Sharon Giltrow - Writing for young readers with humour and heart.

Send us Fan MailSharon Giltrow is an award-winning author of humorous and heartfelt picture books and speculative, adventure-filled middle grade books. Sharon grew up in South Australia, the youngest of eight children in a one-hundred-year-old farmhouse, which she turned into a library filled with books written by other people. She now lives in Western Australia with her husband and two children in a ninety-year-old house, which she is turning into a library filled with books written by her.In this episode of Not the Plot Sharon chats with Teena Raffa-Mulligan about how she uses her surrounds as settings for her stories, the learning curve of switching to self-publishing, dealing with rejections, and the importance of self-care to nurture her creative life.Sharon's tips for aspiring authors:* Have multiple manuscripts out on submission rather than pinning all your hopes on one manuscript. * See rejection as redirection. * Attend writing events and connect with other writers. You can find out more about Sharon on her website at https://www.sharongiltrowauthor.com/Follow her on FB https://www.facebook.com/sharongiltrowwriterThank you for listening.Find out more about Not the Plot host Teena Raffa-Mulligan at https://www.teenaraffamulligan.com or follow her FB author page https://www.facebook.com/TeenaRaffaMulligan You can also sign up for her occasional newsletter at http://bit.ly/2gqsJz3