# Never wrote a book before...I just kind of picked at it for a couple years...no clue about what to do next...advice

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
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**Created:** [November 24, 2022, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-wrote-a-book-before-i-just-kind-of-picked-at-it-for-a-couple-years-no-clue-about-what-to-do-next-advice/975462 "2022-11-24T00:32:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-wrote-a-book-before-i-just-kind-of-picked-at-it-for-a-couple-years-no-clue-about-what-to-do-next-advice/975462/21 "2022-11-25T19:15:40Z")

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> [@begbert2](#):
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> This is presuming you provide your own cover art, of course - I haven’t looked into what it would cost to get that done, since I just made my own.

I used to make cover art for self published authors, and have even done so for a couple of Dopers. I moved on from it when it became clear there is no money in it for me, and now that AI art has arisen I can’t compete.

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