Young Adult Author Sarah Dass and the Pressure of Representation




Queries, Qualms, & Quirks show

Summary: <p>Young Adult Author Sarah Dass joins Queries, Qualms, &amp; Quirks this week to discuss letting go of a book to move forward, the importance of finishing books, her debut group, a disastrous first book, amassing 100 rejections, Pitch Wars, and getting published with your third book.</p> <p>Sarah Dass was born in Trinidad but has lived in Tobago since she was two years old. She works as an office administrator by day and writes stories about the Caribbean by night. When she's not writing, she's reading or taking walks with her dachshund, Stella. Sarah's debut novel, Where the Rhythm Takes You, is inspired by her childhood, spent in a seaside hotel.</p> <p>Sarah: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZISQYwHyBK5mHuBZt_jp2C1VQC-ar9E9r-RTEFK0HyY/edit?usp=sharing"><u>Query</u></a> | <a href="http://www.sarahdass.com/"><u>Website</u></a> | <a href="http://www.twitter.com/SarahDassAuthor"><u>Twitter</u></a> | <a href="http://www.instagram.com/sarahdasswrites"><u>Instagram</u></a> | <a href="https://amzn.to/3waaJNE"><u>Amazon</u></a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1209/9780063018525"><u>Bookshop</u></a> | <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780063018525?aff=72724"><u>IndieBound</u></a> | <a href="https://libro.fm/referral?isbn=%20%209780063018556&amp;rf_code=lfm164099"><u>Libro FM</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://sarahnicolas.com/queries-qualms-quirks/"><u>QQQ Home Base</u></a> |<a href="https://www.patreon.com/pubtalklive"> <u>Support on Patreon</u></a></p> <p>If links aren't clickable, find them here: <a href="https://bit.ly/qqqdass"><u>https://bit.ly/qqqdass</u></a></p> <p>This page includes affiliate links. Please use them if you’d like to support the show.</p>