PUBLISHED DRAWINGS FOR BENEFITS BOOK

HELLO EVERYONE!

Since you saw many of the finished drawings while I was in process last July/August before my deadline,I  just wanted to post a couple of the published drawings in Leslie T. Grover's novel The Benefits of Eating White Folks, which as far as I can tell the author and the publisher have done little to market and publicize. It's a refresher course for me on all what not to do-- as I had to bug the publisher on 3 occasions just to get a single copy! My contract says I should receive 10, the book came out last month in April and a single copy arrived for me a few days ago. They are promising the 10, and I am not mad at them, maybe irked a bit, but I am moreso observing what shouldn't be done when a new book is published. All 3 of my books I pushed as hard as I could, for both Cune Press and Bloomsbury, and this also involves making sure that as many people as possible receive an advanced copy. I worked and toured tirelessly, and will do so again for the coming story collection.

By the way, the cover features all 20 of my drawings in tiny size, smaller than a lady bug, and since the cover is white with black/gray print, it's not exactly an attention grabber on a table of books at the store. But again, no complaints, I was paid, I did the assignment and am proud of my own work and accomplishment. The author DM'ed me on Instagram how happy and touched she is by the images, which means so much, so all in all, these two things-- her happiness and mine-- is what matters most for this project. So glad I asked for an advance-- only royalties were offered at first-- otherwise I would have been cheated into doing all of this for free as there appears to be no way I will be receiving royalties from a book few could know about.

Hope everyone is very well!

ALL LOVE!