Sarah Simpson's Blog: Her Greatest Mistake
November 22, 2018
Who I Am, A few words on...
A little something behind Who I Am and why I wrote it…..
I sometimes look in to her eyes
A borrowed glimpse of a charmed life
As through the windows to my world
There sits – only loneliness and tormented strife.
.
Still, something even more strange
At least this is how it seems
When others look in to my eyes
They only grasp a life of spirit and dreams.
…
Who I Am is a psychological thriller involving sensitive issues, such as alcoholism, underscoring it’s far reaching consequences. Reflecting, how done deeds whether pronounced or not, will always stalk the conscience. Greed, resentment, resolve and retribution. The story is told through the eyes of two contrarily strong female protagonists.
Camilla, is nineteen, living amongst the grimiest of streets on an Edinburgh council homed street. Born to alcoholic parents, she dragged herself into the formative teenage years. Camilla hates her life, more than her life hates her, her roots make her curl and cringe, she desperately seeks change. More than change, she desires the high life. There is nothing she is unwilling to manipulate and execute to achieve this.
Andi, is also nineteen and is the daughter of affluence and propriety. On paper, she has it all. Loved dearly by her family. With opportunities and means in abundance, and guidance tumbling out of her pockets. But Andi longs for self-determination, spontaneity, independence and a life void of expectations.
According to Andi, the two first meet by chance, towards the end of the second year at Edinburgh University. Although, Camilla would contend, chance is merely an illusion for those that can afford it, so she forced the hand of their encounter. Andi was more of a disposed sitting target as she falls for the woeful tales carefully spun by Camilla.
The chapter’s flow between the two disparate perspectives, roaming between two time periods, Edinburgh in 1999 and 2017, and Cornwall in 2017. The relationship develops during the university days, and at the same time we gain access to their lives as they both clamber towards the 40th birthday milestone. Camilla, is overseeing her bistro in Edinburgh, her life clearly has seeping holes. Andi, is a features writer in Cornwall, married to a successful suiter, with two children. But something is troubling her, as she senses the shadow of her past creeping around her, she increasingly seeks solace from a bottle, despite the awkward consequences. Her marriage becomes strained, even her children begin to whisper, her best friend begins to wonder.
The story builds between the two once close, now distant friends. Slowly, again Camilla crawls closer and closer into the life of Andi, as Andi battles with alcoholism and consequential paranoia. Wondering if the intensifying twists and turns of her fragile life are victims of her imagination or linked to something more sinister. Caught in the web of deceit, unable to share what she clutches deep in her subconscious. Unable to share the shocking truthful events of the night at the graduation party. Multiple layers of lies, threaten devastating ramifications for her family and her career. She doesn’t even know who she is anymore.
I sometimes look in to her eyes
A borrowed glimpse of a charmed life
As through the windows to my world
There sits – only loneliness and tormented strife.
.
Still, something even more strange
At least this is how it seems
When others look in to my eyes
They only grasp a life of spirit and dreams.
…
Who I Am is a psychological thriller involving sensitive issues, such as alcoholism, underscoring it’s far reaching consequences. Reflecting, how done deeds whether pronounced or not, will always stalk the conscience. Greed, resentment, resolve and retribution. The story is told through the eyes of two contrarily strong female protagonists.
Camilla, is nineteen, living amongst the grimiest of streets on an Edinburgh council homed street. Born to alcoholic parents, she dragged herself into the formative teenage years. Camilla hates her life, more than her life hates her, her roots make her curl and cringe, she desperately seeks change. More than change, she desires the high life. There is nothing she is unwilling to manipulate and execute to achieve this.
Andi, is also nineteen and is the daughter of affluence and propriety. On paper, she has it all. Loved dearly by her family. With opportunities and means in abundance, and guidance tumbling out of her pockets. But Andi longs for self-determination, spontaneity, independence and a life void of expectations.
According to Andi, the two first meet by chance, towards the end of the second year at Edinburgh University. Although, Camilla would contend, chance is merely an illusion for those that can afford it, so she forced the hand of their encounter. Andi was more of a disposed sitting target as she falls for the woeful tales carefully spun by Camilla.
The chapter’s flow between the two disparate perspectives, roaming between two time periods, Edinburgh in 1999 and 2017, and Cornwall in 2017. The relationship develops during the university days, and at the same time we gain access to their lives as they both clamber towards the 40th birthday milestone. Camilla, is overseeing her bistro in Edinburgh, her life clearly has seeping holes. Andi, is a features writer in Cornwall, married to a successful suiter, with two children. But something is troubling her, as she senses the shadow of her past creeping around her, she increasingly seeks solace from a bottle, despite the awkward consequences. Her marriage becomes strained, even her children begin to whisper, her best friend begins to wonder.
The story builds between the two once close, now distant friends. Slowly, again Camilla crawls closer and closer into the life of Andi, as Andi battles with alcoholism and consequential paranoia. Wondering if the intensifying twists and turns of her fragile life are victims of her imagination or linked to something more sinister. Caught in the web of deceit, unable to share what she clutches deep in her subconscious. Unable to share the shocking truthful events of the night at the graduation party. Multiple layers of lies, threaten devastating ramifications for her family and her career. She doesn’t even know who she is anymore.
November 6, 2018
WHO I AM
Delighted to share the forthcoming release of my second psychological thriller - Who I Am, set in Cornwall and Edinburgh.
I know everything about you,
and you know everything about me, except...
WHO I AM.
Andi met Camilla at university. Instantly best friends, they shared everything together. Until their long-planned graduation celebration ends in tragedy...
Years later, Andi is living a seemingly perfect life on the rugged Cornish Coast with her loving husband, happy children and dream home. Yet Andi is haunted by a secret she thought only she knew.
Someone out there is bringing Andi's deepest fears to life. And she knows there's no escaping the past that has come back to haunt her...
You trusted me with your secrets, you told me everything, you thought I was your best friend... but you have no idea WHO I AM.
Gripping, unputdownable and packed with twists and turns from the first page to the very last, this stunning psychological thriller will make you question whether we can ever really trust the ones we love.Who I AmWho I Am
I know everything about you,
and you know everything about me, except...
WHO I AM.
Andi met Camilla at university. Instantly best friends, they shared everything together. Until their long-planned graduation celebration ends in tragedy...
Years later, Andi is living a seemingly perfect life on the rugged Cornish Coast with her loving husband, happy children and dream home. Yet Andi is haunted by a secret she thought only she knew.
Someone out there is bringing Andi's deepest fears to life. And she knows there's no escaping the past that has come back to haunt her...
You trusted me with your secrets, you told me everything, you thought I was your best friend... but you have no idea WHO I AM.
Gripping, unputdownable and packed with twists and turns from the first page to the very last, this stunning psychological thriller will make you question whether we can ever really trust the ones we love.Who I AmWho I Am
November 2, 2018
Who I Am
The grass is always greener on the other side isn’t it?
Do we ever truly know who anyone is?
Do you know who you are? Really? Can you without any shadow of doubt say how you would respond, behave in every given circumstance. Backed up a corner? Isolated and vulnerable? Isn’t context and perspective always key?
Who I Am is very much a character driven, fly on the wall account told through the eyes of my two female protagonists. The story unfolds between some well-known stunning coastal locations in Cornwall and also the beautiful, atmospheric city of Edinburgh. This is a story of friendships, suspicion, possessiveness, envy, greed, manipulation, dejection, circumstance and self-fulfilling prophecies. It considers the idea that whilst individual backgrounds can be disparate, emotionally – we often desire the same basic things from life. To be loved for who we are – isn’t this what we all wish for?
But what if we don’t always know who we are? We just think we do.
Do we ever truly know who anyone is?
Do you know who you are? Really? Can you without any shadow of doubt say how you would respond, behave in every given circumstance. Backed up a corner? Isolated and vulnerable? Isn’t context and perspective always key?
Who I Am is very much a character driven, fly on the wall account told through the eyes of my two female protagonists. The story unfolds between some well-known stunning coastal locations in Cornwall and also the beautiful, atmospheric city of Edinburgh. This is a story of friendships, suspicion, possessiveness, envy, greed, manipulation, dejection, circumstance and self-fulfilling prophecies. It considers the idea that whilst individual backgrounds can be disparate, emotionally – we often desire the same basic things from life. To be loved for who we are – isn’t this what we all wish for?
But what if we don’t always know who we are? We just think we do.
April 6, 2018
FaceBook Group
Hi, I’ve just set up a new group on my FaceBook page for anyone who has read or would like to read Her Greatest Mistake, so anyone can make comment, ask questions et cetera. Please do come and join me at /sarahsimpsoncornwall
March 25, 2018
Snippets from Her Greatest Mistake
"Caught in a whirlwind. Hindsight judges me now. It informs me the romantic hidden deep inside misled me. Unbelievably foolish. It doesn’t stop, the questioning of my stupidity; if it were a stick, I’d be forever black and blue.”
Her Greatest Mistake
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Her Greatest Mistake
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March 12, 2018
Snippets from Her Greatest Mistake
I’m going to sending out some snippets from Her Greatest Mistake. Little tasters of what’s inside...
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'It’s been a while but I can still taste the sourness of fear. I think I always will. I think we both will. Our past being the backbone of all we know.
Sedentary remains, rotting flesh hidden under floorboards but too pungent to ignore.’ 💫
1. 💫
'It’s been a while but I can still taste the sourness of fear. I think I always will. I think we both will. Our past being the backbone of all we know.
Sedentary remains, rotting flesh hidden under floorboards but too pungent to ignore.’ 💫
March 6, 2018
NetGallery
Hello lovely reviewers and bloggers, Her Greatest Mistake is now available on NetGallery!
So hope you enjoy it x Her Greatest Mistake😘
Sarah Simpson Her Greatest Mistake
So hope you enjoy it x Her Greatest Mistake😘
Sarah Simpson Her Greatest Mistake
February 11, 2018
Pre-Order
Her Greatest Mistake, is now available for pre-order at Amazon and other ebook retailers!
Cover Reveal
I am so happy to reveal my debut cover! My novel is now available for pre-order on Amazon and other ebook retailers.
I am happy to answer any questions you may have xHer Greatest Mistake
I am happy to answer any questions you may have xHer Greatest Mistake
Her Greatest Mistake
News!
My second novel will be released on the 6th November! I’m really happy to answer any questions about this one too x
My second novel will be released on the 6th November! I’m really happy to answer any questions about this one too x
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