Sarah Webb's Blog, page 10

Every Writer Needs a Friend Who Writes – It's Official

Today I was thinking about how lucky I am to have friends who are also writers. Darned good ones too – far better than I am!
I love being able to send a friend a cover design and get some honest feedback – 'Honey, not in a million years, the woman on the cover looks [...:]

Happy World Book Day

Happy World Book Day!
To celebrate I released a copy of Amy Green into the wild – well, the end of Dun Laoghaire pier – as part of the book crossing project – www.bookcrossing.com
Wonder who found it!
Getting back to the writing now after a heady month of events – and enjoying it very much. Of course, [...:]

So You Want to Write for Children? Here's what you need to know . . .

I did a talk recently for Irish Pen on writing for children – and I thought I'd pass on some of the notes from the event.
The most useful things I can tell you writer to writer:
1/ Read children's books – especially in the age group/area you are interested in writing for – library/bookshop recommendations, award [...:]

So You Want to Write for Children? Advice for Unpublished or Soon to Be Published Writers

This piece will run in Inis Children's Book Magazine – but here's a sneak peek. Hope it's useful, SarahXXX
So You Want to Write for Children?
Some Advice for Unpublished Writers by Sarah Webb
Recently I spoke to thirty six-year-olds about my new Panda book, Emma the Penguin at the Dublin Book Festival. It was my first foray [...:]

On Writing and Getting Published – for B and L

Sitting at my desk, looking out at the dark, listening to Jose's Heartbeats and Bon Iver and thinking about two emails I got today from lovely, hard working, decent women, B and L. Both have a dream – to be published writers. One is writing funny, sweet stuff for younger readers, the other, popular fiction.
Both [...:]

A Word on Editing (I know I'm a bit obsessed but it's so important!)

A Word on Editing
Humble apologies for the lack of posts recently. What with Easter and friends visiting, it's been pretty hectic the last few weeks. At the moment I'm working away on the edits of the third Amy Green book – Bridesmaid Blitz (out in Oct). I had an email from my editor today and [...:]

A Writer's Manifesto – Why Every Writer Should Have One

According to my Oxford Concise a manifesto is 'a public declaration of a policy and aims'.
I'm currently planning a tour in October for 3 teen/tween writers – 3 days, 3 cities, 3 remarkable writers – title yet to be decided, but we have some pretty nifty names already. The writers involved are Judi Curtin, [...:]

Motivation and Spiders

Motivation and Spiders
This morning I was up a ladder with a sweeping brush, attacking age-old cobwebs that have happily lived on our wooden ceiling for years. But today it bothered me.
OK, that's a lie. Today I was looking for something to do that didn't involve sitting down at my desk.
It hasn't been a great [...:]