I was pleased with myself to have a book cover roughed out. I knew it was very rough, but at least heading in a direction. The more I looked at it the more I thought the black background along the bottom might look better if it matched the blue background along the top. So I did that change. I also substituted in the modified book title graphic that I made the other day. I think it is still headed in the right direction. Here is a before and after below:

Tell Your Story by Charles Oropallo rough book cover idea     Tell Your Story by Charles Oropallo rough book cover idea
The really good news is that from a graphic design standpoint, these changes to my Tell Your Story book cover did not take a ton of time.