SherisesstudiosReviews of sherisesstudios.com

They approached me with paid writing opportunities. Paid as in... they want me to pay to write and be published. That's not how being a writer works. This company is predatory and, frankly, disgusting. Reading the positive reviews, I see clear marks of ChatGPT in many of them, and they all reek of fake, purchase reviews. If you're a writer, please stay away. Do some research about the business of professional writing. You should never have to pay up front to write or publish anything. At most, $3-5 for submission to a lit mag and up to $25 for submission to a contest. That's it. Everything else is a scam.

I was approached by Adriana on LinkedIn back in 2023, I was cautious to step into anything because I had some previous negative experiences with independent publishers, but from the first meeting I was promised my dream publishing experience. I signed the contract for $10,000 (roughly £9000) and was so excited to finally get to call myself a published author. Looking back now I wish I had never dealt with them in the first place. My contract said that I would get a full media and press release with a best-seller campaign, and 100 printed copies of my book. NONE of these ever happened! Upon the publication of my book in May 2024, I was told that my media/press release would start straight away. I took hours out of my day to promote my work across various social media outlets expecting them to be doing the same thing or their side of things. So you can imagine my disappointment and confusion when NOTHING was happening. I kept emailing them to get answers and all responses were vague and standoffish. In August, I was told that there was some kind of personal issue within the business meaning that my press release was never sent off. I gave the benefit of the doubt as they promised to re-do the press release with guaranteed media responses. At this point, I was mentally exhausting myself to promote my work to the point where it had an effect on my physical health as well. Just when I thought things couldn't get any worse, I had a meeting with Hanna, who told me that once again they hadn't released my work to the press due to the media focus on the US election. This is when sirens started blaring out to me and my family. Their final attempt to keep me hanging on was to tell me that they would re-do the whole press release AGAIN in the new year. But by the time January came around I hadn't received anything, it was complete radio silence; I was promised a meeting with Hanna and that never happened. All contracted 24 hour support responses were nowhere to be seen either. And that isn't everything. I never received my 100 copies (which had supposedly been sent off from the US at least three times), they kept saying that they don't understand how they could be getting lost from the US to the UK. Any paperbacks that I needed for my promotional pieces, I had to pay for with my own money - as if I hadn't already spent enough money. The book itself was NEVER even made available instore, like the contract stated it would be. In March of this year, it was time for me to pull the plug on the whole thing and face the facts that I had been scammed out of money. I had to hire a lawyer to help me get out of the contract and get my work back, my book was taken down and no longer made available to purchase online anywhere. After finding out that my work wasn't even copyrighted in the database - which was a part of the contract - my lawyer helped me get back all rights to my work, which I now happily own. She Rises Studios present themselves as a friendly, approachable, and empowering team of women, that will help you achieve your goals, but that is the complete opposite of what I experienced. Imagine having your dreams presented to you on a plate just for it to be snatched away from you. That is what She Rises Studios did to me. If I could give them 0 stars then I would do.

I have written 4 or 5 anthologies with She Rises Studios. The experience was good at first, but as time has gone on, there has been an increase in lack of follow through and a complete breakdown in communication. My first anthology, was to include 10 free books plus I pd an addtl $80+ for more books. It was released in Jan/Feb 2024 and after several meetings with no apologies, I still have no books. Today I withdrew from my final anthology and 2 solo books and after starting the reasons, I received the quickest response to date with zero empathy, zero regrets or even an acknowledgement of mishandling. I do not recommended this organzation!

Very disappointing experience from She Rises Studios as a co-author of a book collaboration to empower women. The project was pitched with "you'll receive guidance on writing". No guidance provided about structure of writing, just a suggestion to cut words from the draft to keep within the 1500 word limit. Only when the book had gone to print did I learn that my name doesn't appear on the front cover of the book, only my first name appears on the back cover. How can you contribute to a book and not get credit on the cover? Reduce the type face font, shorten names to initials and surname only, get all the authors' names visible on the book cover, give credit to all who contributed! Had I known upfront that my name wouldn't be credited, I would not have participated in this project SRS are based in the USA and weeks after the book became available on Amazon.com, the link to the book here in Europe - (Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.fr) - did not feature my name as co-author in the description - and with my name appearing neither in the book title or anywhere on the front cover, I felt there was a disconnect promoting the book when the front cover says it was written by someone else, and it kept showing as "unavailable" in the UK. The Amazon links now show me as an author, but everything about this project has been nothing short of frustrating She Rises Studios did not fulfil their agreement to provide 10 free copies of the anthology book to each author. A year after the book went to print I was still repeatedly chasing them to uphold the agreement. Finally, I received them shipped separately from Amazon; several of the books are damaged and She Rises Studios have done nothing to correct this notwithstanding multiple emails from me reminding them between December 2024 and March 2025. Communication is poor, they drop the ball and don't seem to care and for these reasons I cannot recommend them as a publisher I don't feel it was a worthwhile investment of my time or money. At least one of my co-authors feels the same way. If you are considering getting your story out there, honestly, after this experience, I would recommend self publishing, or research alternative publishing houses that are out there - another friend participated in a similar co-author anthology book and her name IS credited on the front cover