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New Podcast - Finding Your Writer's Voice with Anna Sayburn Lane 🌹
Watch on YouTube or Listen on Apple Podcasts🌹 🎶
Keeping building on it and have faith - novelist, short story writer and journalist
Anna Sayburn Lane reflects on the journey of finding a voice as a writer and shares tips to help build a writing practice.
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INSPIRATION IS ALL AROUND 🎶🌹
It’s not scary – you already write - Anna Sayburn LaneAnna began her writing career as a reporter for a South London newspaper, then moved into medical journalism, before she began writing short stories and penned her three crime thriller novels starring her literary sleuth Helen Oddfellow. The first,
Unlawful Things (2018), is based around the death of Christopher Marlowe, the second
The Peacock Room (2020), takes inspiration from the London poet and artist William Blake, while the third,
The Crimson Thread (2021), returns to Christopher Marlowe and is set in Canterbury, the city of his birth.
I've found Anna's novels to be complete page-turners, as she deftly weaves threads of literary history into fast-paced modern-day fiction.
Anna is now teaching creative writing workshops and reminds would-be writers that our day to day writing - texts, shopping lists, social media posts - can be a jumping-off point for creativity. She shares how the stories and experiences she encountered as a journalist are woven into her books, encouraging us to find inspiration in everyday life.
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BUILDING A WRITING PRACTICE! 🎶🌹
Find a place that works in your day for you to write - Anna Sayburn LaneLike any other skill, Anna says, writing requires practice. Putting regular time aside to write freely about anything that is on your mind - can help build a writing practice. Anna also recommends attending creative writing courses to find your writer's voice, develop skills and receive helpful feedback.
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THE GLORIOUS UPLIFT OF CHORAL SINGING 🎶🌹
Everyone’s adding something and you’re making something that’s more than the sum of your parts. - Anna Sayburn LaneI met Anna when she joined my Welcome Choir in Crystal Palace, an experience she has woven into the depiction of a chorister in her third novel,
The Crimson Thread. (Freebie Alert:
join her mailing list to receive a free copy!) Anna describes the process of joining a choir as helping her overcome negative experiences of singing in early life, enabling her to learn about her voice and enjoy the uplifting communal act of making music together. This testifies powerfully to the magic that happens when we take the brave step of finding our voice - whether on the page or in a choir.
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CONNECTING WORLDS 🌹🎶
The joys and delights of daring to publish and put it out into the world
- Anna Sayburn LaneAnna shares how publishing her books has brought her into connection with the stories of others - one reader found reading
Unlawful Things was a much-needed form of escapism during her mother's terminal illness. Escaping into the world of a novel can refresh and enliven our imagination, giving us energy and inspiration to weave new stories and create new worlds.
Wishing you hope, faith and joy this April
Be well, be safe, breathe deep, sing loudly 
BIG THANKYOU! For staying tuned and singing your song!
Much good singing vibes!
katie@therosewindow.org
www.therosewindow.org
