Too Much Cheese!

Hanzel was a jolly Dutchman with a white shirt and a vest who liked to make cheese almost better than anything else in the world. He liked it so much that Hanzel was positive that his cheese was by far the best in the whole county of Leyden. Problem is every farmer for miles around insisted that their own was superior to any other made in all of Holland and that lead to quite a hullabaloo on market day. There were rows and rows of stalls in the cheese section of the market, and the competition was fierce. Many if not all of them had banners in varying colours advertising their wares. The bolder ones went even farther and hired drummers which added to the din. Even the shyest had to resort to calling out the virtues of their special product.

And what was the result? No one got very much business. Friends, I feel very much like that bewildered Dutchman. Since the market has been opened wide to thousands of authors through the advent of self-publishing we are being drowned in a cascade of literature just at the time when technology is causing the interest in paper books to wan. Tell me, what should I do? If you have any advise, anything at all, please let me know. www.marilynshistoricalnovels.com

What Works?

Help! I'm trying to make an eye catching cover for the new copy of my book. The older cover doesn't 'grab you'. The book is about the life of Jesus through His Mother's eyes, and I thought it would be neat to show Him as a little boy in Egypt or something similar but unusual. (Maybe going across the Nile in a reed boat.) How in the world am I supposed to get something realistic?  Here's a glimpse into the Older Version. It sure doesn't jump off the shelves, does it?  The original cover is of a sunrise in Israel. http://www.maryamsdiary.webs.com 

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