Interview With Author Sarah F. Noel
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I was born in London, spent most of my adult life in New York and now live in Grenada in the Caribbean. I’ve published two books in the Tabitha & Wolf Mystery series and am currently writing the third book which will be released in early September.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
A Singular Woman. As soon as I finished book one, I knew I wanted to keep hanging out with these characters and immediately started book two.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’m an early riser and I have a fulltime job (remote). So I wake up around 5 most mornings, make coffee, read the newspaper then try to get at least an hour if not more of writing in before switching computers and starting work.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love Deanna Raybourn’s Veronica Speedwell series. And of course, the queen herself, Jane Austen.
What are you working on now?
Book 3, An Independent Woman, and already thinking about book 4.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Spend a bit of money when necessary, and spend it wisely. Look at the data. Which sites are referring people to your website (Awesome Gang is a great referrer)? What are you doing with those people once they’re there?
Do you have any advice for new authors?
First, decide if you want to write as a passion project or as a business. You’re more than welcome to write a heartfelt memoir with a very niche audience, but then accept that sales may not follow. If you want to write as a business, then write a good read in a niche that people are actually buying books in. A great way to find that out is with a tool I recently purchased, Publisher Rocket. Using this tool, took the guessing out of a lot of my Amazon related activities. Follow the data and tailor your naming conventions and your marketing activities towards where there’s an audience.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write what you like to read.
What are you reading now?
I write historical mysteries and I read historical mysteries. I’ve always got at least one on the go.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m working with a narrator on the audiobook of book 1, A Proud Woman. I’m hoping to do audiobooks for the whole series eventually.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Pride and prejudice. Pride and prejudice. Pride and prejudice.
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