Rat cover
After I finished writing my first NaNoWriMo novel in 2004 (with just 30 minutes to spare), I wanted to publish it in some form. I didn’t think it was good enough to get a regular publisher, so I decided to do it myself using Lulu.com.
I created both the front and back covers in Photoshop using stock photography. A large percentage of the book takes place in New York City, Las Vegas, and finishes up in San Francisco, so all three locations are represented on the cover. The handwritten font is used because the storytelling mechanism of the book is papers found in a convict’s cell.
