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Having a hard time right after a release seems totally normal -- don't be so hard on yourself! Mercury has nothing to do with it, but that's a good thing. Hopefully the new adult audience picks it up!

You likely need to descale your machine

But tell me you'll still talk kpop and kdramas with us

Did you try cleaning your Keurig with cleaner or vinegar and water?

Lol I write both New adult and young adult and I’m always flip-flopping lol I always wonder if my teens are too adult and my adults are too teens lol

Love your decision to post one video a week and making it more writing related. You do what's best for you! You talking about "Rebelling With The Bad Boy" and "Dreaming About The Boy Next Door" reminded me of how much I adore these two books and that I have to read them again :D I know you don't want advice, but I just wonder, what reason is there for you to write New Adult? I mean, when you miss the YA stories and characters and feel more connected to them and feel happy and excited, wouldn't it make sense to write YA? New Adult is not running away, you have so many amazing writing years ahead of you in which you can still try different approaches and genres. But when YA is giving you right now what you need, the cozy, swoony, silly, "light hearted" and not so adult serious themes, then writing YA seems like the best choice. And there is nothing against YA, it is an awesome genre and you can do so many great things with it! :) I'm excited about reading "Love and other Champagne Problems" and also reading the rest of our YA books. Up til now your "Most Likely To"-Series is my absolute favorite <3 Wishing you a wonderful day and sending you much love and creative vibes! <3 P.S. I send you a dm on Instagram :)

Hey Sarah, don't be so hard on yourself, sometimes bad days happen :) I am having one of those days today, so I know how you felt. I am looking forward to more dedicated writing related vlogs! Always so interesting to hear about your progress and what you're doing writing-wise.

Glad you're doing what's best for you, one video a week is a lot on its own let alone more! You kept me company while I signed stuff so thank you for that! ❤

Love when you post writing vlogs! They're my favourite.

I literally turned your vlog on because I was feeling how you were at the start of this vlog. Down and like I wanted to disappear (not die, just not co-exist / be part of humanity lol it’s weird) thank you for not disappearing that day<3

Is your new book available on audio?

You should write both YA and New Adult!

Take care of yourself <3

I write both YA and NA. I have more YA novels overall, so they do better. But the NA books have been doing better as I release more. I write what I’m in the mood for always. I find it’s better for my sanity to do it that way.

I missed you Sarah! You sound so stressed out. I'm so sorry that all is not going well for you. I hope you get that peppy energy back soon so you can feel good again. Love ya!❤😊

How do you get your book covers as posters?

If you enjoy YA then go with it. If that is you then embrace it. Don’t feel that you have to change what you write because you are growing. I loved your newest book and trying to give a review. I will get that done later today. You do you Sarah, I enjoy your vlogs and am happy with what ever you vlog.

Do whatever feels good and right for you with your books and your vlog. I‘ll definitely be here for it , YA or NA, lifestyle or writing related 🙂

Sounds like your Keurig may need to be descaled. Run white vinegar through it let it suck up the white vinegar. Let it set for a few hours and then run more vinegar through it several more times letting it set for a while. Then flush water through it until the water does not smell Or taste like vinegar. That should help with the Keurig. Hope that helps ❤

Missed you Sarah ❤ it’s good to see you

I'm glad you're doing what's best for you. I hope 1 video a week feels better for you. Thank you for your honesty about publishing a young adult vs new adult and not seeing the crossover you thought you would.

Ahh, your sweatshirt at the end!! I love it! I've been listening to ATE on repeat, lol!🤩🫶🏼

Aww, your grandma is so sweet! I've never believed in the whole mercury stuff, but I have been having the worst few weeks! Like don't want to get dressed in the morning, and can't get any work done. So maybe that's what's been going on. I loved LAOCP! I love that it's a NA I felt like it added a lot to the book and it needed that more mature writing style!

Excited to here more about this!

I definitely think it makes sense that you were frustrated about not being able to "see." You're a planner! So the concept of pantsing is very uncomfortable for you. I'm glad you sat down with a calendar and figured that all out. Being stuck sucks. Also, when I used to watch you more regularly, it was pre- K-content obsession, and you were definitely more productive 🤣 Hee hee I love your wall though.💕

I'm so glad you didn't quit! 💛

A bit late to this vlog.. but I would complain about that neighbor situation to the property owner. They'll have her for breaking the pet leash rule, being invasive and threatening. I lived in an apartment my whole life. I have sent in many formal complaints to the property manager lol

I watched this while getting ready today and it was such a vibe! literally just felt like you were catching me up before we were about to go out lmao. I’m not a person who sees things I want to write as a movie because my first drafts are largely just inner monologues and imo pretty solid dialogue so the characters are almost talking heads, but sometimes I get glimpses of like still frames from a movie and then I can figure out description based on those. In general descriptions don’t come naturally to me and I usually have to go back in and add them lol

@authorsarahsutton I highly recommend checking out falling into your smile if you need a good c-drama recommendation

Girl! Dating stories... I've been single for 4 years. Dipping in and out of online dating because it's just exhausting. I've also recently joined Hinge after being on Bumble previously. Had a date Saturday just gone, crazy golf, out of my comfort zone. Drove an hour to meet the guy. I beat him at crazy golf. He doesn't offer to pay or buy me a drink (I don't expect this but I expect an offer 😅especially if I've driven to meet you 10 mins from your house) and then I didn't hear anything from him for 2 days after. Finally sent him a message to say thanks for meeting up, was nice to meet you, but I don't think we're compatible (he doesn't drive and he's just bought a house with his dad for them both to move into, plus other reasons it'd just be rubbish logistically). He replies saying it's a shame because he thought the opposite. Dude! What! You've shown zero sign you're into me. I only date maybe once or twice a year before giving up 😂 may the odds be ever in your favour!

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My writing used to flow effortlessly in high school and university. Maybe because something new and unpredictable happened every day, which kept my brain agile. Back then, I thought the stress was awful, but it actually helped me escape into my stories, letting me live and breathe them like nothing else. Now, after working from home for a few years, the writer's block has gotten so bad. Turns out, living too comfortably at home and indulging my introverted nature is a real problem. So lately, I've been trying to recreate that school-like social environment by attending astronomy meetings at the local planetarium, which happens to be at my old university. There's something about walking across campus and seeing the places where I used to study that helps me reconnect with the version of myself who was so excited about writing. Plus, my astronomy group often hosts lectures by scientists and retired professors, so it feels like I'm back in class, taking notes and engaging topics with an open, curious mindset. I've even gotten new ideas for my stories from talking to and overhearing conversations from fellow attendees. It made me realize that being a hermit crab at home had dulled my ability to create natural conversations. So, for you, think of a way to reconnect with that past version of yourself who desperately wanted to write her stories. Even if you can't see yourself as that girl anymore, it's still a good idea to carry her best traits with you into your future. Life will definitely try to knock that sparkle out of you if you don't make a concerted effort to hold onto it. And pretty much every older adult I know wishes they could tap into some of that energetic magic they had in their youth. You're still so young, so it won't be hard to find it again and some 👍🏻👍🏻 Good luck with your Reedsy course! I hope you find a way to refill your creative well until you're bursting with stories to tell. :)

Do you have lifetime access to all the courses? and you have to watch 1 video a day, or can you watch say the week's worth of videos at once?

I so know what you mean, Sarah. I've been stuck with writer's block for years--no joke! I think it's normal for all creatives but take a small break and try again. Keep trying. I hope your spark comes soon. 🤗💖

Girl have you ever though of writing a kpop romance book?love your books but have been reading a ton where a girl meets a kpop idol and they fall in love and i could see you writing a fictional stray kids and picking your favorite boy or even just doing a fan fic to spark your imagination!!! i could totally see the idol coming to the girls house and she forgot she had a wall filled with him and his bandmates face like your wall and puts a blanket over it only to accidently knock it off and be uber embarrassed!!! OMG i like to watch/write my books in my head in the in between moments instead of looking at my phone. Waiting in line, showers, driving, before bed are my most creative times lol lol people always asking me why i am so quiet and i just like you don't understand i am getting to the best part he is finally about to confess!!!!

We all have our things we love and it is awesone to see you so happy and shining with your thing! Enjoy it ❤

I also struggle with visualizing scenes. Looking at pictures on Pinterest helped me a lot, especially having reference photos for characters that I could look at to help me visualize. Love your vlogs! 💖💖

Start meditating and you will start seeing again.

Actual mercury retrograde is, in fact, happening.

Okay, call me old fashioned but I think if a single former guy friend read my book and I was a single female author and he gave me feedback I’d consider it flirting 🤣

Oh my god, I hate parallel parking. And I‘m so bad at it that one time a few years back this guy - a complete stranger - offered to do it for me after I tried to do it for like 10 times without succeeding. And yeah, I let him park my car for me and I didn‘t know if I should be thankful or embarrassed afterwards 😂🙈

Now that you're taking the course, do you think it's worth the cost? I'm so on the fence about it.

I had that happen with a replacement credit card that I had sent to me at a hotel. Literally they said the hotel manager signed for it and she wasn’t even there. And I never got the card, just had to cancel it.

Looking forward to the update!

Mercury just entered retrograde... No joke. It's gonna get wild for most of August. So glad your package got to you in one piece! I haven't gone on a date in 3 years, so I feel your pain. Dating apps are absolutely a nightmare, but with my life and schedule (and being a single mom)... I don't have many options. If your brain isn't giving you the visuals you used to have, you need to seek some out. Hunt for pictures that remind you of the characters, listen to music that gets you in the story zone, watch a movie that inspires you or gives you the right vibes. I always have my stories running in my brain like a movie, so not having that would be really distressing. Glad you found something that worked! Sidenote: that Lolla performance was WILD! So amazing. And I saw a meme that summed up the Stray Kids phenomenon perfectly. "Ooh, I like this random kpop song. Who is it? ...24 hours of bingeing all their content later: Stray Kids everywhere all around the world! Stray Kids dominATE!" 🥳

I was once expecting a package I had to sign for. And a package came. I signed. Saw that the person wasn’t me. But it was my address. Apparently the person who lived in the apartment before me ordered an Apple Watch and had it delivered to their old address. They’re lucky I’m an honest person. I sent it back lol. Crazy.

Omg. I can so relate to not being able to "see" what you're writing. I have been supposed to be working on a christmas book, and book 3 in my new series since my last release in March. I have only written, like, 2 chapters of the Christmas book. I had to cancel my editor for August because I just couldn't get anything done. I just haven't been able to see/envision my stories. I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet 😅 I know I'm not "broken" because I got a random romantasy idea that's I've been envisioning for months, but I write contemporary romance under my pen name 🫠

Everyone I've heard talking about the Reedsy course really likes it. I just can't spend that price at the moment, so... Not gonna happen for me any time soon. Glad you're enjoying it at the moment though and good to hear it's worth the price tag. Baumi was like, "I believe I can fly!"

I love your makeup and our videos always inspire me :)

nice i want to do the 90 days to done course by Rachel Haroon it looks amazing and about the same price as this course to bad it like 2 months rent so i would have to be homeless lol But i have taken Jane Kalmes Simple mystery course. It is more about writing cozy mystery and Nina Harringtons Udemy's How to Write a Romantic Comedy and am always on the lookout for new courses. I also kind of took Ines Johnsen course but dropped out after the first week as it was not great, was just a beginners over view of plot but over all genres so it was so basic i could get more with google and it was like $500 so i was like give me my money back please and i lost 80$ sadness. but i have read just about ever book on plot, structure, how to write, and mystery, romance lol