This month is a trip down memory lane for me as Sarah is another long-time Facebook friend. It must be at least 3 years since I read her first book. She not only writes books but runs her own promotion company as well and is a great friend to other indie authors.
Hi Lucinda and thank you for inviting me to your blog.
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. 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.
Anyway back to all things ‘writing and publishing’!
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. 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 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. As a young adult, I was hooked on Mills & Boon love stories and I felt sure that I had a love story to share. 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.
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. My culinary memoir, Our Frugal Summer in Charente was voted as one of the ‘Top 50 self-published books worth reading in 2015’.
Sarah has also written memoirs about her time working as a nurse.
Sarah Jane, the roving Florence Nightingale, has had a successful career as a qualified nurse and used her nursing and later her teaching qualifications to take her across the world. Her new nursing memoir books are part of The Nomadic Nurse Series which started with the multi-award-winning Ooh Matron! Published in September 2015. Book two, Bedpans to Boardrooms was published in February 2017.
Sarah has also taken a sideways step into publishing for other indie authors. She published the first three books in a series of self-help literature primarily aimed at aspiring and debut self-published authors, but which are frequently referred to and complimented on by established authors who are leaving traditional publishing houses and contracts and entering the indie or hybrid world of publishing.
Book 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.
She says: From a writing perspective, I am working on book 4 in the self-help author series called, ‘The Accomplished Authorpreneur,’ where I take the authors up a level in their skill set to achieve global exposure and maximise sales.
I am also developing an author coaching service with my Rukia Publishing partner Margaret Daly who is based in New York, to provide a ‘marketing for indies’ coaching course with an optional ‘Done for You’ service including educational packages to enable authors to learn how to successfully promote themselves and their books online and in their local area.
As always I would love to hear from readers, authors and bloggers who are interested in finding out more about my books and my writing, the publishing and marketing services that we offer at Rukia Publishing and from anyone who would like to get involved as a reader, reviewer, blogger, etc.
A little bit about Sarah:
Author Sarah Jane Butfield was born in Ipswich and raised in rural Suffolk, UK. Sarah Jane is a wife, mother, qualified nurse and now an international bestselling author. Married three times with four children, three stepchildren, and four grandchildren, she an experienced modern-day mum to her ‘Brady Bunch’, but she loves every minute of their convoluted lives.
Author website www.sarahjanebutfield.com Connect with Sarah Jane on social media: Twitter @SarahJanewrites @SJButfield @GlassHalfFullTM @TwoDogsMemoir
Facebook: www.facebook.com/AuthorSarahJaneButfield
www.facebook.com/Twodogsandasuitcase
www.facebook.com/OurFrugalSummerinCharente
www.facebook.com/Ooh-Matron-1646665865549530/timeline/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rukia_publishing/
Blogs: Sarah Jane’s Writing Blog http://sarahjanebutfield-glass-half-full.blogspot.co.uk/
Sarah Jane’s Blog at Rukia http://www.rukiapublishing.com/sarah-janes-blog
Subscribe to my newsletter for updates, competitions and sneak previews – http://eepurl.com/0IuML
Support and networking for authors provided by Sarah Jane:
http://www.rukiapublishing.com/
https://www.facebook.com/RukiaPublishing
https://www.facebook.com/promotingauthors
Does anyone remember the old days when we all had one address? Now, I ‘m showing my age.
Thank you, Sarah, there is lots to explore in the links and book above.
lucinda E Clarke 
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Thank you for the re-blog 🙂
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My pleasure!
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I loved this blog post! Thank you Lucinda and Sarah Jane! I have seen these titles but was not really familiar with the content and background. Sarah, you are certainly busy as an author and in your new career. It’s such an encouraging post for human interest and authors at any stage. Best of luck!
Amy
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Between us, we writers must cover every subject under the sun!!
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