Sara King - contemporary fiction Novelist https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Echoes From The First Goodbye Substack Writing FREE! Simple Fiction Novel Planner The Moment I Read My Foster Care Notes: 55 years on, it was like being stabbed in the heart (all over again) The Story of a First at Age 55 (…and the lyrics that made me realise I’ve been wasting my time worrying about being alone) I think I’ve felt lonely all my life (It all started with being born 22 years after my sisters) Permission (And Why I’m Finally Done Asking for It) How I Started Rebuilding My Self-Esteem at 55, After a Lifetime of Rejection (& How You Can Too) When loss of income is the key to unlocking childhood trauma Who even am I? Media Appearances Blog Fragments of a Debut Novel: How the Story (Eventually) Found Me The Maelstrom of Midlife Mental Health When The Ripples of Post-Partum Psychosis Spread Invisible: The Dissonance of Midlife and a Youth-Obsessed Society Dipping My Toes Into Therapy Learning to Smoke Crying at the blood donation centre (and not for the reasons you think) Peeling Back the Layers of Self: My Neurodivergent Relationship With Food Why has my self-trust abandoned me? Is it ADHD, something else, or am I just broken? A Week Out From Publication Day Home About