If you find yourself extremely bored during daytime hours, I invite you to go on the world’s most exciting scavenger hunt.  Find this room:

Ok, it’s not really that fun of a time, but this room exists somewhere in Washington, D.C. and you can totally go there!  I snapped this picture about a month ago for the basic setting for my book cover.  The original seems a bit more appropriate for something out of 1910, so I did a little digital renovation.

First was brightening up the walls with a fresh coat of paint:

Next up, adding some original artwork.  That painting in the back?  Let’s slap this piece of art in there:

The front wall could also use some more color, so why not make a mosaic tile layer with this picture?

Much better.

We need a little more life, mainly some characters from the book, and since I didn’t have any suitable pictures on hand I had to turn to a stock photo service.  I give you, “attractive couple holding hands and watching the waves.”

After flipping them around to better suit the space (or to hide the fact that she’s not wearing shoes…) and removing all the glorious light shining on them, we have this:

Add in a title and the name of yours truly, and the cover process is done!

Have I mentioned it’s available on Kindle and Nook?