{"id":57653,"date":"2024-06-27T19:05:03","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T02:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/?p=57653"},"modified":"2024-06-27T19:05:03","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T02:05:03","slug":"the-psychic-on-the-jury-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/?p=57653","title":{"rendered":"The Psychic on the Jury Cover!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One week from today, as long nothing goes wrong with shipping, I should<\/em> have a book in my hands with this cover:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I think it’s great! I only had a few notes for the cover artist (Niki Lenhart<\/a>), which went through Steven Radecki. He didn’t have that much to pass on, actually. Niki nailed it very quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love the “A Mel Walker Story” banner on the top, and all the implications that go with it. Obviously, The Repossessed Ghost<\/em> was the first, and if all goes as I hope and as I plan, there will be more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re curious about the San Francisco ballcap on the table in the foreground, you’ll just have to read the story. There’s a reason that The Repossessed Ghost<\/em> features a ’74 Chevy Nova. Similarly, the cover for this story needed to feature the ballcap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a short read. A bit longer than One for the Road<\/em>, and 1\/5th the length of The Repossessed Ghost<\/em>. As I’ve said in a previous post, this story serves two purposes. The first is to offer a cheaper introduction for readers new to my work and the world of Mel Walker. The second is to act as a transition between The Repossessed Ghost<\/em> and the next novel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of which, I’m at a new Shut Up and Write. As soon as I hit Publish on post, I’m going to get out my notes and try to make some progress on the new novel. I still have some gaps to fill in the outline. Soon, perhaps after Baycon, I dive into drafting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wish me luck! And let me know what you think of the cover! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One week from today, as long nothing goes wrong with shipping, I should have a book in my hands with this cover: I think it’s great! I only had a few notes for the cover artist (Niki Lenhart), which went through Steven Radecki. He didn’t have that much to pass on, actually. Niki nailed it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57655,"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57653\/revisions\/57655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}