Do you remember the first story you ever read, and the impact it had on you?
Uh, must have been some fairy tale, when I was a child. As I don't remember it, I can't say very much about a possible impact. But who knows?
How do you approach cover design?
Top-down. Saying this, all covers of the Galactic Alliance series are planned. Most of them are done.
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