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My book cover arrived!  On the assembly line floor this is the glossy painted car body being lowered on the chassis.  Now it looks like a car, in my case, a book.  Giving my book a face just made the dream seem imminent.  I can picture this cover proudly sitting on the new arrival shelf at Barnes & Noble.  If you visit the store, you may even find me standing next to it, smiling, pointing to it.  Ok, I’m getting ahead of myself here, just wanted to share the good vibes I’m feeling.  

 

On the subject of getting ahead of yourself, creating your book cover before you have a publisher falls in that category.  From what I’ve read, publishers are very particular about what they like to see in the cover.  This cover could be, to use a sci-fi phrase, terminated.  Unless I end up self-publishing, then you’re looking at the final cover.  Either way it makes sense to have this available early for the promotional stage, graphics could change but the name will stick.  Don’t remind me that publishers can change the name too, let me enjoy this moment. 

 

If a publisher wants to start with a clean slate, I have my arguments ready, starting with my name choice.  Primis is latin for first, in this case, the first AI evolving to sentient, sapient, self-aware, super-intelligence.  The transformational event that spurs this evolutionary leap is referred to in AI jargon as the singularity, an intelligence explosion, also a first.  The choice to go with the latin version of “first” seemed logical with latin being the root of much of our vocabulary.  Kudos to the designer who made the I into a 1.  

 

As for the graphics, I believe the cover should convey what the book’s about.  Primis is a Christian themed, worldwide action adventure centered on AI that becomes human-like.  I see those elements in the cover but what I see is irrelevant, it’s what you see that counts.  Feedback is invited.  While there’s no AI robot in the book, humanizing AI seemed important.  It’s symbolic and eye catching, besides, what’s the alternative, a circuit board or rows of servers.  

 

Now that I’ve had my fun moment and checked the cover box, it’s time for the next step, finding an agent.  Not just any agent, I need a proven winner that specializes in my unique genre.  Finding them isn’t the challenge, the challenge is getting one from this elite group to adopt us (Primis & I).  Adopt is the right term, first we have to be attractive to them since the commitment they’re making is long term.  Finding the right agent is the difference between seeing your book on that shelf or…..   Let’s forget the or and stay positive.  I always come back to faith, for good reason.  It’s what God asks from me.

 

“And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.”  Hebrews 11:6

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