Web page and Book Cover design

1/7/2012

I want to send out a special thanks to my daughter, Cathleen Elliott, who just finished a haunting book cover for Cooper's Moon. It is the perfect addition to this web site. With Ryan as the designer of the web site and Cathleen as the book cover designer, this site is truly a family project. Add in my wife, Karyn, my muse and constant support in all things, and the site is coming together. I was happy that Tris Coburn (my agent) thought that it was "fabulous!" Thanks, Tris!

The new book cover should be up in several days. Check it out and let us know what you think of it! You can comment below.

I am looking forward to sharing it with you. Connie

6 Comments

Scott Nelson

1/8/2012 10:11:55 am

A fantastic book! I haven't read such an engrossing detective novel in a long, long time. I eagerly anticipate the second installment in the series.

connie

1/8/2012 01:52:41 pm

You are too kind! Thanks, Scott! I am writing away on the second. I will look forward to what you think! Connie

connie

1/8/2012 02:03:22 pm

And all the best to the fam in CA! Much love.

Karyn

1/8/2012 02:04:29 pm

Cathleen's book cover is brilliant. Lucky are we to have such a talented book designer as a daughter. I feel inspired when I look at it because it feels like a jigsaw puzzle in art. First my eyes follow the smoke around Cooper's face which is covered in mangroves and darkness and then that same smoke swings around to the moon to provide a haunting sense of forboding. And then a juxtaposition --a muted light accentuates the child running to ? or from? the house ? or someone? All a blur in Cooper's mind. And the baseball -- at the forefront of the yard and in Cooper's memory. Knowing the novel, I can see that this cover is right on target.

jane

1/11/2012 10:00:00 am

If your books are as fabulous as this website and the book cover, I can't wait to read them!!

connie

1/11/2012 10:02:32 am

Thanks for the feedback, Jane! Thanks go to the web designer (Ryan), the book designer (Cathleen) and to my wife, muse and marketer!
I plan to post a new installment of Cooper's Moon in a few days.

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Blood Moon Rising, Cooper's second in his trilogy, is now out andready for purchase on Amazon or B&N and other bookstores. Says one critic, Tris Coburn, "Coop's a cross between DeMille's Mac McCormack and Connelly's Bosch.
It's even better than the first ~ Cooper gets closer and closer to solving the mystery of his son's disappearance.

One review from Jack Driscoll, award winning author of Lucky Man, Lucky Woman says:

"The novel is so richly cinematic that I read it while simultaneously imagining each of the chapters and scenes playing out on the silver screen... the suspense high-tension from beginning to end."

"Lovers of the genre will find much to keep them engrossed. The author successfully raises tension with gripping descriptions and emotional dialogue,"
Booklife prize

I'M THRILLED THAT I JUST RECEIVED THE FINALIST AWARD FOR MY SECOND BOOK, BLOOD MOON RISING.

THE ROYAL PALM LITERARY AWARD IS GIVEN OUT SPARINGLY AND I'M ONE OF THE LUCKY (AND HARD WORKING!) AUTHORS TO BE PROVIDED THIS HONOR.

I FIND THAT THE MORE I WRITE, THE BETTER AND BETTER I GET TO KNOW MY CHARACTERS. I SLEEP WITH THEM.

COOPER IS IN THE BACK SEAT OF MY CAR, DIRECTING ME HERE AND THERE, WITH A WATCHFUL EYE.

RICHIE IS WATCHING MY BACK WHENEVER I NEED HIS HELP.

HUCKSTER CROWE IS RIDING SHOTGUN AS HE MAKES OUR WAY THROUGH THE DEEPEST PART OF THE EVERGLADES

COME MEET MY WACKO CHARACTERS AND SEE WHO YOU LIKE BEST.

upcoming events
next author TALK & book signing sponsored by friends of lakes regional library

September 13, 2019 Friday 1:00-2:00

Lakes regional library (corner of Bass & Gladiolus Ft Myers)

I will discuss my first book, cooper's moon, and the newest book which was recently released, blood moon rising.

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