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181 " For a writer it's a genuinely interesting and hopefully profitable era that makes a variety of books available to a variety of readers, extending both what's available and who gets to read it. "
― Sara Sheridan
182 " I remember calling the council's cemetery department to ask about body decomposition in different soil types. Once they had verified that I was a novelist and not a sicko, they were extremely helpful. "
183 " It's part of a writer's job to be nosy about everything. "
184 " I love writing, and just as much, I love undertaking research. "
185 " The space where I write is in my head, I suppose. "
186 " I jealously guard my research time and I love fully immersing myself in those dusty old books and papers. It's one of the most enjoyable parts of my job. "
187 " When a chap is passionate, the readership can sense it. "
― Sara Sheridan , Secret of the Sands
188 " Being a writer is a more difficult job than people imagine. "
189 " I realised early on that being an author is a hugely misunderstood job. "
190 " Edinburgh is a comfortable puddle for a novelist. "
191 " I'm a professional writer and I consider it part of my job to publicise my work and these days part of that job is done online. "
192 " As a historical novelist, there are few jobs more retrospective. "
193 " Parts of my 20s and 30s have gone by in a flash but my childhood is with me all the time. "
194 " It’s not until you’re older that you realise how important the things that happened to you when you were a kid are. Even things you only half remember. "
― Sara Sheridan , Truth Or Dare
195 " There was something unbearable about the damp, dark earth closing over a coffin and the still, empty flesh that was inside. She had attended a hundred funerals, but when you really loved someone there was something too final about a burial. Something brutal. "
― Sara Sheridan , Operation Goodwood (Mirabelle Bevan Mystery #5)
196 " An eerie atmosphere leeched from the soot-damaged walls. It was as if the house had died, and yet she felt she belonged here. It was as if the old place wanted to claim her from the grave. "
197 " A chap’s impending death has a way of focusing the mind. "
― Sara Sheridan , British Bulldog (Mirabelle Bevan Mystery, #4)
198 " Google maps are one thing but there's no substitute for pounding the beat and I spent quite a bit of time figuring out how to break into the back of the houses on Belgrave Place. Once I even for followed by a suspicious householder - I'd been hanging around staring at the exterior of his flat for too long. "
199 " In the middle section of the book Mirabelle breaks into not one, but two houses near Belgravia Books. I had fun scoping these out - checking which windows looked least secure and figuring out how to scale the mews houses to the rear to get her inside. A man came out at one point, 'What are you doing?' he questioned me. 'The thing is, I'm writing a book,' I started with a smile. He waved me off, his hand as wide as a tennis racket. 'Everyone is writing a book, my dear,' he said. Between you and I, it's his house that MIrabelle ends up breaking into. "
200 " In crime books it's possible to chart forensic technology by how well it has to be explained to a reader. In mid-Victorian crime novels fingerprinting has to be explained because it's new. Nowadays it's part of our world and we can simply assume that knowledge if we write about it. "