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Mica Merrill Rice's avatar

Enjoyed the tips provided here! I also love the mood board and color palette for your upcoming book. I had never thought to include a mood board for my cover art, but this is a clever idea!

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Amy Suto's avatar

Thanks, Mica! Yes, mood boards are the best -- I feel like I'm always putting them together anytime I have a design project. That one in particular was made by cover designer, Ashley -- she's got such good taste!

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Mica Merrill Rice's avatar

I’ll have to check her out! I did my first cover myself, but I’m not sure I would do it again. It seems everyone judges a book by its cover, and I am not an expert artist 😂

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Emma Nelson's avatar

Loved this! 🥰 Great tips for writers, and a needed reminder (especially for us female freelancers) that we should charge what we are worth without hesitation! As with your story, I had a lot of trouble charging higher rates when I started out because I felt like I’d lose out on much needed income. But charging higher rates has made a world of a difference! And, of course, thanks for the shoutout of my post. 😊

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Amy Suto's avatar

Thanks for writing such a great post about getting to the root of imposter syndrome! SO helpful. And agreed -- it's so scary to start to get into those upper echelons of charging more, but the payoff is huge once you do.

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The Sketchy Anthropologist's avatar

So looking fwd to the novel!

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