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

Sharon 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/sharongiltrowwriter

Thank 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