Well, here it is, a very sneaky peek of what will (allegedly) be in bookstores come August.
I didn’t know this before I entered the wild and wonderful world of book publishing, but authors rarely have any control over their covers. I had “right of consultation,” which was a big deal, and still meant that I could say “I hate that” and my publisher could respond with “too bad,” publishing the manuscript bound with an illustration of a high-heeled silhouette next to an incubator—martini in one hand, endotracheal tube in the other.
Some authors hate their covers, and while I know you are not supposed to judge a book by such things, it must be awful to see a dramatic disconnect between the work you have poured yourself into and the way it is presented to the world. I got very lucky: not only do I have a cover I love, but I have a cover that as soon as I saw it, made me think: Yes. There it is. My book.
It’s a rare thing. I am on what sports enthusiasts would call the “home stretch.” And when I get scared and confused and can’t remember what I am doing, I have a reminder:
Oh, you guys! I hope you like it.
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It’s BEAUTIFUL! Excited for you. :)
Lovely and perfect. Can’t wait to read it.
HOW PERFECT. I love it. Can’t! Wait! To! Read! :)
It gave me chills – I love it!
Tears in my eyes. It is beautiful and I’m so happy for you!
Wow! I agree with everyone, it is perfect. I can’t wait to see it in the stores (and buy one, of course!).
Have just started following you. Love it, love it. Love the colour, love the typeface, love the title. Loved everything about it in fact.
It’s so . . . REAL now.
Perfect. So beautiful. I preordered weeks ago!
Love, love, love, love! And I’m happy to know I’m not the only one who started to cry at the sight of it.
Beautiful cover, and beautiful title! It’s really eye-catching and (even though I presumably know most of the story already) I want to read more more more.
when i reveal this secret, everyone will think i’m brain dead. but…until i saw the cover, i didn’t understand the “half baked” title. in my mind, the title was about you, alexa, feeling nutty in the head after all you had been through. one glance at the cover brought instant tears to my eyes…..”OH! it’s about the babies!!!!!!!!” gosh…i can’t wait to read this.
Like it? Dude, I LOVE it! And as someone who notoriously chooses a book by its cover (I know, I know)… yours would (will!) definitely have been chosen by my picky eyes. Congrats!
love love love it
I love how Ames and Simone are represented together there on the cover! How wonderful! I can’t wait to read it. :)
I love love love the cover!!! I can’t wait to read it!! CONGRATS!!!
Sunnie
Oh it’s gorgeous! Congratulations!
A perfect cover, for what will be a journey to be cried and laughed over.
This made tears come to my eyes. I’m so excited for you!
I love it!
The cover alone made me cry. I cannot wait to buy my copy!
As someone who almost always picks a book by it’s cover – I would TOTALLY pick this one! Congratulations!
Fantastic! So, so wonderful… thrilled for you and can’t wait to read it.
I think this is just wonderful. Congratulations!
This gave me chills.
Again.
Can’t wait to read it. Wanted you to know that I have pre-ordered at Amazon and I am usually a very thrifty girl who only gets books from the library.
I absoultely can’t wait to read this. Especially since I’m about to give birth in 2 weeks and am freakin’ terrified!
Everything about that cover is so perfect that it made me tear up a little. Congratulations!
Love it, Alexa. Please relax, it’s going to be incredible.
Love love love the cover. CAn’t wait to read!
I got chills when I saw it. How exciting!
It’s wonderful! A perfect cover for a book I can’t wait to read.
It’s perfect. I would totally pick this up in the book store even if I had never read your blog.
Ames’ little bracelet brought tears to my eyes. your beautiful book cover reminds me – must sponsor you in the march of babies again this year!
And I totally just pre-ordered the hell out of it!
31st August? :-(
Now! Want NOW!
love it… love it… perfect… made me a little teary, too…
I’m a long time lurker, first time commenter, and just had to congratulate you!!!!! This is wonderful!
I LOVE IT! Wish it would be available on March 31! Congrats to you.
I’m a mama of a premature baby turned 4(!!) this week – one look at that cover made me weep. Can’t wait to buy it.
Wow!!!!! Love it.
love it!!!
Perfect!
Books and their covers are very important to me. I would read your book even if it had an icky little cover. But this. I love this cover. I can’t wait to crack it open and read it. Congratulations!
Amazing. You should be so, so proud of yourself. What a gift you’ve given Simone and yourself. Can you even imagine having a book your mother wrote about you? How fantastic.
Congratulations!
The cover makes me cry! Which is to say, it’s beautiful, and perfect. Well done.
I LOVE IT!!! So cool :-)
And also, I can totally picture the other (nonexistant) cover. And I hate it too.
Can’t wait to buy the book! :-)
oooooh YES. yes yes yes. love it.
It the ONLY book I have ever pre-ordered. And I read a lot of books!
I couldn’t be happier for you and I love the cover!
If the cover is any indication I will love it and so will MANY others!
LOVE the cover. LOVE. IT.
And I can’t wait to read your book when it comes out! I know I’ll love it, too, as much as I love reading your blog posts.
Congrats on being in the “final inning” (as long as we’re going for sports metaphors, I’ll toss another into the mix…).
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