Misbegotten Memories

The potential new cover:

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The current one:

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You might expect someone who is passionate about writing and storytelling to have the vaguest idea about what makes a good cover image. If so, you are sadly mistaken. I min-maxed my creative attributes with an emphasis on words and there was nothing left for visual art.

If you have advice to share, feel free to drop a comment. Just be aware that I paid a decent chunk of change for a cover that everyone hated so bad it didn't last even one month. So commissioning an artist isn't happening again.