Marie Sauter
Welcome to sauterwrites.com
A website for all things writerly and bookish
Coming Soon
Both Sides of Zero
Both Sides of Zero is upmarket, contemporary fiction about a man moving through grief and reconnecting with the world and with himself. Hagen Tack thought he left his past behind when he fled his small Ohio hometown twelve years ago after the drowning death of his best friend, Kiki Walker. Now thirty, he is a successful but emotionally disengaged New York songwriter. Living with episodic dissociations, he uses what he hears and sees to inspire his lyrics. He sabotages relationships and finds refuge in his apartment “sanctuary,” hoarding talismans meant to keep his memories—and other people—from reaching him.
For Writers
My blog references many aspects of reading and writing, including tips for writing/querying and reflections on novels I have recently read. You can also find more in-depth information on some of the resources I have listed on my site.
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Currently Reading: The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong. Just read: Horse by Geraldine Brooks. Review with Spoilers
Just Read: Horse by Geraldine Brooks. Review of Horse with SPOILERS. Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars A compelling story with a complex narrative, I found Horse to be engaging and dramatic. The book covers multiple timelines and uses multiple […]
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Random: Thoughts of Snakes and Kindness
This blog post probably won’t help with your writing, but I wanted to share an experience I had the other day that has made me think. I was in my yard, getting ready to water the grass seed that a […]
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Querying: How Others’ Queries Can Help You
If you want to get your finished novel to a traditional publisher, you’re going to need an agent. Getting an agent involves writing what is called a “query letter” to entice the agent to read part of your work and […]
About Me
A lifelong Midwesterner, I was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, but was soon transplanted to a small town outside of Dayton, Ohio, where I grew up. Always an avid reader and writer, I graduated from The Ohio State University summa cum laude with Honors with a bachelor’s degree in English. In my senior year, I won the St. John Perse Award for Poetry and was named The Outstanding Senior English Major.