Proof

A week after finishing my book cover design,
I fought myself but finally ordered
a proof of Daddy's Briefcase
today!

After talking with other authors,
I realize this is completely normal
to have the jitters, but man.

So, I must wait patiently.

I hear it can take a week, two weeks
or longer to receive your proof.

I will keep you posted!

Homemade Instant Cappuccino

This time of year
all the things I shouldn't be eating
or drinking tends to become my favorite!

And sadly, it will not stop until after
the first of the year. That's what makes
me so sad. I really should use alittle
self-control, right!?

Until then, I want to share one of my favs with you.

Homemade Instant Cappuccino

1 cup instant brewed coffee
1 pack instant hot chocolate
1 tablespoon full of sugar
1 or 2 splashes of milk

you can even use a dash of
nutmeg
cinnamon

enjoy my friends,

ashley :)

Book Cover Design

WoW! I have a book cover!

My heart melts looking at this.
Oh, at how real it makes it.
After five long years,
it's finally coming all together.

I created a template in Photoshop for my
book size 5.06 x 7.81

Generated by this formula:

Bleed + Back Cover Trim Size + Spine Width + Front Cover Trim Size +
Bleed =Cover Width

Bleed + Book Height Trim Size + Bleed
=Cover Height

.125 + 5.06 + 0.535976(238 x .002252) + 5.06 + .125 =

10.905976 width

.125 + 7.81 + .125=

8.06 height

The spine width is figured by the number of pages
multiplied 0.002252. My book will be 238 pages.
See above the 238 x .002252
= 0.535976.

Photo Shoot

I am really used to being on the other side off the lens!

In order to have a photo for the back of Daddy's Briefcase,

I simply had to go for it. My sweet, sweet teenage daughter

graciously photographed me.

Thank you so much from the

bottom of my heart. I am diffently
seeing photography in your future.

Thes are only a few she took,

I know really how many must one take!?

Out of this group they look

a lot alike to me, but one perfectly fits

for the back cover.

Can you see the one I picked?

Mary Beth Chapman

When the kids started school this year,
I wanted to read something. Something from a Christian
prospective, and the Christian fiction author, Chris Fabry,
I have grown to love newest book, Almost Heaven,
wouldn't be out until October.

Mary Beth Chapmans new book Choosing to See,
caught my eye. So I read it in August/September....
I really enjoyed it! Mary Beth did
a great job of fully opening her heart.

Not only showing the struggles of the loss
of their daughter, but struggles through the years
as well. Although her struggles are different than mine,
I so could relate to her. Her book in away reminds me of
what my book will be like, glimpses of other struggles through
the years that bring us to a even bigger struggle.

I know for me I wouldn't change one thing about my life,
and I am thankful Mary Beth shared her story. It shows us
no matter who we are, where we are that life does and will
have struggles but if we choose to see, it makes everything
that much brighter.

I choose to see!