Self-Published Authors Series: Suspense Author, Sylvia Hubbard
If you've noticed the trend in the publishing industry in regards to mid-list authors, do you think that self-publishing your books was a wiser decision than what many published authors face when trying to get their publisher to promote their book?
YES! Because I understand the process much better than then, I know what I must do in order to get my book noticed and not just sit back and wait around for others to do it.
What was your biggest misconception about self-publishing?
That it was HARD. Actually they left off a word. They should have said it was HARD WORK. That would have been better to understand. It's not HARD to get self-published, but it's HARD WORK to do it right and more HARD WORK to become successful.
Do you use an independent editor? Why? Why not?
I love my editor because I've known her even before I started publishing my work, so she has been a fan of my writing and knows how I like my stories and characters, and I already know what she won't accept because she has a masters in education several other degrees in the field of English and is working on her Doctorate in Teaching. I've never worked with any other kind of editor because she's been so good to my work.
Tell me in one sentence what are your books about.
Contemporary Mystery, Suspense and Romance that will keep you breathless until the end of the book.
What makes your books so unique?
When I write I take concepts that would have easily worked back in the day-- the science fiction realm-- and give them a very believable contemporary feel. I write the AA books that will have you gripping your chest, keep you up all night and once you close that book at the end of the page, you are truly in love with those characters.
In three sentences tell me about Stone's Revenge.
As the son of a serial killer, William Stone, vows revenge against the prosecuting attorney, Ramsey McPherson by going after Ramsey's daughter, Abigail McPherson. But they end up falling and love and are together on the night of the most horrific crime that places William's DNA at the scene. Now Abigail must make the choice of whether to testify and let her father know about her relationship with William or allow her lover to go
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