Browse freelance marketplaces, such as UpWork or PeoplePerHour, to find potential graphic designers taking on book work. Create a list of favorites based on their relevant experience, listed availability, and the scope of your project. Determine if you want help formatting and adding design elements to your book's interior or just creating the cover. Most marketplaces ask freelancers to list an hourly rate. Take this number into account as you budget for your design project. If you have questions that come up about your project while you browse profiles, write those down to discuss with the designers later. Write your shortlist of potential candidates a personal message confirming their availability and describing the scope of assistance you are seeking. Based on this information, ask each designer to send you a portfolio of relevant past work that you can consider in making a hiring decision. You might say, "I'm hiring a designer to create a cover for my self-published romantic novel aimed at older women. Do you have any past cover work you might be able to show me in this vein? It will help me decide if we are a good fit." Some designers may self-select out of the hiring process if they feel they aren't a good fit for your project or are too busy. If someone you really like isn't available, you can always ask, "Do you have a trusted fellow designer who might be interested in a project like this?" Ask each of the designers if they might participate in a short test to demonstrate their design skills for compensation. You can get a feel for their work and communication style firsthand. Ask the designers to do a test other than a mock up of your cover. The goal is not to get your project out of the test for a lesser fee but to determine the skill level of the various candidates. Give the designers a set of creative and formatting guidelines to follow for the test. For example, you could ask them to design a bookmark of specific dimensions that reflects the mood of your book. Allow them some room for creativity! Narrow your field down to 2 or 3 potential designers. Coordinate to interview each either over the phone or on a video call. This is a great opportunity to ask questions about their portfolio, further describe your project to gauge their interest, and discuss the budget. Important questions to ask include: "How do you incorporate client feedback into your designs?" and "How do you see our collaboration working over the design process?" Ask how long a project of this scope will take them and how many rounds of feedback are included in their design fee, if there is a limit. Take note of your rapport with each designer. You're apt to have a better working relationship with someone you get along with and can communicate with easily. Hire the designer you feel the best about based on their skills, experience, availability, and price. Include any relevant observations from your trips to the bookstore. Email your designer a copy of your manuscript to read, as well. This background information will help them execute a design that resonates with the tone of your book and the design aesthetic that appeals to you. If you're concerned about providing a copy of your unpublished book to the designer, ask them to sign a nondisclosure agreement. If it's within the scope of the design project, ask your designer to double-check the formatting of your book's interior to make sure it is print-ready.

Summary: View graphic designer profiles on freelance marketplaces. Ask for copies of past work or a portfolio. Pay the finalists to perform a small, skills-based design test. Interview multiple designers to make your final selection. Discuss your design objectives and project goals with your designer.

Near the drain valve where the hose is connected is a knob or lever that opens and closes the valve. Turn the knob or lever to open up the valve. Make sure it's opened all of the way to allow for proper drainage. If the valve is difficult to open, use a wrench to help turn it. At the top of the water heater is a valve that allows air to flow into the unit in order to relieve pressure that can build up inside of it. Open the pressure relief valve to allow air to run through the valve and drain the water. If water doesn't start to flow immediately, loosen the nut on the top of the water heater that connects the drain valve to allow more air to pass through. Do not remove or entirely separate the nut at the top of the water heater. Just loosen it to allow air to pass through. Be careful not to snap or jerk the valves so you don't risk damaging them. It can take up to 30 minutes for your water heater to completely drain. When the water stops flowing from the garden hose, then the water heater has finished draining. Keep an eye on the garden hose to make sure it's draining properly. Sediment can collect at the bottom of your water heater so it's important that you run fresh water through it to flush it all out. Turn the water valve to start the flow of water through the heater so it drains through the drain valve. Allow the fresh water to flow for at least 5 minutes and then turn it off again.

Summary: Turn the knob on the drain valve to open it. Pull up on the pressure relief valve at the top of the tank to open it. Allow the water to drain completely. Open the water valve for 5 minutes to flush out the water heater.

. Adorable people can always be found helping others, whether you're helping an old lady cross the street, helping your little brother with his homework, or helping a puppy find a new home. Look out for opportunities where you can help people, whether they are people you know or strangers in need of help. When you're talking to one of your friends and it obviously seems like he has a problem, then you should offer to help even if he hasn't asked you for it. This doesn't mean that you should get taken advantage of by always helping your friends and getting nothing back. If you help your friends, then they should help you. If you volunteer your time, then the universe will get you back. Being youthful is different from acting young or being completely immature. It just means that you shouldn't be world-weary, or look so tired and downtrodden that you've forgotten the fun, playful person you were as a child. Remember what it was like to have fun all the time, to be fascinated by the world, and to seize new opportunities. Laugh at corny jokes, try a dance class, or just chase your best friends around a park. You can be wise while still choosing to be young at heart. Youthful people don't complain about having to walk or to do something they don't want to do; they're too busy being in awe of life to slow down to complain. Adorable people always know when to say "please" and "thank you" and keep everything upbeat and positive. They are always polite, respectful to their elders and people in the service industry, and they hold doors for people and avoid burping or belching in public. They put napkins on their laps before they eat, know how to be kind over the telephone, and clean up after themselves. If you want to be adorable, then you definitely have to hone your manners. Adorable people are also very sweet. Being sweet means being kind, joyful, and generally gracious to others. If you're sweet, then you want to make other people feel loved and special, and to show people that you really care about them, even if you're just getting to know each other. This shouldn't be faked or forced, and you shouldn't be sweet one minute only to be mean behind someone's back the next second. Being sweet takes practice, but you can learn to show love for people if you work on it. . Adorable people are playful because they're curious about life and love exploring things. They like kicking a soccer ball around a beach, they like getting piggyback rides, and they like teasing their friends and having a good time. If you want to be playful, then you have to be open to new things, not be afraid to look at the world like a kid, and to find new uses for old things. If you want to be adorable, then being playful will help you keep up your sweet, fun image.
Summary: Be helpful Be youthful. Have good manners. Be sweet. Be playful