Exit Strategy is with my editor. The manuscript is done. The story is told.
Now comes the part that always trips me up: the cover.
Here's the mockup I started with:
The passports represent Mackenzie's purchased citizenships. The lifelines her parents carefully selected. The ability to leave the United States that wealth can buy and most women never will have.
The colors are warm but unsettling. The typography is bold and direct. It doesn't look like The Handmaid's Tale. It doesn't look like The Hunger Games. That's intentional. This book sits somewhere between dystopian thriller and literary speculative fiction. It's grounded in 2030. It's about reproductive rights, but also about wealth, power, and the illusion of safety.
I know what the story is. I'm still working out what it looks like on a shelf.
So I'm asking you directly: does this cover make you want to know more? Does it signal the right kind of book?
Reply here or find me on Facebook as the design evolves. I'm listening.
More soon.
M.E. Wright
