I have always shied away from book covers and book cover illustrations, but I find it hard to say no to friends, too.

That’s why when friend Cyn Mobley, author of many books and head of Bushido Press, asked me to do a illustration for a book a friend wants to publish, I told her I would give it a shot. Cyn’s company has published The Writing Wright, a books of snippets about writing with illustrations (by me) of various authors, so it was impossible for me to turn her down.

Cyn said she wanted a woman in a red dress who was breaking away from a Lilliputian tie-down. She told me she thought my style of pen and ink drawing would be appropriate for this book.

The illustration above is what I came up with.

Fortunately, Cyn and the author liked it — a lot, apparently. Cyn called it a “home run.” Very gratifying.

The book is Life among the Lilliputians by Judy Lockhart DiGregorio. The publisher is Celtic Cat Publishing.