Getting to Know You & Your Project

Project Inquiry Form

This little questionnaire tells me all the essential details about your project, as well as your communication preferences.

You can expect a response from me confirming I’ve received your answers within 24 hours (Mon–Thurs, 9am–5pm CST).

Intro Call

After you submit an inquiry, I’ll review the information you provided so we can hop on a call to talk more about your project. This call gives both of us the opportunity to get to know each other better, and I find it’s a great way to start things off.

Benefits of Meeting vs. Emailing

get to know each other better
talk in-depth about your project and goals
think of things we may not have thought of over email
eliminate some of the distance that comes with communicating over email
create a better project, because I’m able to understand exactly what you want out of it!

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What if I don’t want to meet?

I really enjoy talking with people, and I find that having a call is a great way to start off a project. However, I recognize there may be reasons you may not be able to meet. If your project is simple enough, we may be able to simply communicate over email, and that’s just fine. (^:

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Project Overview

After reviewing your answers on the inquiry form and from our meeting, I’ll create a project overview specific to your project.

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Includes

Our communication information and preferences
Project outline and process
Project schedule
Price quote
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The Project Schedule

Having a timeline keeps things organized with a clear delineation of when what will happen. It provides transparency and comfortability between us, so that we each have reasonable expectations of how long each task will take.

I will provide a project schedule in the overview if you don’t already have one.

Contract

My contract describes the details of our working agreement so that both of us feel comfortable. I usually request a 50% deposit to reserve time for your project, and the final 50% after delivery of the fully laid out / typeset manuscript (for interiors) or the completed cover as a jpg (for covers), but before the delivery of the final print- and/or digital-ready files.

If a project takes place over a longer period of time, I may request 25% milestone payments instead.