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Sandy Vaile

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Born

in Adelaide, Australia

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Suspense, Romance, Mystery

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Robert Galbraith, Helene Young

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Hi, I'm Sandy Vaile, founder of Fearless Prose where we empower authors to write novels they are proud to share with the world (and which actually get noticed by agents, publishers and readers).

I'm a motorbike-riding daredevil who isn’t content with a story unless there’s a courageous heroine and a dead body. Naturally, I'm a voracious reader who loves speed and adventure.

Home is amongst the vineyards in South Australia with my family and a rambunctious Hungarian Vizsla dog. I'm a part-time quality coordinator (read list making word nerd) and in my spare time I enjoy motorbike riding, cooking (read eating) decadent desserts, and devising horrible things to do to my fictional characters.
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Average rating: 3.67 · 224 ratings · 67 reviews · 6 distinct works

	Autumn Leaves: Chick-lit Anthology by Samantha Bond, Carla Caruso (Goodreads Author), Laura Greaves (Goodreads Author) 3.46 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inheriting Fear 4.18 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Combatting Fear 3.97 avg rating — 34 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Danger in a Small Town: 6 Romantic Suspense Novels by Winter Austin (Goodreads Author), Becky Flade (Goodreads Author), Susanne Matthews (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[Inheriting Fear (Crimson Romance)] [Author: Vaile, Sandy] [April, 2015] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love from Australia: 4 Romances Down Under by Nicole Flockton (Goodreads Author), Sandy Vaile (Goodreads Author), Iris Leach 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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One Amazing Perspective Shift to Make Scene Writing Easier

Originally published by Writers in the Storm blog on 7th February 2024.

Author: Sandy Vaile

Have you ever wondered why pulling all the pieces of a novel together feels like such hard work? Me too.

Each author has a different process, but if you love feeling immersed in the lives and emotional dramas of fictional characters, then shifting your focus from external plot to internal state, could be the Read more of this blog post »

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A delightfully chaotic romp This light-hearted romance left me with a smile at all the witty one-liners and fun situations. Missy McPhee is a spirited woman whose family expects her to fail at everything, despite her single-handedly keeping her bosses ...more
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“Treat backstory like a pungent spice. I say this to encourage you to picture a jalapeno pepper that can set your mouth on fire, every time you even think about adding backstory into your book.

What you need is subtlety.”
― Sandy Vaile

tags: backstory, fiction, writing-craft, writing-quotes

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“Backstory is like a flavour you can’t quite pick, lurking in the layers of a curry. You know it’s there and it enhances the flavour, but it’s intangible and fleeting. Use it sparingly!”
― Sandy Vaile

tags: backstory, fiction, writing-advice, writing-craft, writing-quotes

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“Suspense doesn’t always have to be about physical danger. Making the reader worry is a universal concept that can be applied to any story.”
― Sandy Vaile

tags: fiction, hook, literary-devices, suspense, writing-craft, writing-quotes

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