Maine Writing Institute

So I'm in the last two weeks of the Maine Writing Summer Institute.  While there, I learned from another fellow there that there IS a masters program in fiction writing in Maine...USM as a matter of fact.  Guess who is looking into applying there?  That's right, ME!

I'm in the final production of my novel.  Shopping around for agents.  If I don't hear anything from anyone by my birthday (October 5th for those of you shopping for me) then I'll post it to Create Space.  As my friend Anne told me, you've got to give yourself a deadline, so my birthday is the day.

Here is the tentative cover.  I have a friend working on a drawing, but in the meantime, I have to have something.  Any thoughts?