Talk at Dunblane Library

‘That was a terrific evening!’

Just one of the comments from Sarah’s talk at Dunblane Library.

She regaled the audience with some tales from her childhood which lead one of the audience to comment ‘I never realised you were such a daydreamer!’

Sarah tried to portray that whilst she’d had an imagination as a child and had always enjoyed writing stories, doing it for a living hadn’t been anything she’d entertained until much later in life when a career change reignited her creativity.

She also gave the audience an insight into what it’s like to be a self-published author who has to do all her own marketing. As someone who has run her own training business for 13 years, she very quickly realised that as an author she was still running a small business. Only now she’s marketing books rather than any other product or service!

The audience asked her a wide variety of different questions which Sarah enjoyed taking the time to answer.

Following a short break, Sarah read them her short story that has recently won her a competition. This was very well received with an impromptu ‘I could listen to you all night’.

Sarah’s final act of the night was to sign her books.

Whilst the audience had clearly enjoyed the evening, one of the highlights for Sarah was when a young woman came up to her telling her of her own dream to write and that Sarah’s talk now made her more determined to realise it.