Quotes by Sara Sheridan

About Sara Sheridan:

Sara Sheridan is a Scottish writer who works in a variety of genres, though predominately in historical fiction. She is the creator of the Mirabelle Bevan mysteries.
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I am completely unflustered by whichever medium people choose to read my words. I'm just delighted they're reading them at all!

Sara Sheridan

Readership is highly dependent upon format and distribution as much as it is on content.

Sara Sheridan

Digital distribution has widened the reading world.

Sara Sheridan

Writers have a well-deserved reputation for being eccentric. Everything you've heard is true.

Sara Sheridan

Research material can turn up anywhere - in a dusty old letter in an archive, a journal or some old photographs you find in a charity shop.

Sara Sheridan

Researching books gets you into nothing but trouble.

Sara Sheridan

I love writing, and just as much, I love undertaking research.

Sara Sheridan

One of my favourite parts of writing is doing the research. It's the door into that magical reading/writing state - the raw material for making the story real.

Sara Sheridan

A word out of place or an interesting choice of vocabulary can spawn a whole character.

Sara Sheridan

You've got to make an effort to get the details right, because even through someone picks it up and knows it's a novel, they know someone's made it up and they know it's not real, if you make a small mistake they will cease to imaginatively engage wi...

Sara Sheridan

This is the cusp of an age at least as exciting and as brimful of potential as the early days of the printing press.

Sara Sheridan

The space where I write is in my head, I suppose.

Sara Sheridan

Most fledgling and mid-list writers are lucky to be offered a 4-figure sum and are not only expected to deliver copy that needs minimal editing but also take an active part in marketing and publicizing their work.

Sara Sheridan

Writers have it easy. If you write a bestseller or have your book made into a movie, you'll never have to work again, or so the myth goes.

Sara Sheridan

People were consuming on average less calories after the war than during the war. Things were still very tough. If you look at the film footage of London streets, even in areas which weren't slums, there are kids in the streets who are dirty and have...

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Author Bio

  • NameSara Sheridan
  • DescriptionScottish novelist
  • BornJune 7, 1968
  • ProfessionNovelist