How do you approach cover design?
Since I'm a professional graphic designer working with publishers and independent authors, you'd think that would be easy, but it isn't. It's rather like editing one's own work - it's difficult to do when you're so close to it. So, I do one of two things: either hire someone else, or fill out the same worksheet that I give my clients and then sit on it a while until I finally get a "feel" for what would work.
What are your five favorite books, and why?
That's impossible to answer, though like millions of others, I'm a die-hard Harry Potter fan. :)
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