Hi there. I’m Sarah A. Hoyt. I am a novelist with (I think) eighteen novels out. There might be more, as I haven’t counted recently. I could tell you what genres I write in, but that is liable to change on very short notice. So far I haven’t written pure romance, hard sci fi or man’s adventure. However my unofficial motto is “no genre is safe from me.” To find out more about what I’ve done to various innocent tropes and subgenres, check out http://sarahahoyt.com I even have free samples of my books and a few free short stories. (Look under blue plate special!)
For more and links to buy my books, look under the “my books” tab, next to this one. All purchases appreciated, because unfortunately writers have to eat and keep a roof over their heads while writing.
Dear Sarah,
Many thanks for reading and responding so passionately to my piece about publishing in Forbes. The reality is that there are more of them than there are of you and me, in that you and I pay for content and others don’t, or won’t in the future. Maybe I’m as wrong as you say. But my first name is Michael, not Mark, so perhaps we both have a right to be wrong! I enjoyed your piece and am glad that you saw fit to write about it. Warmly, Mark no wait Michael
Yes, I corrected that. My fingers have a mind of their own. Possibly because a friend named Michael was annoying me at the time, and well… I could only take a Michael at a time. (Troublemakers all! )
I do think you are wrong — as it’s obvious. Look at the music industry. The trajectory is very similar and while there are many, many people pirating music, the majority of people buy it. Part of it, of course, is that music has gotten much cheaper. I suspect books will too. Of course, it’s awfully hard to make predictions about the future, particularly when it hasn’t happened yet.
Nice to meet you, and thank you for your gracious response.
Hi, Sarah. I discovered your blog by following Stephen Green’s link, read several entries, and enjoyed it so much that I want to add it to my must-read list. But there’s a problem. The way I “follow” blogs is by using an RSS reader. Unfortunately, your blog doesn’t seem to have an RSS feed — or if it does, I can’t find it.
I’m pretty sure that the RSS feed is a WordPress option that you can turn on. Would you do that, please, so that I can read all your new posts as soon as they appear? Thanks.
I’m fairly sure I DO have an RSS feed, but let me look and tell you.
Actually, you do. I eventually found it by hacking the URL (by which I mean appending “/rss” to it). The problem was that no link to the RSS feed appears on your blog page, and since Firefox doesn’t see any link, it doesn’t display the RSS icon in the address bar.
I’ll try to make it visible, but today WP is acting weird re: inserting links, let alone all the rest.
Just a “heads up” if no one else has let you know: Death of a Musketeer by Sarah D’Almeida is mentioned by Carolyn Hart in Dare to Die. It is the inspiration for one of the watercolors in the bookshop.
Good Lord. I’ve read the woman forever, and love her work! Of course, I haven’t read ANYTHING lately, except research…
You wouldn’t happen to be related to Isabel Hoyt, who wrote a column in the Portland Oregonian also called “According to Hoyt” some fifty-odd years ago, would you?
I can’t find Robert’s contact info on his page and I also can’t find yours so I’ll just put my comment here.
Could you apologize to Robert for me?
I’ve been reading Ninja Nun for months and I really thought his name was Roberta Hoyt.
Sorry, but at least I got his (her) name mentioned on FrnakJ’s blog and I gave you fodder for pointing and laughing at your child.
That’s win/win in my book. .
Veeshir,
He’s not offended. He’s amused. He has commented at IMAO but it seems to be in approval limbo. Are you on FB? Friend me.