Our mission is to promote the sharing of life lessons through story telling by focusing our publishing efforts to produce a high quality product, as well as publishing to independent authors to help them develop marketable books with the current available tools. Our program is based on providing options to writers. We offer affordable Print On Demand Publishing Packages; An a La Carte publishing services menu and the opportunity to win publication through an annual manuscript contest. All of our Authors will receive inclusion on our monthly e-magazine “First Chapter Plus.” If you are interested in submitting book ideas and/or articles for our magazine email us a short pitch to admin@ihavesomethingtosaypress.com.
Our Team
Managing Editor
Susan completed a BA in Political Science and in Business Administration back in 1987. Although she built a career as a Business Analyst/Accountant, she also kept herself active as a freelance writer publishing articles, poetry, children’s stories, and illustrations since 1996. She is also 100% fluent in English, Spanish, and Italian; and enjoys doing English to Spanish and Spanish to English book translations as well as Spanish editing.
She published her first book in 2009, and released her revised edition: Innocent War: Behind An Immigrant’s Past – Book 1 in 2011.
Susan Violante is the Founding Managing Editor/CEO/Partner of I Have Something to Say Press and Book By Book Publicity, as well as Author, Reviewer, Publicist and Publisher. She has also been the editor of First Chapter Plus e-Magazine since 2010.
Susan currently resides in Chapel Hill, NC with her husband Michel and her dogs, Canela, Karina, and Nutela. She is a mother to two adult daughters, Nicollette and Arianna, and a Grandmother to a handful toddler. She enjoys cooking, reading, knitting, painting, writing, gardening, and hanging out with friends and family.
Connect with Susan Violante
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Sheri Hoyte grew up in Saratoga Springs, New York, and relocated to Texas in her mid-teens. A lifelong reader and writer, she penned her first book as an elementary school project and has rarely been without a book in hand since.
After more than thirty years in the corporate world honing her skills in business operations and professional communications, Sheri returned to her creative roots and joined Reader Views in 2012. She started as a book reviewer, later becoming editor and social media manager in 2014, and advancing to managing editor and partner in 2018.
Sheri has extensive experience in editing, social media marketing, and working directly with independent authors. She specializes in helping authors build visibility and credibility through professional reviews, interviews, and promotional services. She also serves as the Program Awards Manager for the Reader Views Literary Awards and is the host of Inside Scoop Live, a podcast dedicated to spotlighting indie authors and their work.
She lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband Don and their cat Felix. When she’s not reading, Sheri enjoys being outdoors, hiking, golfing, gardening, and most of all, spending time with her beloved granddaughter, Nina Bea.