At the start, this blog was always supposed to be about Happiness and Self-Publishing.  It’s just so much easier to write about Happiness that all the posts seem to be about that, but today, we’re back to Self-Publishing.

My friend, Samantha, is an extraordinary photographer, and yesterday she and I did a photo shoot so I could have a picture for the back cover of the book.  I have it narrowed down to two choices (with many voices chiming in), and now your opinion is requested.

The title of the book is Happiness as a Second Language, and the picture must exude happiness.  Someone should flip this book over, see the picture of the author (me) and think, “Damn, that girl could teach me a thing or two about happiness.”

So…which one of these does that better?  To keep them straight, since they may appear different in different browsers, let’s refer to them as the red shirt or the burgundy shirt (with my apologies to those among us who are color blind — I realize this is a distinction without a difference for you.  I get it, I’m face blind).

The Red OneThe Burgundy One

Your thoughts?

11 Responses

  1. I vote burgundy shirt. Although there’s a little less energy in the burgundy photo, I think there’s more kindness coming from it. Just my two cents.

  2. Red! Although I love both. You radiate happiness in the red pic, peace in the burgundy. It’s a win-win really.

  3. Burgundy, for sure. It looks less posed, it’s a straight-on shot, you can see both dimples and it looks, as an earlier commenter pointed out, peaceful. Number two, burgundy, by a mile (in my opinion).

  4. Thank you all so much! Your comments are very sweet and helpful. I’ve decided on the red one for all press, online, guest blogging, etc., but the burgundy for the book jacket. Since that one will be 1-inch X 1-inch, it’s more important to see the eyes and connect with the author.

    Hopefully a big announcement about the book will be coming this week. Fingers crossed.