How my book covers are born

Above, on the right, you see the cover of my latest novel, "Livvy and Enchanted Woodland." I'm super pleased with how it turned out. Here's how my book covers are created.

Since I'm not rolling in the dough, I only hire a graphic designer to do the final rendering of my covers after I select images and create a mockup of what I want. He polishes it up and creates a high resolution image for my book covers - both eBook and paperback - that I can upload to the platforms where readers can buy my b...