Sarah Martin Byrd — Author, Guardian Spirit

Books for Sale

November 12, 2012

On August 31, 2009 I wrote the first words of The Color of My Heart. On October 19, 2010 it was finished. Only fourteen months to create a novel. So why did it take until November 7, 2012 for me to hold the first published copy? Let?s start with editing. For several months after […]

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Strike Out, or Home Run?

November 4, 2012

Last week blew in some mighty powerful winds here at the foothills of the Blue Ridge. Hurricane Sandy has tousled branches, blew trashcans off porches and whisked shingles off roofs. These are only minor things compared to the devastation it has caused in the Northeast. In my lifetime I have never seen a storm this […]

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Elevator Pitch

October 29, 2012

In today?s world we are a busy bunch of swarming bees. We don?t have time for lengthy encounters with others who simply want to waste our time. Those people often come to us via the telephone. Who among us actually participate in phone surveys? Most of the time I don?t, but every once in […]

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Have You Ever Really Been Hungry?

October 22, 2012

According to 2010 statistics it was reported that the number of malnourished people in the world exceeded 1 billion people, about a sixth of the world’s total population. Six million children die of starvation every year. Approximately every 6 seconds one kid dies of hunger. According to estimates by the Food and Agriculture Organization of […]

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To Tweet or Not to Tweet?

October 15, 2012

To Tweet or not to Tweet that is the question I asked myself two years ago when my first novel, Guardian Spirit launched. Every week the marketing director at my former publishing company would meet with me via Skype. She?d instruct me on all the different ways I could promote my novel using Social Media. […]

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Creekside Memories

October 9, 2012

I grew up on a twelve-acre plot of ground on a rise above the Big Elkin Creek in Elkin, North Carolina. To this day you can look out the kitchen window of my childhood home and follow the flow of that creek as it makes its way southeast toward Carter Falls and Jolly Mill. When […]

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The Birth of a Novel

October 1, 2012

Many times over the past few years I have been asked the question: How long does it take to write a novel? There is no cut and dry answer. It depends on how many other projects I have going on. The novel I recently finished, The River Keeper took me only a year to pen. […]

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Folks, Food and Fall Festivals

September 24, 2012

Autumn is my favorite season of the year. Chilly mornings bring out the nesting instinct in me. I just want to bury myself in a warm fuzzy blanket with a good book and a hot cup of coffee. As I watch the leaves turn all different shades of yellow, orange and red on the Maple […]

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Blog – Blog – Blog, Less Is Sometimes Better

September 17, 2012

When I started writing this weekly blog over two years ago I thought I was experienced because I?d written a column for the local newspaper off and on for many years. But after reading several chapters of New York Times Best-Selling Author, Michael Hyatt?s book titled, Platform ? Get Noticed In A Noisy World I?ve […]

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Where in the World is Walton’s Mountain?

September 10, 2012

This weekend I marked another check beside one of the items on my bucket list. Truth be told I don?t have a written list, but I do have things in my mind that I?d like to accomplish or just do for fun before I pass on. For those who follow my blogs you know I […]

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