Need a fun, quirky book cover for my new book!

#lifelines and #laughlines

Alaina McPherson

Lives in Austin, TX with wife Liv and son, Cole and two dogs Rambo and Julius.

This book is a snapshot of the last 90 days of my life - personally, professionally and globally. Having had a very rough year at work in 2019, and having panic disorder, I had to go out on disability to start a whole new round of medications. This book is meant to somewhat be the same style as a David Sedaris, humorous with real parts as well. I had already booked a cruise so I went with my family and I smuggled weed onto the boat because the alternative makes me too sleepy. Anyway, I hit my pipe on the 4th deck one day, and I just had an enlightening, basically. The work shi&, the other drama, it didn’t matter. I was alive and well as was my family. So I kicked panic’s ass on that cruise ship, on the 4th deck. I am also weaving in what’s going on with COVID-19. The book is dedicated to the people that are my lifelines - and the laugh lines, well that’s self explanatory. My initial thought - and I’m no designer, clearly, was some kind of a hybrid between Jenny Lawson’s cover art style and the Crime Junkie Podcast logo. Maybe a cruise ship with smoke coming from the 4th deck, with some pink latex gloves and a face mask slung over the side, with various sizes and colors of pills scattered about. In other words, those items sum up visually the last 90 days.

Probably millennials, but it’s got enough solid humor in it that pretty much anyone might pick it up, especially if the cover intrigues them.

As I said, I really like Jenny Lawson’s style. I kind of picture a cruise ship where you can see smoke coming from the 4th deck, with a face mask and latex gloves slung over the side, and maybe various sizes and colors of pills scattered about.

I’m pretty open minded so would love to see what they come up with!!