Rosica keeps giving strong advice.
Is her advice strong because she is Rosica, or is she Rosica because her advice is strong?
Best girl indeed.
Anyway, here is my advice:
Only ask for opinions from people you know and trust, then use everyone else to test whether it works.
Covers are displayed at smaller sizes in SH. I think cover 2 works better because it has a clear focal point. The close-up face fills most of the frame and the composition is tight, which helps it stand out in thumbnails.
That sounds like audience issues. Some people are just biased against non-native English speakers like that.
I used to have the same problem. But then I realized there is nothing I can do to change how other people think. Their environment and experience shaped them into the people they are today.
Take a break from writing to refocus on bettering the quality of your life and community. What you are experiencing might be burn out. You will be surprised at how it also improve your writing when you decided to return.
Don't mistake my inaction as indecisiveness. It takes 5 seconds for the poison to kill the king and everyone else in the room. My family and community is immune.
Then let me be that toxic Singaporean boss and choose community. Only there is no community because everyone is family.
"We are all family here," said every employer ever.
Choose family, family begged me to save community. Choose community, community begged me to save family.
No matter what I pick, it would be going against the wishes of the people I try to save.