Author of THEY WERE LIKE FAMILY TO ME, a collection of linked stories illuminated with magical realism, following the inhabitants of a small town in 1942 Poland and tracing the troubling complex choices they are compelled to make. Finalist for The Story Prize and Honorable Mention in the 2017 ALA Sophie Brody Medal for achievement in Jewish Literature. Originally published as IN THE LAND OF ARMADILLOS. Columnist for the Jewish Standard.
This week is BEA–Book Expo America, the biggest book publishing event in the entire country.
Which means my agents are busy.
Which means I have another week to screw around with cover tries.
Some with alternate titles.
It is certainly possible that I have lost my mind. Still…which one makes you want to read my book?
HELEN MARYLES SHANKMAN 
I vote for number two.
Three is good too I guess.
Tricky. I like Number two, it has a mysterious retro quality. Then again No. 3 has a degree of ‘modern urgency’. Tough call, Helen.
Thank you for your feedback, Scriptor Obscura and Mike! I’ve lost all objectivity at this point, so I’m definitely looking for feedback!
I like #4, no offense to the many who liked #2 but to my untrained eyes it looks like a PhotoShop experiment (still a heck of a lot better than anything I could do).
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Thanks, Zohar. I had another vote for #4–the other person likes it because it looks like a movie poster.
I think I like the title “The Color of Light” better than Underpainting. Underpainting feels just a tad too obscure for me, can’t say way. Color of Light brings me in. Between 3 and 4, I prefer 4.