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ABOUT SARAH BULLEN

Sarah Bullen is a top writing coach and literary agent. She has worked with writers, authors and publishers since 2003 supporting writers to finally get that book written, and get published. She is known as a mentor who gets results, and publishing deals. 

"I believe that writing a book is both a deeply creative journey, and an investment in your future. It is a big, brave and bold move to share yourself with the world, to gather all your thoughts, lessons and expertise in one place - a book. It can be an madcap writing adventure, or a slow and steady build to create your brand. I like writers to understand the market into which they are writing, to position their book in a niche and to deliver a world class product." 

  As an agent she represents (by invitation) authors of non-fiction and breathtaking memoir. Sarah is a regular guest on talk shows, podcasts and writers circles talking about how to build a book.

She brings her decades of working as a radio and magazine journalist into her editing and coaching, and mixes it with her key process of how to structure story.  Sarah has written three bestselling books the latest of which is Write your Book in 100 Days! Stop Mucking About  & Just Write your Book (2020), Romance 1001 -How your Relationship can Survive your Children and Other Passion Killers (2007) Hey Baby! The Hip New Mom's Guide That's All About You. (2004). She is an international editor of commercial fiction and non-fiction. 
Her writing can be found in magazines that stretch back for over two decades. Titles include Cosmopolitan. Womens' Health, Mens Health, The Guardian, The Observer, The Sunday Times, Fair Lady, Elle Decoration, Oprah Magazine. 


She does traditional oral storytelling in women's circles and at events. Sarah also lectures in personal narrative writing and memoir on international mentorships and at the University of Cape Town Film and Media Studies.  As a literary agent she represents authors of non-fiction and breathtaking memoir. 

Sarah is a cancer survivor and supports the CANSA Association with talks and writing workshops and writing work for trauma.  ​She has written extensively about her own journey with cancer, death and resilience in magazines and on talk shows. You can find some of her writing on her blog.  She currently lives in Cape Town, South Africa with her two teenagers and runs writing retreats in ridiculously breathtaking locations around the globe. 

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She started out as a financial journalist at Euroweek UK and moved up through the cadet ranks to become the personal finance editor of the Daily Mail and Guardian, launch editor of NetAsset, editor of Business Day online and news editor at Business Day Radio. She moved out of newspapers and radio, and into magazines working as an editor and features editor for a series of glossy lifestyle titles, then group editor of a larger publishing stable. She launched a publishing  company Gas Publishing with co-publisher Gary Cotterell in 2003 and published a series of custom print and online titles for clients including Mini, BMW, kulula.com, The First Rand Banking Group and Standard Bank. She was a director in Traffik, a cutting-edge digital content agency and that produced television content.
 
Sarah's focus then turned exclusively to book editing and coaching. After her husband died of brain cancer in 2012 she moved to a Greece island to write and run writers retreats. She currently lives in Cape Town with her two teenage children in a beautiful house on the edge of the mountain in Hout Bay.

WRITE YOUR BOOK IN 100 DAYS


"Writing is a journey. Writing a book is a deep dive into a process of creativity and structure. I totally believe in planning your book and writing with intent. Sometimes it just takes some clear direction, and an understanding on how to structure a book to take you from having a dream of writing to becoming a published author. Let's walk that journey together. The writing is your job, my job is to show you how, to hold you accountable and to find your best book." 
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  • Home
  • Calendar
  • ABOUT
    • Sarah Bullen
    • Bullen Literary Agency
    • Storytelling
    • Ghostwriting
    • Our Authors
    • Media
  • Coaching
    • Six Month Writing Mentorship >
      • Apply for Mentorship
    • Write Your Book in 100 Days >
      • Write Your Novel in 100 Days
    • Stop Mucking About Author Support Group
    • Pitch to Published
    • Book a Session
    • What Writers Say About Mentorships
  • Find an Editor
  • RETREATS
    • Meet Our Coaches
    • Malaga
    • Cape Town >
      • Tulbagh
      • McGregor
    • Greece >
      • About Lesbos Island
    • Morocco
    • Tuscany
    • Writing Retreat Reviews
  • LESSONS
    • Blog
    • Vlogs
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