How do you find motivation to do things? I genuinely don't know. There are so so many things that I need to do to publish, and it's gotten so overwhelming that I've stopped doing everything. I finally got to a point where I recognize what I should be doing, and a bit of why I'm not doing it. But finding the will to get moving is proving difficult.
I still need an artist who can work with my broke ass to help me with a cover. Honestly that's probably the biggest roadblock right now. It's an important part of the process. It needs to be eye catching, you're less likely to want to read something with a bland cover, right? I originally thought about just making an AI cover, but from what I've seen that's highly frowned upon be readers. I don't want people avoiding my novel because of AI. I'm not even remotely artistic or I'd try to make something myself. Seriously, if you know anyone who's willing to work with someone in my situation, I'd love to meet them.