Okay...classic overacheiver. Once I finally had the book ready to go and off to the printer, I had this other idea that I'd been playing around with. For the publication party or simply inserts for the book I didn't want to go with the usual route of bookmarks. I've loved getting them in the past but it didn't feel quite right for my crazytown folks. I've always considered my audience while putting this together as being on the road into crazytown before even skimming that first page. Postcards, I decided would be the way to go. Not simply postcards with images of my books cover. I wanted something that reflected the stories inside...perhaps a variation of images for those very different personalities and issues.
I searched out actual postcards. I took photographs but none of it felt right. Then one night after Spring Break, my fellow MFAer Rafe Posey popped up with amazing pictures of his relaxing time off in Santa Barbara. The minute I saw some of those photos things started to click and I saw the postcard that would be for Vivi...her goodbye to the child she's abandoning. With another I saw what would tie two old friends together from one story to the next. Now of course the photographs were only the beginning. I played around a bit with photoshop for the outstanding images that are posted here. Then I carefully wrote out messages from one character to another. An epilogue or prologue of sorts. I stolen moment that would mean much to the reader after slipping so briefly into this character's existence.There are actually five different variations. All with a unique touch or twist to the stories inside.
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