Month: January 2022

Blue Hour: UK edition

It’s been five years since SEE WHAT I HAVE DONE was released. In that time I worked on a second novel which felt all consuming to write. A year or so into the project I became terrified, essentially convinced I would never finish writing a first draft let alone deliver a completed manuscript fit for publication: I realised I had no idea how to write this novel and I was afraid of what was appearing on the page. The self doubt and hyper criticism became too much at times. And then there was the intensity of sharing head space with my characters and their lives. I wanted none of it, I wanted all of it. And yet. I kept going. Because what else would I do with my life if I stopped writing it? But now we’re here. The good people at Tinder Press (UK) have recently released their cover and blurb for BLUE HOUR which is released later this year. You can find out more here: https://www.tinderpress.co.uk/titles/sarah-schmidt/blue-hour/9781472250629/ She thinks of blue mountain, her favourite …