Today we're doing a different type of interview, and it should be enlightening to both writers and readers following the blog.
My guest today is S. A. Soule. Hello! Welcome to Writing in the Modern Age! It’s such a pleasure to have you here.
Hi, Marie and fellow readers and writers! Thank you for letting me visit. It's an honor to chat with you guys today.
Of course!
Can you tell us a little bit about your company, and how Writing in the Modern Age readers can benefit from it?
It would be my pleasure. I’m a huge supporter of the Indie author community, I am a developmental editor, and the bestselling author of the Fiction Writing Tools series, a collection of guidebooks on self-editing, plotting, blurb writing, and marketing.
I have over fifteen years of experience on all sides of the publishing business. I was a Creative Writing major in college, and I once owned an eBook publishing company where I edited over a hundred manuscripts, and then I worked as a developmental editor for another publisher.
In the last five years, I started my own editing company, Creativity Coaching Services, and I’ve had the honor of editing books for a number of successful authors.
Wow, that's great! I had the same major in college. ;)
Sherry, I see you're also a writer. What genre or genres should we expect to see you in? Do you use a pseudonym?
I write both nonfiction and fiction. Currently, I’ve written eleven fiction novels and eight nonfiction titles, and the road to success has been a long journey.
For fiction, I enjoy writing exciting tales of passionate romance, epic drama, and thrilling suspense with kick-butt heroines and drool-worthy heroes. I’m published in a wide range of genres and age groups from New Adult Romance, Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy to light Sci-Fi Romance for both teens and adults. Many of my books have been on the Amazon bestseller lists and nominated as top picks in the “Best Paranormal Romance” categories on numerous review sites.
And no, I don’t write with a pseudonym. I write fiction under Sherry Soule and nonfiction under S. A. Soule.
Awesome!
So, how was SwoonWorthy Book Covers launched?
Well, I’m a control freak, so I started learning graphic design a few years ago, and now I create most of my own covers.
To help indie authors on a budget, I started offering inexpensive premade covers on my site, SwoonWorthy Book Covers. Right now, my premades range from $14.99 to $29.99. Occasionally, I also do custom designs.
I just published a new guide, The Writer’s Guide to Book Cover Secrets, which has a lot of amazing advice for self-publishers by some of the top design professionals in the publishing industry.
A common problem is that most writers get confused on the cover's main job, which is to primarily be 'genre-specific'. If your book isn’t selling and you’ve been promoting it for months and the reviews are decent, but sales are still dragging, then it might be time to replace your cover. Even with something standard that resembles the genre that you write. Or if you’re not sure if your book cover fits your genre, I suggest studying the design trends on the bestsellers lists, and visit Goodreads and browse through the book covers in whichever genre and sub-genres that you write in.
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