Location: France
Member Since:
May 07, 2010
Sarah Holroyd
Biography
Sleeping Cat Books is owned by Sarah Holroyd. Sarah graduated from Kent State University, in Kent, Ohio, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Anthropology (archaeology). She has a background in technical writing and editing in the telecommunications, software, financial services, and insurance industries, along with project management experience.
Sarah has been working as a freelance copy editor since 2006, with both individual authors of fiction and nonfiction, and with publishers of fiction. Due to her technical background, she is an adept mechanical and copy editor (grammar, punctuation, page layout, etc.).
Sleeping Cat Books also offers interior book design and formatting, using Adobe InDesign, and ebook formatting and conversion. Please see the Services pages for more information about how we can help you with your project.
Sarah has been working as a freelance copy editor since 2006, with both individual authors of fiction and nonfiction, and with publishers of fiction. Due to her technical background, she is an adept mechanical and copy editor (grammar, punctuation, page layout, etc.).
Sleeping Cat Books also offers interior book design and formatting, using Adobe InDesign, and ebook formatting and conversion. Please see the Services pages for more information about how we can help you with your project.
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Books
Santa's Got a Brand New App
by Sarah Holroyd
Price:
Free!
Words: 2,980.
Language:
English.
Published: December 12, 2017.
Categories:
Fiction » Holiday » Christmas, Fiction » Holiday » Humorous
(4.00 from 1 review)
Santa finally joins the tech era and updates his Naughty List processing to an app on his phone instead of the overlarge tome. But what happens when a mischievous boy gets his hands on Santa's phone? A short-short story of hockey, mischief, and redemption.
Short Shorts
by Sarah Holroyd
Price:
Free!
Words: 4,900.
Language:
English.
Published: November 13, 2017.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author
Five flash fiction stories:
Dark Chocolate Dreams
Baby John
The Hanging Tree
Happy Birthday to Me
Unwelcome Guest
Lords of the Housetops: Thirteen Illustrated Cat Tales
by Sarah Holroyd
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 66,110.
Language:
English.
Published: June 26, 2014.
Categories:
Fiction » Classics
As Carl Van Vechten notes in his preface to this collection, “In the essay and especially in poetry the cat has become a favourite subject, but in fiction it must be admitted that he lags considerably behind the dog.” Van Vechten sought to mitigate this disparity by creating this collection of charming (and sometimes frightening) feline tales.
Trip of a Lifetime: An Anthology
by Sarah Holroyd
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 46,870.
Language:
English.
Published: January 4, 2013.
Categories:
Fiction » Literature » Literary
What is your idea of the trip of a lifetime? Is it flying off to parts unknown? Traveling through parts of Europe? Lounging on a sandy Caribbean beach? Or do you prefer to stay closer to home and travel through your imagination? Sometimes the trip of a lifetime can be the one you never expected to take. And sometimes a trip becomes quite memorable for the wrong reasons.
The Storm is Coming: An Anthology
by Sarah Holroyd
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 59,840.
Language:
English.
Published: January 4, 2013.
Categories:
Fiction » Literature » Literary
Storms can come out of a clear blue sky, or they can build over a long period. They can take many forms, all terribly destructive: a tornado or hurricane that destroys all your belongings, an abusive spouse who destroys your sense of well-being, or human actions that can devastate an entire society.