ABOUT SARAH BULLEN
Sarah Bullen is a multi-published author, international writing coach and literary agent. She has worked with countless bestselling authors since 2003 working on books to get them to publication. She also works on smaller, quieter books that are written with love. She is known as a book mentor who gets results, and often publishing deals. As a literary agent under Kent Literary she represents authors of non-fiction and breathtaking memoir. Sarah lectures in personal narrative writing and memoir on international mentorships, at book festivals, writing groups and shows.
Sarah has written three non-fiction books - the latest of which is Write your Book in 100 Days! Stop Mucking About & Just Write (2020).
She is the author of 12 books ghostwritten for clients and is an international high level editor of commercial non-fiction. Her journalistic writing can be found in magazines that stretch back for over two decades. Titles include Cosmopolitan. Women's Health, Mens Health, The Guardian, The Observer, The Sunday Times, Fair Lady, Elle Decoration, Oprah Magazine.
Her book expertise covers both novels and non-fiction.
"Novels were always my first love and where I started out as a structural editor. But my magazine and publishing background has pulled me more and more over the last decade into working with non-fiction authors to hone into stories, tighten the message and craft a book that speaks to the reader more clearly. The truth is, I am a lover of all books and a reader of all genres."
"Part of my life's work is to share my love of writing, books and story with other writers. I adore books and I love stories."
Sarah is a regular guest on talk shows, podcasts and writers circles talking about the craft of writing, how to get published and how to build a book.
"I believe that writing 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, dreams, imaginings, lessons and expertise in one place - a book. It can be a 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."
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.
She also does traditional oral storytelling in women's circles and at retreats and events.
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. She currently lives in Cape Town, South Africa with her two teenagers and runs writing retreats in breathtaking locations around the globe.
Sarah has written three non-fiction books - the latest of which is Write your Book in 100 Days! Stop Mucking About & Just Write (2020).
She is the author of 12 books ghostwritten for clients and is an international high level editor of commercial non-fiction. Her journalistic writing can be found in magazines that stretch back for over two decades. Titles include Cosmopolitan. Women's Health, Mens Health, The Guardian, The Observer, The Sunday Times, Fair Lady, Elle Decoration, Oprah Magazine.
Her book expertise covers both novels and non-fiction.
"Novels were always my first love and where I started out as a structural editor. But my magazine and publishing background has pulled me more and more over the last decade into working with non-fiction authors to hone into stories, tighten the message and craft a book that speaks to the reader more clearly. The truth is, I am a lover of all books and a reader of all genres."
"Part of my life's work is to share my love of writing, books and story with other writers. I adore books and I love stories."
Sarah is a regular guest on talk shows, podcasts and writers circles talking about the craft of writing, how to get published and how to build a book.
"I believe that writing 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, dreams, imaginings, lessons and expertise in one place - a book. It can be a 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."
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.
She also does traditional oral storytelling in women's circles and at retreats and events.
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. She currently lives in Cape Town, South Africa with her two teenagers and runs writing retreats in breathtaking locations around the globe.
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Sarah's Books under her own name
Hey Baby! The Hip New Mom's Guide That's All About You. (2004).
Romance 101 -How Your Relationship can Survive your Children and Other Passion Killers (2007)
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.
Hey Baby! The Hip New Mom's Guide That's All About You. (2004).
Romance 101 -How Your Relationship can Survive your Children and Other Passion Killers (2007)
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.
