Sarah
@sarahwaytecreative.bsky.social
Writer, reader, photographer and owner of 3 passports. These are my adventures in reading and writing.
https://sarahwayte.com
https://sarahwayte.com
Eek! I did it! I submitted a short story to a competition 🙈
Onwards to the next one!
Onwards to the next one!
October 30, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Eek! I did it! I submitted a short story to a competition 🙈
Onwards to the next one!
Onwards to the next one!
The characters in my novel:
1. A paramedic who tries to save everyone.
2. A spouse at the end of their tether.
3. A crew mate with older sibling vibes.
4. A best friend who knows death is inevitable.
5. And Death, the force that brings this group of people all together.
Any guesses on who’s who?
1. A paramedic who tries to save everyone.
2. A spouse at the end of their tether.
3. A crew mate with older sibling vibes.
4. A best friend who knows death is inevitable.
5. And Death, the force that brings this group of people all together.
Any guesses on who’s who?
October 21, 2025 at 5:39 AM
The characters in my novel:
1. A paramedic who tries to save everyone.
2. A spouse at the end of their tether.
3. A crew mate with older sibling vibes.
4. A best friend who knows death is inevitable.
5. And Death, the force that brings this group of people all together.
Any guesses on who’s who?
1. A paramedic who tries to save everyone.
2. A spouse at the end of their tether.
3. A crew mate with older sibling vibes.
4. A best friend who knows death is inevitable.
5. And Death, the force that brings this group of people all together.
Any guesses on who’s who?
Call me complex, but I love reading this kind of feedback on my novel.
A story that evokes such a strong sense of feeling is always the goal, right?
A story that evokes such a strong sense of feeling is always the goal, right?
October 16, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Call me complex, but I love reading this kind of feedback on my novel.
A story that evokes such a strong sense of feeling is always the goal, right?
A story that evokes such a strong sense of feeling is always the goal, right?
I went down the beta reader feedback rabbit hole and survived! Actually, it’s been an incredibly enlightening process. Now I just have to figure out how to edit-slash-rewrite this novel with those comments in mind!
October 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I went down the beta reader feedback rabbit hole and survived! Actually, it’s been an incredibly enlightening process. Now I just have to figure out how to edit-slash-rewrite this novel with those comments in mind!
Been a bit slow on the writing front of late. So, I'm moving some old pieces from Medium over to Substack. Here's one of those...
open.substack.com/pub/sarahway...
open.substack.com/pub/sarahway...
Why You Shouldn’t Want Me to Save Them
What really happens when life-saving takes place.
open.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Been a bit slow on the writing front of late. So, I'm moving some old pieces from Medium over to Substack. Here's one of those...
open.substack.com/pub/sarahway...
open.substack.com/pub/sarahway...
I finally wrote a thing! Started on a bit of a whim a few weeks ago, finished in a jet lagged haze just now... here's the story of how we ended up moving to Canada.
open.substack.com/pub/sarahway...
open.substack.com/pub/sarahway...
Six Words
With a thousand more laying between the lines.
open.substack.com
August 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I finally wrote a thing! Started on a bit of a whim a few weeks ago, finished in a jet lagged haze just now... here's the story of how we ended up moving to Canada.
open.substack.com/pub/sarahway...
open.substack.com/pub/sarahway...
I haven’t felt much like writing in the last few months. Health stuff. Work stuff. Home stuff. It’s all taken centre stage. Buuuuut the tingle is back. Now I just need to start. How do you get going again after a no writing period?
July 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I haven’t felt much like writing in the last few months. Health stuff. Work stuff. Home stuff. It’s all taken centre stage. Buuuuut the tingle is back. Now I just need to start. How do you get going again after a no writing period?
Thank you to you and Michal for the opportunity to chat about our experiences of moving from the UK to Canada!
What if Brexit changed your whole life?
Today on Relocurious, Sarah and Stu share how shock led to a bold leap to British Columbia. It's a story of guts, grit, and unexpected humour.
Not all change starts with a plan. Sometimes we leap, then figure it out.
www.relocurious.com/p/from-brexi...
Today on Relocurious, Sarah and Stu share how shock led to a bold leap to British Columbia. It's a story of guts, grit, and unexpected humour.
Not all change starts with a plan. Sometimes we leap, then figure it out.
www.relocurious.com/p/from-brexi...
From Brexit to British Columbia: A Leap of Faith
A podcast about the emotional and psychological aspects of relocation.
www.relocurious.com
May 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Thank you to you and Michal for the opportunity to chat about our experiences of moving from the UK to Canada!
Popped another old piece over onto Substack today. This one was a kind of fun piece about what it's really like to be a paramedic... sarahwayte.substack.com/p/5-universa...
5 Universal Truths About Being a Paramedic
A (mostly) lighthearted look at what being a paramedic is really all about.
sarahwayte.substack.com
April 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Popped another old piece over onto Substack today. This one was a kind of fun piece about what it's really like to be a paramedic... sarahwayte.substack.com/p/5-universa...
Slowly moving old pieces from Medium across to Substack. This is the first of them:
open.substack.com/pub/sarahway...
open.substack.com/pub/sarahway...
How a Superhero's Cape Works
How people perceive a lifesaver's uniform
open.substack.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Slowly moving old pieces from Medium across to Substack. This is the first of them:
open.substack.com/pub/sarahway...
open.substack.com/pub/sarahway...
And just like that... it's gone.
The novel is finally out with the beta readers. Time to pause thinking about that story for now and start dabbling with the next one!
The novel is finally out with the beta readers. Time to pause thinking about that story for now and start dabbling with the next one!
March 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
And just like that... it's gone.
The novel is finally out with the beta readers. Time to pause thinking about that story for now and start dabbling with the next one!
The novel is finally out with the beta readers. Time to pause thinking about that story for now and start dabbling with the next one!
Currently reading:
The Right to Write by Julia Camera (still!)
Bountiful Magic by Iris Beaglehole
Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life by Rory Sutherland
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
The Right to Write by Julia Camera (still!)
Bountiful Magic by Iris Beaglehole
Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life by Rory Sutherland
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
February 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Currently reading:
The Right to Write by Julia Camera (still!)
Bountiful Magic by Iris Beaglehole
Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life by Rory Sutherland
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
The Right to Write by Julia Camera (still!)
Bountiful Magic by Iris Beaglehole
Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life by Rory Sutherland
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
My latest post is up on Substack. Thoughts on my experiences moving from Europe to Canada...
sarahwayte.substack.com/p/thoughts-o...
sarahwayte.substack.com/p/thoughts-o...
Thoughts on Moving to Canada (Part 1)
Looking back, I'm not sure I'd still make the move now. So, how did we manage it the first time?
sarahwayte.substack.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:52 AM
My latest post is up on Substack. Thoughts on my experiences moving from Europe to Canada...
sarahwayte.substack.com/p/thoughts-o...
sarahwayte.substack.com/p/thoughts-o...
Reposted by Sarah
If you’ve ever thought no one would be interested in your stories, read this (because you’re wrong): sarahwayte.substack.com/p/from-nothi...
From Nothing to Something
Why we need to stop assuming our stories are not very interesting to listen to
sarahwayte.substack.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
If you’ve ever thought no one would be interested in your stories, read this (because you’re wrong): sarahwayte.substack.com/p/from-nothi...
Reposted by Sarah
Time to buy banned books. 📚💙
January 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Time to buy banned books. 📚💙
Currently reading:
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
The Powerful Publicity Prescription by Lilian Sue
How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
The Right to Write by Julia Cameron
Connect with me on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/sara...
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
The Powerful Publicity Prescription by Lilian Sue
How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
The Right to Write by Julia Cameron
Connect with me on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/sara...
January 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Currently reading:
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
The Powerful Publicity Prescription by Lilian Sue
How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
The Right to Write by Julia Cameron
Connect with me on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/sara...
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
The Powerful Publicity Prescription by Lilian Sue
How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
The Right to Write by Julia Cameron
Connect with me on StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/sara...
Seems legit.
What exactly does a copywriter do?
Well, this morning I spent 25 minutes thinking about the word “and” then I thought about the word “or” then I wrote a sentence that didn’t contain either word.
#Copywriting #writingcommunity #writersunite #copywriters
Well, this morning I spent 25 minutes thinking about the word “and” then I thought about the word “or” then I wrote a sentence that didn’t contain either word.
#Copywriting #writingcommunity #writersunite #copywriters
January 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Seems legit.
Excited to be joining this open house this evening! @twssfu.bsky.social
Hi writers! We're hosting an Open House full of mini workshops based on our winter course offerings tomorrow evening. It's free! You'll write things! Come on out: www.eventbrite.ca/e/creative-a...
Creative and Professional Writing Open House
Want to make a writing a bigger part of your life? Join us to preview our upcoming writing and editing courses.
www.eventbrite.ca
January 17, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Excited to be joining this open house this evening! @twssfu.bsky.social
I used to painfully push through reading every book I’d started, even when I wasn’t enjoying it. And then I realised I didn’t have to do that. I could just stop and move on to the next one.
Life’s too damn short to be stuck reading a book you hate. I’m so much happier for it!
Life’s too damn short to be stuck reading a book you hate. I’m so much happier for it!
January 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I used to painfully push through reading every book I’d started, even when I wasn’t enjoying it. And then I realised I didn’t have to do that. I could just stop and move on to the next one.
Life’s too damn short to be stuck reading a book you hate. I’m so much happier for it!
Life’s too damn short to be stuck reading a book you hate. I’m so much happier for it!
If you’ve ever thought no one would be interested in your stories, read this (because you’re wrong): sarahwayte.substack.com/p/from-nothi...
From Nothing to Something
Why we need to stop assuming our stories are not very interesting to listen to
sarahwayte.substack.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
If you’ve ever thought no one would be interested in your stories, read this (because you’re wrong): sarahwayte.substack.com/p/from-nothi...
Oh look, I’m as active on here as I ever was on the blue bird site.
But after the JT tribute’s announcement yesterday, thinking I’ll be hanging out here a lot more!
But after the JT tribute’s announcement yesterday, thinking I’ll be hanging out here a lot more!
January 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Oh look, I’m as active on here as I ever was on the blue bird site.
But after the JT tribute’s announcement yesterday, thinking I’ll be hanging out here a lot more!
But after the JT tribute’s announcement yesterday, thinking I’ll be hanging out here a lot more!
Reposted by Sarah
‘Whelmed’ really means ‘capsized’ - the over and under were added later for effect. But you can be consolate: consoled and comforted. And gruntled too.
I can be overwhelmed or underwhelmed, but I can’t be whelmed.
Or, at least, I think theoretically I could but the way I have set up my life seems to have made it very difficult.
I would love to spend more of my life whelmed. Someone whelm me.
Or, at least, I think theoretically I could but the way I have set up my life seems to have made it very difficult.
I would love to spend more of my life whelmed. Someone whelm me.
December 10, 2024 at 10:02 PM
‘Whelmed’ really means ‘capsized’ - the over and under were added later for effect. But you can be consolate: consoled and comforted. And gruntled too.
Reposted by Sarah
Underwhelmed, overwhelmed, Wombling free…
December 11, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Underwhelmed, overwhelmed, Wombling free…
Also, contemplating making the switch from Medium to Substack. Is this a good or bad thing? Tell me your whys!
December 19, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Also, contemplating making the switch from Medium to Substack. Is this a good or bad thing? Tell me your whys!