DAY 2 TURN THE LIGHT ON – THE BOOK COVER AND THE BOOK TRAILER

If I remember correctly, when I first reached out to 4WILLSPUBLISHING, I was able to tell them what I didn’t want. My vision of Della was extremely specific. In my mind, I didn’t see her face, I saw her profile. She was looking out of the window wearing an angry scowl. I had a reason for that. I always want my readers, female, and male, to be able to associate or relate to my characters. I want women to see themselves as Della. As some of you might know, most African American women aren’t size eight, ten, or twelve; at least, not the ones I know. We usually age beautifully, but our mid-sections tend to grow. I wanted to work with the theme of a normal woman of color, fifty-five years of age, who has…