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HAPPY NEW YEAR! Here's to you having a joyous and successful 2010.

What a year it's been. I feel thrilled to have such great people in my life. Most of you don't know the positive impact you have on me and that's what makes you so delightful. But it's been great hasn't it?! Since my novel If Wishes Were Horses was launched on that memorable sunny, late September afternoon at The Bay Hotel in Lyme Regis, we haven't stopped. Book signings at Waterstones (the Bath and Bridport ones being most memorable!); W H Smiths; coffee shops such as Ida's Stores and The Boston Tea Party; Bath's Mineral Hospital; Libraries, and at unforgettable Independent bookstores too. What a great night we had at Serendip Bookshop in Lyme Regis when the Christmas lights were turned on. So many people came out in torrential rain that would normally keep a dog indoors. I have loved meeting you all, truly. 

"I closed my eyes momentarily. What had I done? What had I started? What a mess. What a ghastly mess they were in. And it was all down to me. I wanted to turn the clock back. Start again. Save the heartache for everyone. Because that's what it would be - heartache. I couldn't kid myself. Not one of us would emerge from this unscathed or unchanged. But I also knew it was too late. What I had started someone else would finish. And I had no idea where the finishing line was or how any one of us would get there." Buy Now By Clicking on Any of the Links Below www.amazon.co.uk;  www.waterstones.com; www.tesco.com or buy at all good bookstores Read some of the book's reviews below!

'... an intriguing suspense story from a writer who has interesting things to say about how nothing in life is ever black and white.' Western Morning News

'Beautifully crafted with striking imagery. Unputdownable.'
Multi BAFTA Winning Director, Declan Lowney

'Dorset is well-provided with distinguished lady novelists such as Minette Walters and Sarah Challis, and Sallyann Sheridan promises to join their number.... characters are drawn with skill and humanity, the twin time-scales in the first half of the book are deftly handled and the sub-plot of geriatric romance is sensitively told. ...the book is a thriller, if an unusual one, and the writer has the pace and verve to keep one wanting to find out what happens next.'
Dorset Life (featured as their book of the month January 2010)

'Sheridan has skilful powers of evocation. A stunning debut novel.' - Independent

'Cleverly written and beautifully paced, the story is both believable and enjoyable and likely to be the first of many  from an obviously talented writer.' - Marshwood Vale

Set in the stunning South West of England this beautifully written story is a moral dilemma peopled with characters so real, you know them. Strong, wise stuff, that leaves you with a quirky sense of hope. Unputdownable.

The dates of Creative Writing Workshops are being finalised and details will be posted on this site. We always have an enjoyable time at these events and many people come back time and time again. If you haven't been along before and want to know more, please email me and I can send you further details.

The Jurassic Coast' Writers group which we started last year is ongoing and you will find more details of the next meeting on its own page.

The second and revised edition of The Magic of Writing Things Down is now available at all  good online booksellers and bookshops.

To all fellow writers out there - I wish you every success.