Let's talk about choosing a cover artist.
It's a lot. Especially when it's your first book. A few years ago, I published a short fantasy series under another pen name (I'll never tell), but I wasn't ready to really jump into indie publishing at the time. I was still figuring out who I was as a writer, but wanted to stick my feet in the water and test the temperature. Because of this, I designed my own covers. Now, while I don't have any graphic design experience, I do have a MLIS (Masters of Library and Information Science). It is required to take media courses, and I had a fantastic professor who taught me a lot about designing websites, flyers, newsletters, etc. I used what I learned in that class to make very simple covers for those novels, and they turned out fine. They weren't particularly eye-catching, but I wasn't really looking to jump into being a writer at the time. For this go, I'm ready and I'm serious. I reached out to some indie authors I am in different writing or reading groups with and got a few recommendations. I feel like I spent hours looking at covers, trying to decide who would be the perfect fit. I went with someone, sent in my proposal, and freaked out about whether or not I made the right choice for the next twelve hours, which was when she sent me her preliminary mock up. OH MY WORD. Now, of course, there are a few things here or there I would like to change but my initial feeling when I opened up the file was, "I can't believe my book is going to be that professional and beautiful and hot looking." It was an amazing feeling. My confidence is high, I'm feeling elated, and I can't wait to release And Then It Was You on March 15. As soon as it's all done and I'm free to share, I'll be posting this cover all over my website, twitter, and facebook. Happy Tuesday, everyone! Love, Lucy
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