My Own Face Is Making Me Dizzy!!!!

It's 2011, THE YEAR IN WHICH POPULAZZI WILL BE RELEASED!!!!!!

{insert scream and happy dance}

Now that Kick-Ass Editor Sam McFerrin and I have made our ARC changes, my writing work on the book is pretty much done. Now it's all about promotion. And for that, I need an author pic.

I turned to the amazing and wonderful Steve Goldstein (who is also an amazing and wonderful friend), and he took enough pictures to make my head spin.  With the help of blogger extraordinaire Brent Taylor from The Naughty Book Kitties, I chose one… and then Steve sent me even more, very similar to the one we chose, but each a little different… and now I'm completely flummoxed.  Not only do I have no idea what to choose, but I've also stared at my own face so much, it's starting to look alien and freakish to me.

In other words, I need help.  I've reached back out to Brent, and I would also love your input.  I was going to paste the current top contenders here, but for some reason WordPress won't let me, so I made a MobileMe gallery where you can check them out.

Some thoughts on my end…

Elise37 — I like it, but isn't it a little weird that my boobs are sliding off the bottom right corner?  Makes me feel like a pyramid.  Maybe it would work if it were cropped closer…

Elise45 — I like it… again, so numb staring at my own face it's hard to judge, but I think it's cute.

Elise2 — I think I like this one more.  I look a little more alive, and there's some personality to it.

Elise62 — Same as Elise2, except further back.  One thing — am I crazy, or does it look like there's weird swirly stuff going on around the boobs?  Especially the left one — it feels like an Elaine moment in Seinfeld.  And why am I having so many boob issues with an author pic???

Elise116 — I liked this one when I posted it, but now it looks a little dead-behind-the-eyes to me.  Maybe I was getting sleepy.

EliseTest1 — There's something I like about this, with the blue shirt and blue eyes… but it somehow feels more like a picture I'd use if I were teaching a class at The Learning Annex.  What do you think?

One word:  HELP!

Okay, two words: PLEASE HELP!

Do you like any of them?  Which — if any — of them do you think I should use as my go-to publicity pic for all things Populazzi???

Thanks in advance for your help!!!

xo,

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