I have been kicking around the idea of self publishing Quickened, my first novel in the Master of Books series.  Looking at the pricing for Createspace and other packages I have mulled the idea of doing it myself.  Probably not the smartest maneuver but no one ever accused me of being smart.  I had a cover that was done by my very talented 16 yr old daughter, Jessica, but now with the book going to print I needed to modify it a bit.  Luckily I found a very talented graphics guru through my writing group who helped out.  This is a first draft of what he sent me.

I really love the background here.  The font effects were my own from the original cover but now with this new background I am going to change it.  I'll post an update when I have a final version.  Feel free to comment below your thoughts on this cover design.