My culinary memoir, Our Frugal Summer in Charente was voted as one of the ‘Top 50 self-published books worth reading in 2015’.īook one is permanently free as Sarah Jane wants everyone who has a story to share to be inspired and believe that it is possible to self-publish a book whatever you hope to achieve by doing that, it is called The Accidental Author, which has become Sarah Jane’s nickname on the motivational speaker circuit which she has now taken a foothold in.

Glass Half Full: Our Australian Adventure, my debut travel memoir, and the award-winning sequel Two dogs and a suitcase: Clueless in Charente, are regularly found high in the Amazon rankings in categories including Parenting, Grief, Christian faith, Step-parenting, Travel and France. At that time, and right up until after I published my debut book Glass Half Full, I had no idea what I had got myself into and how addictive the self-publishing and writing to be self-published would become. As a young adult, I was hooked on Mills & Boon love stories and I felt sure that I had a love story to share. I had for many years longed to write a romantic fiction novel, not with any thoughts of having it published, I was purely focused on the writing of it.

I started writing my first travel memoir as a cathartic exercise after we lost our home, business and pretty much everything in the Brisbane floods in 2011. I have been nicknamed, ‘The Accidental Author’ for a very good reason, hence why I used it as the title for the first book in the self-help new author series. The happy events include the arrival of a further 3 grandchildren and the sad events include a family bereavement and some challenges involving our precious dogs.Īnyway back to all things ‘writing and publishing’! Over the last few months, aside from pursuing my writing and publishing goals and ambitions, I have been dealing with some happy and sad family events.

Hi Lucinda and thank you for inviting me to your blog. She not only writes books but runs her own promotion company as well and is a great friend to other indie authors. It must be at least 3 years since I read her first book. This month is a trip down memory lane for me as Sarah is another long-time Facebook friend.

Glass Half Full by Sarah Jane Butfield