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I love working on children’s books, but it requires me to be extremely selective in which clients I accept. So many authors treat it as a “just for fun” or a vanity project and don’t make the proper investment in an illustrator (minimum <\/em>of $3K) nor in an editor ($500+) who specializes in children’s books for the age and genre, which makes the task of producing a quality book impossible. All 4 legs (writing, editing, illustrating, book designing) of the table are necessary to support a quality book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I believe in having fun BUT I also believe in being intentional with our businesses and having a plan in place in order to maximize the return on both our financial and time investments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After 10 years as a book designer, I can say without a doubt that children’s picture books are absolutely the most time-consuming projects. Even though they are only 32-ish pages, they often require a minimum of 6 months to move from character sketches to storyboarding to a 100% completed project\u2014and longer if you are pursuing offset or short-run digital printing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As your team member, I will serve in the following capacities:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Due to the time investment (in both the work and in the waiting for each step to be completed) required of me, my base rate is $3000 and scales beyond that if numerous, intensive video sessions are required or if the project grossly exceeds the expected completion date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In return, you will complete this experience with important knowledge of the publishing industry and with a book that you will be proud to claim as self-published.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you would still like to move forward with speaking with me, I’d love to continue this conversation via Zoom.<\/p>\n\n\n