Book design and the journey of an author with Tami Dever

Tamara Dever is the creative force behind TLC Book Design. The TLC team has helped hundreds of authors turn their manuscripts into professionally polished books over 30+ years. A follower of Jesus and passionate about encouraging others, she combines expert design with thoughtful coaching and decades of publishing experience. Tamara is also the voice behind Totally Cool ’80s, where she celebrates Gen X nostalgia through her Ultimate Mix Tape music quiz book series, The Day We Found Yesterday picture book, retro merch, and a rather large dose of nostalgia.   In this episode, we discuss her process for designing a book, turning her high school freelance work into a career, how the front cover, back cover, and inside designs affect each other, the changes she’s seen over the last 30 years in book design, how she learns about each book without reading it, how writing vs designing books uses her creativity differently, the process behind her own books, and more.  Follow Tami on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/totallycool80s/  Tami’s website: https://www.tlcbookdesign.com/  Tami’s books: https://www.totallycool80s.com/ and https://www.yesterdaybook.com/  Subscribe to Version 1's substack: version1podcast.substack.com/  Follow Version 1 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/version1podcast/ Support the show: https://buymeacoffee.com/waverlycolville