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ABOUT
SARAH
Sarah is currently in her
second year of a PhD in Creative Writing at Lancaster
University, England, where she is exploring narratology and
reader response theory. This just means that she love words!
She teaches first year
university students, works for the Open University, tutors
locally, and her first novel, Game, Set, Love-Match was
published in 2006.
Sarah lives in Manchester with
her boyfriend and utterly soft cat Billie, who they are training
to be tough.
INTERVIEW
Q: What did you first read? How did you begin to write? Who were
the first to read what you wrote?
A: All the Enid Blyton
stories. My imagination was sparked and I started writing then.
I started writing with the mind of completing something when I
was about 14. I think, unfortunately, my mother saw my first
attempts.
Q: What is your favorite genre? Can you provide a link to a site
where we can read some of your work or learn something about it?
A: You can see some snippets
and reviews on my MySpace - www.myspace.com/sarah_dobbs and you
can find my first novel on www.amazon.com - Game, Set,
Love-Match.
Q: What is your creative process like? What happens before
sitting down to write?
A: Cup of tea, think about
writing, cuddle my cat, think about writing, check emails, kick
boyfriend out, check emails, read over last chapters, edit last
chapters, get stuck in...
Q: What type of reading inspires you to write?
A: Imaginative descriptions
and use of layout and words. Things I wish I could have written,
basically: 'the light squeezed down the trumpet and sprang off,
blinding'. Although I can't remember who wrote that.
Q: Deep down inside, who do you write for?
A: Me.
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