Sarah
@sarahfloyd.bsky.social
Writer, mom, dog lover, dreamer 🦋
MG novels: BUTTERFLY GIRL and SURVIVOR MOUNTAIN (Wild Ink Publishing, 2025)
PB: TEN CLEVER NINJAS (Clear Fork Publishing, 2019)
MG novels: BUTTERFLY GIRL and SURVIVOR MOUNTAIN (Wild Ink Publishing, 2025)
PB: TEN CLEVER NINJAS (Clear Fork Publishing, 2019)
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Sarah
@sarahfloyd.bsky.social
· Dec 27
Friends! BUTTERFLY GIRL will be republished by Wild Ink Publishing! After getting caught in the Small Press Distribution collapse, my debut novel now has an editing update and beautiful new cover, by artist Victoria Diaz. Thank you Wild Ink Publishing for making dreams come true! ✨📚🦋
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Today is the day! Check out the cover of my upcoming superhero novel, THE RETURN OF THE CERULEAN BLUR! Love what the @wildinkpublishing.bsky.social team created for it!🦸♀️
Coming May 2026!
Coming May 2026!
February 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Today is the day! Check out the cover of my upcoming superhero novel, THE RETURN OF THE CERULEAN BLUR! Love what the @wildinkpublishing.bsky.social team created for it!🦸♀️
Coming May 2026!
Coming May 2026!
I’m grateful for @bbuchananwomble.bsky.social's wonderful 5-star review of SURVIVOR MOUNTAIN! 🥰✨📚
"This book is a pulse-pounding adventure...
When I say SURVIVOR MOUNTAIN is a “quick read,” I mean that I didn’t want to put it down!"
Full review on Amazon:
www.amazon.com/Survivor-Mou...
"This book is a pulse-pounding adventure...
When I say SURVIVOR MOUNTAIN is a “quick read,” I mean that I didn’t want to put it down!"
Full review on Amazon:
www.amazon.com/Survivor-Mou...
Survivor Mountain
Amazon.com: Survivor Mountain: 9781964885445: Floyd, Sarah: Books
www.amazon.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I’m grateful for @bbuchananwomble.bsky.social's wonderful 5-star review of SURVIVOR MOUNTAIN! 🥰✨📚
"This book is a pulse-pounding adventure...
When I say SURVIVOR MOUNTAIN is a “quick read,” I mean that I didn’t want to put it down!"
Full review on Amazon:
www.amazon.com/Survivor-Mou...
"This book is a pulse-pounding adventure...
When I say SURVIVOR MOUNTAIN is a “quick read,” I mean that I didn’t want to put it down!"
Full review on Amazon:
www.amazon.com/Survivor-Mou...
Woot! I’m so grateful for this wonderful 5-star review!
🥰📚✨
“Survivor Mountain is a perfect upper middle grade novel for 11-14 year-old readers who are ready for more mature themes… It’s a page turner! Highly recommend!”
Full review: www.amazon.com/gp/customer-...
🥰📚✨
“Survivor Mountain is a perfect upper middle grade novel for 11-14 year-old readers who are ready for more mature themes… It’s a page turner! Highly recommend!”
Full review: www.amazon.com/gp/customer-...
January 15, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Woot! I’m so grateful for this wonderful 5-star review!
🥰📚✨
“Survivor Mountain is a perfect upper middle grade novel for 11-14 year-old readers who are ready for more mature themes… It’s a page turner! Highly recommend!”
Full review: www.amazon.com/gp/customer-...
🥰📚✨
“Survivor Mountain is a perfect upper middle grade novel for 11-14 year-old readers who are ready for more mature themes… It’s a page turner! Highly recommend!”
Full review: www.amazon.com/gp/customer-...
Woot! Great review at YA Book Central from middle school librarian Karen Yingling:
Survival books are always popular with my students, and I love that there is an age appropriate romance. Readers who enjoy stories like Paulsen’s Captive! and Behrens’ Alone in the Woods will be glad to read this. 📚
Survival books are always popular with my students, and I love that there is an age appropriate romance. Readers who enjoy stories like Paulsen’s Captive! and Behrens’ Alone in the Woods will be glad to read this. 📚
Survivor Mountain
Amazon.com: Survivor Mountain: 9781964885445: Floyd, Sarah: Books
www.amazon.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Woot! Great review at YA Book Central from middle school librarian Karen Yingling:
Survival books are always popular with my students, and I love that there is an age appropriate romance. Readers who enjoy stories like Paulsen’s Captive! and Behrens’ Alone in the Woods will be glad to read this. 📚
Survival books are always popular with my students, and I love that there is an age appropriate romance. Readers who enjoy stories like Paulsen’s Captive! and Behrens’ Alone in the Woods will be glad to read this. 📚
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We have fixed the pricing issue on the Payhip site. Go check the sale out again! All ebooks are 25 cents. Stuff your stocking! It's our holiday gift to you!
payhip.com/WildInkPubli...
payhip.com/WildInkPubli...
December 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
We have fixed the pricing issue on the Payhip site. Go check the sale out again! All ebooks are 25 cents. Stuff your stocking! It's our holiday gift to you!
payhip.com/WildInkPubli...
payhip.com/WildInkPubli...
Giveaway is still live at YA Book Central! 📚
If you’re a #teacher, #librarian, or media center specialist, please DM me and I’ll send a copy to the first 5 who contact me. Survivor Mountain is Lower YA, ages 11-15.
If you’re a #teacher, #librarian, or media center specialist, please DM me and I’ll send a copy to the first 5 who contact me. Survivor Mountain is Lower YA, ages 11-15.
Would you like a chance to win a copy of SURVIVOR MOUNTAIN? It's a gripping survival adventure about finding the courage to become the hero of your own story. Enter the giveaway at YA Book Central! yabookscentral.com/its-live-cov... (cool bookmarks too!)
#LowerYA #1stCrush #MentalHealth #GirlPower
#LowerYA #1stCrush #MentalHealth #GirlPower
December 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Giveaway is still live at YA Book Central! 📚
If you’re a #teacher, #librarian, or media center specialist, please DM me and I’ll send a copy to the first 5 who contact me. Survivor Mountain is Lower YA, ages 11-15.
If you’re a #teacher, #librarian, or media center specialist, please DM me and I’ll send a copy to the first 5 who contact me. Survivor Mountain is Lower YA, ages 11-15.
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And the adventure begins. Survivor Mountain by Sarah Floyd will keep you flipping pages while sitting at the edge of your seat.
Check it out here: a.co/d/5rKtlyW
Check it out here: a.co/d/5rKtlyW
November 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
And the adventure begins. Survivor Mountain by Sarah Floyd will keep you flipping pages while sitting at the edge of your seat.
Check it out here: a.co/d/5rKtlyW
Check it out here: a.co/d/5rKtlyW
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Two book launches in one week? Heck yeah!
Survivor Mountain - A middle grades adventure: a.co/d/7iv8f7n
Old World Wings - To quench your wanderlust in the form of poetry: a.co/d/9QCXhy5
Survivor Mountain - A middle grades adventure: a.co/d/7iv8f7n
Old World Wings - To quench your wanderlust in the form of poetry: a.co/d/9QCXhy5
November 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Two book launches in one week? Heck yeah!
Survivor Mountain - A middle grades adventure: a.co/d/7iv8f7n
Old World Wings - To quench your wanderlust in the form of poetry: a.co/d/9QCXhy5
Survivor Mountain - A middle grades adventure: a.co/d/7iv8f7n
Old World Wings - To quench your wanderlust in the form of poetry: a.co/d/9QCXhy5
Sometimes dreams really do come true...
✨📚💗
✨📚💗
November 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Sometimes dreams really do come true...
✨📚💗
✨📚💗
Would you like a chance to win a copy of SURVIVOR MOUNTAIN? It's a gripping survival adventure about finding the courage to become the hero of your own story. Enter the giveaway at YA Book Central! yabookscentral.com/its-live-cov... (cool bookmarks too!)
#LowerYA #1stCrush #MentalHealth #GirlPower
#LowerYA #1stCrush #MentalHealth #GirlPower
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Would you like a chance to win a copy of SURVIVOR MOUNTAIN? It's a gripping survival adventure about finding the courage to become the hero of your own story. Enter the giveaway at YA Book Central! yabookscentral.com/its-live-cov... (cool bookmarks too!)
#LowerYA #1stCrush #MentalHealth #GirlPower
#LowerYA #1stCrush #MentalHealth #GirlPower
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Do you love The Great Gatsby? Do you enjoy reading books before they are published? For free? Do I have your attention? Of course I do!
Go sign up to be an ARC reader for Among the Whisperings by Adele Liles.
storyoriginapp.com/reviewcopies...
Go sign up to be an ARC reader for Among the Whisperings by Adele Liles.
storyoriginapp.com/reviewcopies...
Among the Whisperings
Seventeen-year-old scholarship student Carra Nichols transfers to the prestigious Ash Valley Academy in pursuit of her dream of gaining admission to Princeton, but her education comes at a price highe...
storyoriginapp.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Do you love The Great Gatsby? Do you enjoy reading books before they are published? For free? Do I have your attention? Of course I do!
Go sign up to be an ARC reader for Among the Whisperings by Adele Liles.
storyoriginapp.com/reviewcopies...
Go sign up to be an ARC reader for Among the Whisperings by Adele Liles.
storyoriginapp.com/reviewcopies...
YAY! 😍 I just spotted SURVIVOR MOUNTAIN's first advance reader review on Goodreads (5 stars!) Thanks, @k8demaiowrites.bsky.social! 🥰 www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
Survivor Mountain
Fake it 'til you make it - that's what Dani's older sis…
www.goodreads.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
YAY! 😍 I just spotted SURVIVOR MOUNTAIN's first advance reader review on Goodreads (5 stars!) Thanks, @k8demaiowrites.bsky.social! 🥰 www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
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Exciting news.... Survivor Mountain by Sarah Floyd is available for ARC readers. This means you can read it before its publication date and for free! I mean, that's pretty darn cool!
Check it out.
storyoriginapp.com/reviewcopies...
Check it out.
storyoriginapp.com/reviewcopies...
Survivor Mountain
Thirteen-year-old Dani tries to live by her motto, fake it ’til you make it.
Faking confidence might lead her back to “normal” and end her decision-making paralysis, a symptom of the anxiety and depr...
storyoriginapp.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Exciting news.... Survivor Mountain by Sarah Floyd is available for ARC readers. This means you can read it before its publication date and for free! I mean, that's pretty darn cool!
Check it out.
storyoriginapp.com/reviewcopies...
Check it out.
storyoriginapp.com/reviewcopies...
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New and up-and-coming lit mags looking for submissions: www.chillsubs.com/lists/new-li...
New Lit Mags Blowing Up RN (And They Want Your Writing!)
www.chillsubs.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
New and up-and-coming lit mags looking for submissions: www.chillsubs.com/lists/new-li...
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The Sacred Conversations anthology is open for submissions. We are looking for letters of knowing, understanding, and support, by women, for women.
Revenue will be given to a young girl whose mother was murdered in a domestic violence situation.
wild-ink-publishing.com/anthologysub...
Revenue will be given to a young girl whose mother was murdered in a domestic violence situation.
wild-ink-publishing.com/anthologysub...
October 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The Sacred Conversations anthology is open for submissions. We are looking for letters of knowing, understanding, and support, by women, for women.
Revenue will be given to a young girl whose mother was murdered in a domestic violence situation.
wild-ink-publishing.com/anthologysub...
Revenue will be given to a young girl whose mother was murdered in a domestic violence situation.
wild-ink-publishing.com/anthologysub...
Friends! I’m delighted to share that my print proof for SURVIVOR MOUNTAIN has arrived! 😍
Huge thanks to the amazing team @wildinkpublishing.bsky.social for creating such a beautiful cover and interior design! 🥰
Huge thanks to the amazing team @wildinkpublishing.bsky.social for creating such a beautiful cover and interior design! 🥰
October 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Friends! I’m delighted to share that my print proof for SURVIVOR MOUNTAIN has arrived! 😍
Huge thanks to the amazing team @wildinkpublishing.bsky.social for creating such a beautiful cover and interior design! 🥰
Huge thanks to the amazing team @wildinkpublishing.bsky.social for creating such a beautiful cover and interior design! 🥰
Sunset dinner at the river (Jersey Mike sammies—yumm!) Such a beautiful scene, and always fun to spot a little gator swimming by. 😎 #Florida
September 16, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Sunset dinner at the river (Jersey Mike sammies—yumm!) Such a beautiful scene, and always fun to spot a little gator swimming by. 😎 #Florida
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I'm excited to announce "Publishing Trends, Market Shifts, & Opportunities" is now open for sign-ups! Yes, what's happening now in #kidlit, but *also* how to follow trends yourself and decide how to respond. October. 14 and 16, $59, will be recorded.
www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/pub...
www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/pub...
Publishing Trends, Market Shifts & Opportunities: A Two-Night Mini - Highlights Foundation
www.highlightsfoundation.org
September 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I'm excited to announce "Publishing Trends, Market Shifts, & Opportunities" is now open for sign-ups! Yes, what's happening now in #kidlit, but *also* how to follow trends yourself and decide how to respond. October. 14 and 16, $59, will be recorded.
www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/pub...
www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/pub...
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Everyone loved Shay the Brave by Riley Kilmore... so she wrote another! Alexy Strong and Silent. It's another whimsical tale that you will love. Middle-Grades and up!
Want to read it before it's published? Heck yeah, you do! To be an arc, follow the link...
storyoriginapp.com/reviewcopies...
Want to read it before it's published? Heck yeah, you do! To be an arc, follow the link...
storyoriginapp.com/reviewcopies...
Alexy: Strong and Silent
You met Alexy, Nurse, and the young pouncer, Mládà, in Shay The Brave, now journey with them to Dorp House, an orphanage in distant Indusdorp where Shay’s da (manor lord of Oldenshire) sends Alexy to ...
storyoriginapp.com
September 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Everyone loved Shay the Brave by Riley Kilmore... so she wrote another! Alexy Strong and Silent. It's another whimsical tale that you will love. Middle-Grades and up!
Want to read it before it's published? Heck yeah, you do! To be an arc, follow the link...
storyoriginapp.com/reviewcopies...
Want to read it before it's published? Heck yeah, you do! To be an arc, follow the link...
storyoriginapp.com/reviewcopies...
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Just finished Sarah Floyd’s Butterfly Girl and found it a delightful MG story tackling the tension of wanting to follow your dreams but also stay grounded in your identity. Perfect for any middle schooler facing the same in their daily life! #kidlit #amreading
September 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Just finished Sarah Floyd’s Butterfly Girl and found it a delightful MG story tackling the tension of wanting to follow your dreams but also stay grounded in your identity. Perfect for any middle schooler facing the same in their daily life! #kidlit #amreading
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Want to read A Conversation with Death by Tom Elmquist before it's published? You can!
storyoriginapp.com/reviewcopies...
storyoriginapp.com/reviewcopies...
A Conversation with Death
A good deed can save a man’s soul or damn him forever. For Gabe, both were equally true. After a good deed that could have unmade existence, Gabe is literally faced with the choice of eternal life or ...
storyoriginapp.com
August 31, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Want to read A Conversation with Death by Tom Elmquist before it's published? You can!
storyoriginapp.com/reviewcopies...
storyoriginapp.com/reviewcopies...
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COVER REVEAL - I know you've been waiting for this one! Sarah Floyd's sophomore novel. It's a story of resilience, strength, and bonds that last. Perfect for Middle Grades and up.
wild-ink-publishing.com/sarah-floyd/
wild-ink-publishing.com/sarah-floyd/
August 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
COVER REVEAL - I know you've been waiting for this one! Sarah Floyd's sophomore novel. It's a story of resilience, strength, and bonds that last. Perfect for Middle Grades and up.
wild-ink-publishing.com/sarah-floyd/
wild-ink-publishing.com/sarah-floyd/
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SUBMISSION CALL: Whether the stasis of ice or the fluidity of liquid, water forms, reforms, and transforms. Bring us your stories of gentle erosion or violent upheaval, with water as the binding symbology.
wild-ink-publishing.com/anthologysub...
wild-ink-publishing.com/anthologysub...
August 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
SUBMISSION CALL: Whether the stasis of ice or the fluidity of liquid, water forms, reforms, and transforms. Bring us your stories of gentle erosion or violent upheaval, with water as the binding symbology.
wild-ink-publishing.com/anthologysub...
wild-ink-publishing.com/anthologysub...
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Tell me.. have you read Butterfly Girl by
@kidlitSarah
yet? Did you know you can get the ebook version on sale until the 15th with the code august50 (at checkout)? You can! Check it out!
payhip.com/b/rk1Vi
It's also available anywhere books are sold online.
@kidlitSarah
yet? Did you know you can get the ebook version on sale until the 15th with the code august50 (at checkout)? You can! Check it out!
payhip.com/b/rk1Vi
It's also available anywhere books are sold online.
August 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Tell me.. have you read Butterfly Girl by
@kidlitSarah
yet? Did you know you can get the ebook version on sale until the 15th with the code august50 (at checkout)? You can! Check it out!
payhip.com/b/rk1Vi
It's also available anywhere books are sold online.
@kidlitSarah
yet? Did you know you can get the ebook version on sale until the 15th with the code august50 (at checkout)? You can! Check it out!
payhip.com/b/rk1Vi
It's also available anywhere books are sold online.