The older I get I become more paranoid and disillusioned that being honest all your life and taking the moral high road gets you nowhere. When I was writing my book I only had enough money for editing. I designed my own cover in Gimp & Photopea, did my own little character art headshots I use google to find free resources on formatting. Pixabay and upslpash and one month trial from istock were a blessing. This is what I did in 6 months: