
   > I thought that you might like to know that this morning's   
   > email from Amazon with 'new recommendations for you based   
   > on items you purchased or told us you own' includes _Pavane   
   > in Pearl and Emerald_!  They're too late, but it was still   
   > nice to see.   
      
   Cool!  Hopefully the same service will eventually catch someone for whom   
   it isn't too late.  :)   
      
      
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