Every hiccup and foreign moment I endured I wanted reassurance and peace of mind. From that moment I was prompted to record my journey. My words began, freely, candidly and honestly. Initially I was writing for my baby thinking it would be a great keepsake for when she was older – I’m such a realist thinking so far in advance! Perhaps she will be mortified to know how candid and forthright I was. I began writing everything, I knew I couldn’t count on my memory (baby brain); everything I thought was relevant I wrote down throughout my pregnancy. My intent behind ‘Mumma to Be’ was initially for my baby girl, then it changed direction slightly as I began writing for all first time Mums. I took it from a light hearted point of view to enable the reader to get a sense of realness and comfort from my words.
After my baby girl was born I wanted to add the first three months of motherhood as this is a huge part of the transition to motherhood. I then had the task of going back through my work starting the amendments. Some days I would have writer’s block, I would sit and stare at my screen and nothing would come to me, on those days I would take a break from the book. I don’t believe non-fiction writing should be forced, but should come naturally. In all, the writing took me two years to complete; the next task was to find a publisher. Submitting my manuscript to many publishers Aurora House Publishing promptly responded and from that moment Mumma to Be was in the making!
I am now on a mummamission! I blog via my website, which was also created by Aurora and I am also in the process of writing my second book. Writing is a passion, if you have the passion, persistence and patience you can do anything.
Sarah A Vogler was born in Brisbane, Australia, where she spent her childhood climbing trees, wrestling her three brothers, and watching Xena: The Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. It was these two TV shows that sparked Sarah’s interest in Greek mythology and saw her spend entire days sitting by her bedroom window, waiting for a pegasus to swoop out of the sky and take her on an adventure worthy of Homer. When it was clear a pegasus wasn’t going to rescue her from her dull life, Sarah turned to writing her own adventures.
Sarah combined her love of Greek mythology with her love of writing and went on to study a Bachelor of Arts at The University of Queensland, with majors in Ancient History and Writing, followed by a Master of Arts in Writing, Editing, and Publishing.
After graduating, Sarah became a freelance editor and spent her spare time working on her novels and submitting them to agents and publishers. She received dozens of rejection emails but persevered, knowing nothing worth having comes easy.
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