While there’s a background story from the 1940s that impacts the characters and plot of the first book in the Neverending Saga, that first book is set in the mid 1950s through 1967. If I decide to self-publish it, I want a cover for it.
With that in mind, I took a recent stroll through my favorite antique mall looking for inspiration or ideas. I ended up purchasing this silly thing for reasons completely unrelated to my novels.
This rubbery Poppin’ Fresh has a 1995 stamp on the back of his hat, and I’m sure he was some kind of Pillsbury giveaway.
So, too, was one I got when I was a little girl. My mother mailed off the proof of purchase from some Pillsbury product and maybe the price of postage, and I received a pillow, about fourteen inches tall, of Poppin’ Fresh, the Pillsbury Doughboy. His fabric was the same as old flour sacks, smooth and soft, and I did love to hug him and tuck him next to my teddy bear.
My Poppin’ Fresh is long gone, but I found a photo of one like him on the Internet. Does he make you want to poke his belly to hear him giggle?
