Today is Day 8 of the 15 Days of Christmas Giveaways and I
want to welcome, whom I’ve dubbed, the Jane
of all Trades, Ms. Danielle Fine!
She’s a writer, an editor, a cover artist, and even makes
those nifty book trailers. I tell you, she’s got her hand in the huge
cookie-jar that is the world of Literary Awesomness! I’m so thankful to welcome
her to the blog and she was kind enough to partake in a mini-interview.
But that’s not all, she’s GIVING something away!
First up is the prize, you’ll have Danielle Fine at your disposal as
she creates for you:
1 Free Cover Art
Design
Today’s task that you need to complete?
Follow Danielle on
Twitter!
Now, without further adieu…
Describe yourself in five words or less!
Writer, editor,
designer, bookworm, mother.
With the holidays right around the corner, what is your
favourite holiday tradition?
Making ornaments with
my daughter and trimming the tree are my favorite things to do at Christmas
time.
If you could re-create two covers from your favourite
authors, for fun, what two books would you pick and why?
The covers I’d pick
would be Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor and Weaveworld by Clive
Barker because the imagery speaks so strongly to me and is so vivid and unique.
It’s always a pleasure to work on books like that, in any capacity.
How did you get into cover design and editing?
I started out working
for Lyrical Press and, after I’d resigned, one of my authors there approached
me and asked if I would edit her book freelance. I did, and it snowballed from
there by word of mouth until I woke up one morning and realized I was now a
fulltime freelance editor. I actually started doing trailers before covers and
kind of fell into that as well. After doing my first trailer, I decided to try
my hand at covers and did a couple of mock ones for authors I knew…who ended up
using them. :)
As an editor what is your most valuable strength? What is
your biggest weakness?
I think my strength
is being committed to my authors one hundred percent, which gives them the
confidence to develop their style and their books to their full potential. My
weakness is definitely time management. I can’t give up on anything until the
author and I are both totally happy with it, so I tend to take longer with
edits than my schedule allows.
If you could be an editor to any author in the world, who
would you most want to work with and why?
Clive Barker. He’s
been my hero for so long that working with him would be beyond a dream.
If you could only eat one holiday food for the rest of your
life what would it be?
Roast potatoes
Describe for us some of the great services your provide to
authors and how they can be useful
A couple of my
authors have called me a one stop shop. *laughs* I offer editing, book covers,
e-book formatting and book trailers. Editing is useful for any author looking
to self-publish or wanting to polish their book before submitting to a
publisher or agent. Covers are obviously vital to anyone self-publishing and my
covers are all 100% custom and built to the author’s specifications.
Self-publishing authors have to format their novels to make sure they display
correctly on all e-readers, which can be tricky to get right and very time
consuming. Lastly, book trailers are a great way to promote your book and
attract readers.
Can you share with us three of your favourite cover designs?
Thank you so much Danielle for stopping by!!
Thanks so much for
having me here today, Avery—it’s been great. And, Merry almost-Christmas!
You can find Danielle on the web and learn more about the
amazing services she offers and prices by tracker her down at these great
place:
Also, if you’ve missed
any of the previous days in the 15 Days of Christmas Giveaways, please click HERE
to be transported to the land of Giveaway Links. Enter as many days as you
want!
And PLEASE come back
tomorrow for another great day in our Christmas Contest!!
17 December 2012 at 03:56
Enjoyed the interview, ladies! As one of Dani's authors, I completely agree that she is 100% committed and goes above and beyond to help her authors shine. She's a joy to work with. Absolutely love the cover designs. They're gorgeous!
17 December 2012 at 03:59
Thanks so much, Karen. :D You're a total sweetheart. And thanks, Avery, for letting me be part of the 15 days. I'm really enjoying it.
17 December 2012 at 06:07
Love the interview and i followed you on twitter. i'm thinking you may be hearing from me in the new year for some work i have a piece that needs help after being rejected from 2 publishers with the same comment need more conflict.
17 December 2012 at 09:01
Great interview and I can add my own heartfelt recommendation - Dani rocks!
17 December 2012 at 09:06
Thanks for stopping by (and following) Melissa, and I look forward to hearing from you. I love working with new people. :) Thanks for the recommendation, Pippa. You, too, are a total sweetheart. :)
17 December 2012 at 09:13
Great interview and I love your covers.
Would love to win some free cover art
Nikki Prince
17 December 2012 at 10:36
Sorry ladies, I just noticed the Rafflecopter wasn't working properly. Sorry about that!
It's up and working now, if you want to use it to enter to win!
Sorry Danielle for the little mishap!
17 December 2012 at 10:39
Thanks for stopping by, Nikki, and for the compliment. :)
17 December 2012 at 11:09
Okay, coming out of the woodwork to say how much I admire your work, Dani. When I saw Jenna's cover, I about pee'd my pants - awesomesauce!! Uh, tmi... lol Would love to have a Danielle Find cover on one of my books one day.
17 December 2012 at 11:41
Thanks Sheri. I love the Betrothal cover too :)
17 December 2012 at 12:46
I absolutely love Dani's work--editing, cover design, book trailer, book formatting. She is my goto person for everything! Great interview, ladies. And Merry Christmas, Dani!
17 December 2012 at 16:01
Thank you, Jenna, and Merry Christmas to you too. :) I seriously <3 all my authors. Thanks for the support.
20 December 2012 at 07:48
Great interview :)