I’ve just returned from a session with professional photographer Dave Cross, and I have a CD-ROM with roughly 50 images to choose from for my new official author photo.

The impetus for this, of course, is my upcoming original novel The Calling, for which I’ve been given the go-ahead to run my author bio and photo on the inside back cover — something I’ve long wanted.

It’s my hope that this will reduce the number of idiots who bring my books to the other David Mack for him to sign.

As soon as I make a final selection for my author photo and have the finished image from Dave Cross, I will post it here and on my Web site, likely in a few weeks.