Sarah Webb's Blog, page 7

Don't Give Up, Not Now! Advice for Unpublished Writers Who Are Thinking of Packing In The Writing . . .

Don't Give Up – Not Now! I met up with a friend yesterday who is writing for children. Her book is fantastic but she's had a few rejections – perfectly normal state of affairs, even for fab books. She's been chipping away, trying to get published for eighteen months now. She's been doing all the [...:]

Writer's Research – What Lies Underneath

One of my best friends, Martina Devlin, is writing another historical novel. Her last one, Ship of Dreams, based on fictional Titanic survivors, took her years to research (and was a huge success) and this one is no different. She spent hours in my Mum's house last week reading old family memoirs, newspaper cuttings and [...:]

Want to Finally Write that Novel – 6 Things That Just Might Help

Piece I wrote for the Guide to Evening Classes – no harm in repeating the tips! SarahX Want to Finally Write that Novel? 6 Things That Just Might Help So you want to finally write that book you've been talking about for years. You know the one, the story about an office/ad agency/warehouse/school, featuring quirky [...:]

Lunch with Me and Kate DiCamillo – What Could Be Better?

You can't miss this – and please book asap – only 60 odd tickets left, people! It was so much fun last year, we decided to run another one, with a LOT of help from the lovely Bert at the M2C Festival. See you there! SarahX Monster Book Lunch – Sat 11th September – as [...:]

Want to Check Out an American Agent in Person – Video Clip From – Kidlit.com

This is a short video clip of Mary Kole from www.kidlit.com – well worth the 9 minutes for those interested in writing for children or teens. Some interesting points on character in particular. http://kidlit.com/ Sarah X

The First Book I Ever Read – another quick q and a

Here's a quick q and a I just did for the Readathon – Can you remember the first book you ever read by yourself? I was a late reader, I didn't read fluently until I was 9 ½ but as soon as it all started to click I flew through all the Enid Blyton school [...:]

The Life of a Full Time Writer – yep, that would be moi!

HI All, This might be of interest – I wrote it for the National Guide to 3rd Level Colleges – and I whipped it up pretty quickly! Books to be written, don't you know! Actually 2 of them!!! Here you go: The Life of a Full Time Writer By Sarah Webb I have been writing [...:]

Check out the Q and A from Beauty Couture – 'cos us writers are very stylish, don't you know ;)

Here is the interview from Beauty Couture – and do check out their site – nice! www.beautycouture.ie By: Niamh, August 03 We have a good old natter with super fantastic Irish author Sarah Webb, about her upcoming book, her top advice for budding writers and her secret ballerina ambitions! Sarah tell us what you are [...:]

The Magic of Good Writing Days

There's nothing like the feeling of joy and contentment that washes over you after a good writing day. A day where everything just clicks into place, where the characters dance off the page, wisecracking among themselves, telling the reader secrets that you, the writer, never knew. Right at that moment you start to believe in [...:]

Stuck in a Rut – Move Your Writing Space

Yesterday I just couldn't write. The children were rattling around the house, it was hot and sticky, and I was tired and sleepy. I spent the morning at the UNESCO City of Literature launch – Dublin is the 4th City of Literature, along with Iowa, Melbourne and Edinburgh, how cool is that – and intended [...:]