“The telling of any character is what they do in a different situation.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“I'm a professional writer and I consider it part of my job to publicise my work and these days part of that… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Writers of novels live in a strange world where what's made up is as important as what's real. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Archive material is a fabulous starting point - individual documents are like signposted roads, heading to a variety of intriguing possibilities.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Something I notice speaking to writers from south of Hadrians Wall is that the culture is different. At base, I think Scotland… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“I remember calling the council's cemetery department to ask about body decomposition in different soil types. Once they had verified that I… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“I know a lot of writers, and everyone works differently, but this is something that we truly have in common across all… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“The lively oral storytelling scene in Scots and Gaelic spills over into the majority English-speaking culture, imbuing it with a strong sense… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Historical fiction of course is particularly research-heavy. The details of everyday life are there to trip you up. Things that we take… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“It's always been important for writers to be disciplined but now even more so. In addition to the traditional displacement activities like… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Google maps are one thing but there's no substitute for pounding the beat and I spent quite a bit of time figuring… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Many existing top 20 Scottish writers have flourished in part because of good turns done by institutions, arts community, libraries and bookshops.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Occasionally a particular word or phrase in a letter or diary has sparked an entire plot - like an echo from history,… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I jealously guard my research time and I love fully immersing myself in those dusty old books and papers. It's one of… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“One of my favourite parts of writing is doing the research. It's the door into that magical reading/writing state - the raw… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Having instant feedback on twitter to research material I'm considering is an enormous help.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“I've been obsessed with stories since I was a kid so it's no surprise that I ended up writing for a living.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“I am a storyteller, not a historian, and it's my ambition to create something compelling - something unputdownable and riveting - that… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Being able to read well in public and talk about your work in an engaging fashion is part of most writers' job… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Everyone assumes writers spend their time lounging around, writing and occasionally striking a pose whilst having a think. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Kissing her is like drinking salted water, he thinks. His thirst only increases.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Those who have not been stung will hardly fear a bee the same as those who have. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“We are in the middle of the biggest revolution in reading and writing since the advent of the Gutenberg press.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
History is full of blank spaces, but good stories, invariably, are not. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“The mass communications that could enable our politics for good have instead turned it into a bland conglomeration of stinted opinion cloaked in the… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I've found myself moved by letters and diaries in archives as well as trashy, summer blockbusters. It's possible to make a connection with any… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
As an historical novelist - there are few jobs more retrospective. I dumped science at an early age. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Crime writers, I've noticed, can be jumpy. They live in a world where there are murderers on the loose and they haven't been caught… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
