The Great Cover Artist Search of 2012 has come to a conclusion, and I have found my cover artist! Renee Barratt, owner of The Cover Counts, will be designing the cover for Small Things. Renee is super-affordable (leaving me more money to buy stock and advertising,) has designed some really sharp covers, and comes highly recommended by best-selling author Connie Suttle.

Thanks to everyone I spoke to about designing my cover, especially Tim Baron and Lynne Hansen. Both are insanely talented and would make a great cover for just about any book.

I do think choosing the right cover is important, a cover that manages to convey something about the book while at the same time being eye-catching. I know I’ve chosen books solely based on the cover, and sometimes I’ve even liked the book itself. I can’t wait to see what Renee comes up with!

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The weather in Toronto during April was always unpredictable. Sometimes it snowed, sometimes it rained, sometimes it was scorching hot, and sometimes—like today—the weather was perfect. The sun was shining, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky, and it was a cool 22° Celsius, all of which made for a pleasant walk from the University of Toronto to The Queen and Beaver Public House less than a mile away, where Colin Spencer was meeting his girlfriend Natsumi Hashimoto for lunch.

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