Guest Post: Author Sasha Lane

Rebekah Louise
Jul 8, 2017
4 min read

Today I have invited Sasha Lane author of Girl, Conflicted and Girl, Unhinged to share a little about herself and talk about her novels.

Hi, I'm Sasha, I love anything books, along with cats, yoga and jogging when I find the time. I write Chick lit novels with a twist! They're Chick lit style with a hint of darkness. I write in first person as I find it much easier to get into character and tell their story that way. I try to create characters that are just everyday young women so hopefully everyone can find something about their personality or life that they can relate to and fall in love with them as much as I have while writing about them. I live in Barnsley and work full time in the finance industry but write in my spare time allowing my imagination to have a whole lot of freedom as I write novels with a bit of added depth. They’re everyday women, dealing with trying to balance family, friends, careers and relationships, that hopefully readers can associate with. There’s plenty of humour added in there too.

I grew up in a small village and my writing came from always daydreaming about living somewhere exciting and doing something different. When I was about thirteen my friend and I used to write stories on her computer (which was really old and basic back then!). We wrote about boys and being grown up. It was probably just overactive teenage imaginations but I was hooked on story telling from then on!

I didn't dare believe that people from where I came from could ever achieve anything as exciting as writing a book. I'm glad I proved myself wrong.

People ask me how I feel about the term 'Chick lit'. Some writers love it, some hate it. I, personally, am in the first group and actively promote my books as this genre. 'Chick lit' doesn't have to mean 'pink and fluffy'. For me, this genre allows me to write about everyday women and the challenges they face. Hopefully this means that readers can easily associate with my characters. Do I like a happy ending? Of course, but I like the journey to be a bumpy one as that's what real life can be like. Describing my books as 'Chick lit' and making sure the book covers represent this means that potential readers can see exactly what genre my books fall into so there's no mistaking whether my books are for them. After all, despite us always being told not to judge a book by its cover, it's human nature to do exactly that.

Girl, Conflicted was released in March 2015. To buy your copy click on the picture:

Want to know more about Girl, Conflicted read on...

Emma Storey is thirty-two trying to balance her love life, friends and work. She has been in a relationship with Chris for two years and is eagerly anticipating his proposal over a romantic meal. But the proposal doesn't go quite to plan and Emma's world is flipped upside down. To make matters worse, Emma’s best friend, Sophie, is full of the joys of a new relationship with her new man, Connor. Weeks later Emma is still feeling sorry for herself, so her two work friends, Jenny and Lola, take her out for an evening of tequila. There she meets a cute guy at the bar, who introduces himself as Johnny. He easily charms a drunken Emma back to his apartment for ‘coffee’ but this proves to have devastating consequences as Johnny turns out to be more than Emma bargained for. A chance meeting with a handsome stranger makes Emma realise that true love may be possible after all. But she is then left to consider whether to keep her secret or risk losing everything.

Girl, Unhinged is the sequel to Girl, Conflicted was published in July 2015. To buy your copy click on the image below:

Girl, Unhinged is the sequal to Girl, Conflicted to learn more about the continuing story carry on reading...

Emma is thirty-three and planning her upcoming wedding to the lovely Joe after finally finding her happy ever after. However Emma's life becomes more stressful as she tries to balance planning the wedding alongside a new college course and her full time job, which is made increasingly challenging by the arrival of a new demanding and obnoxious boss. Emma struggles as she tries to please everyone: Joe, friends, family, and things reach a critical point causing the collapse of her relationship. She is then forced to relook at her life, and what she's lost, while trying to move on with the support of her friends. Things seem to be getting back on track when Emma finds herself the victim of threatening letters. She is faced with the realisation that someone may not just be wanting to frighten her, but to actually cause her harm. As Christmas approaches Emma is troubled by reoccurring thoughts of a lonely Christmas, particularly as everyone around her is in a loving relationship and looking forward to a romantic Christmas. This forces Emma to decide what she really wants, and if she's prepared to risk her heart one more time to get it.