2sassy's Blog

Authorhouse messed up the cover of my new book. The colors are all wrong. She has black hair with blue highlights like the imae you see in my first album. I painted her; her name is Raven so I know what the colors should be. The cover has gray hair with black streaks running through it. It looks nothing like the proof I approved. They want me to pay $320 to fix their printing error.

I am not doing a sales promo...I haven't mentioned the name of the book. But, I could really use some advice. Any ideas? I am stuck with this one lady who every time I try to get somewhere it's like she sends me a cut and paste policy from their manual.

HELP!!!! I AM ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND THIS IS MY INCOME

This is an image I painted with acrylics. The hair in the painting is a compilation of several women I have seen. My Mama, a friend of mine named Vada, a girl behind the hotel counter in Costa Rica and a photo of a woman sent to me by a friend of mine.
When I first finished the blue black hair, I painted her eyes big and mesmerizing like the girl behind the counter who was such a great girl to try to talk to. She couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak Spanish, but we both could use our hands to try to communicate. She tried so hard and the day I left she cried. Such a sweetheart. Well, she had long, blue-black hair and big brown eyes. When I tried to do the image's eyes brown, it didn't work. I kept working with them until I decided to do them the same blue that was in the highlights of the hair.
When I finished painting them and stood back to look at the piece, suddenly I saw my Mama's eyes staring back at me. She is not for sale. She hangs in my dining room where I can smile at her all the time.