and growing ability to recognize her characters and run with it. “Then I really didn’t have a life. I know I keep saying that, but I would wake up and type away at my computer.” The words couldn’t come out fast enough, with even a few times resorting to bringing her laptop to the gym. Her continuing success has been no coincidence. Sarah is working on launching multiple books through fruition, utilizing new tools of social media, book trailers and photography. “Devil’s Lullaby” went on to receive offers from multiple publishers Inspiration for her current work stems from her family. Always close with her two brothers, the three siblings harnessed a vivid imagination to surmount the fact that their closest neighbor (at 10 miles away), was their grandmother. “We grew up in mud,” Sarah summarized of their Platte, S.D.
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upbringing. While contemplating offers for “Devil’s Lullaby,” Sarah went to visit her younger brother, who was in the Air Force in North Carolina. The two began a conversation of Greek Mythology. Her brother admitted then it was this idea—gods and goddesses—that helped him overcome some of the horrors he had seen. “Forgotten” and the “Fate Trilogy” is the product of that conversation—a story of the three fate sisters. Remember those three from “Hercules”? Sarah brings us her version in a spin-off series. Utilizing her familiar social media resources, Sarah found new ways to promote her books. Dynamic ways. She now creates book trailers, an audiovisual representation that prepares the reader for the story, much like a movie trailer. She has been working with the London composer
Graham Turner most recently. It was through social media that Sarah was connected with Joshua Wilcoxon, a photographer whose experience and eclectic style aligned with notable ease to her vision. With the help of Angelique Verver, professional hair and makeup artist and owner of Platinum Imagination, Sarah saw her story as a visual, literal interpretation in these new promotional materials. Continuing her writing journey, Sarah has no intention of slowing down. “I have three series in the works right now,” she states, smiling, recognizing herself the daunting insanity. Purchase “Forgotten: The Fate Trilogy” starting Oct. 5, available on Kindle, iPad, Nook, or on paperback at www.amazon.com.