This week I had a text from Ed Calkins.
I was super excited to see it and told him so. Ed usually communicates by email, unless I pick up the phone.
But then the next text said, "No, this is his wife because I'm sending you pictures for each chapter."
Nancy Calkins, Ed's wife, designed the cover and chapter headings for the prologue, epilogue, and each of the novel's twenty chapters. She started texting them all to me, wasn't happy with the lighting, and decided she and Ed will drive out to Joliet and bring me the originals next week.
In the meantime, here's a pictorial glance at the illustrations Nancy sent so far for Ed's book. I'm doing a hard edit on the manuscript over the Thanksgiving weekend.
Just so you know, "Ruthless" is longer than "Staked!"
Release date? Why Calkins Day 2021, of course (Feb. 13).
Here's the cover, and yes, it looks crooked because of the way the images came through over text. Some of the illustrations follow it, so keep scrolling.
And now, eleven of the interior illustrations:
First, the forward.
Chapter 1: Backward
Chapter 2: Pigs Don't Plow
Chapter 3: Mirror
Chapter 4: Road Trip
Chapter 5: The Why Chromosome
Chapter 6: On Being Ruthless
Chapter 7: Suspect
Chapter 8: The Naughty List
Chapter 9: Happy Hunting
Chapter 10: A Government Of, By, and For Ed Calkins
Chapter 11: The Divine Refrigerator
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