S.M. Adams is a licensed secondary school teacher and experienced college instructor with over 10 years’ experience in the field of education. She holds graduate training in both American History and Adolescent Education. A confessed late bloomer Sarah returned to college as a student-parent to uncover her life’s passion for education and helping others. For years of community service and volunteer work, S.M Adams was awarded the prestigious New York Life fellowship from the Colin Powell Center for Leadership and Service in 2008 and received the Phoenix Award from Urban Resource Institute thereafter. She also briefly spent time on the policy committee of HEAASC, the Higher Education Alliance for Advocates of Students with Children. As a domestic violence advocate, she has appeared on NYC Fox 5, NYC Bronx 12 as well as in Marie Claire magazine. A graduate of City College of New York and Pace University this New York transplant by way of Jamaica W.I. loves the summertime, reading on the beach, eating mangoes and spending time with her son and husband.
Arise and Walk: From the Sidelines of Life to the Next Level is her latest book.
Visit her website at www.ariseandwalk.com. Connect with her on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Whatever challenge you may currently be facing, Arise & Walk: From the Sidelines of Life to the Next Level offers a proven framework to assist you in making that much needed life transformation.
During the pandemic with her classroom shuttered S.M. Adams an experienced educator and instructor shifted her focus from teaching adolescents to creating a different kind of lesson plan, one to help survivors of the Covid 19 pandemic and its devastating aftermath, reimagine and reinvent themselves.
Always a teacher first, this new author with over a decade’s experience in New York City classrooms uses verbal imagery, examples from her own life along with interesting analogies to make clear the mindset shifts and action steps which lead to a transformed life.
So, if you’re unsure of what to do, look no further.
Arise & Walk: From the Sidelines of Life to the Next Level will help you to think about:
- How to begin to process change
- How to emotionally and mentally deal with downscaling
- Whether to continue with the old venture or start something new
- Which relationships to embrace and lean into as you undergo a life change
- How to clear the path to accomplish new money goals
and
- How to better manage time in a way that suits the new you.
Thank you for your time in
answering our questions about getting published. Let’s begin by having
you explain to us why you decided to become an author and pen this book?
S.M. Adams: I’ve always played with the idea of writing but
really found my voice and got serious at the start of the pandemic. I used to
clap with my neighbors out the window every evening at 7pm when the nurses and
doctors ended their shift. After a while I felt like that was not enough that I
needed to be doing more to help out. The idea came to me that based on how
devastating Covid-19 was many people would need to reimagine and reinvent themselves.
And as someone who made a life transformation a few years ago I decided that
maybe I could write a book that would be useful.
Is this your first book?
S.M. Adams: Yes and no, yes in
that it feels like the first because it absolutely captures my voice as an
author and attempts to do what I’ve always wanted to do which is share my life
experiences in a way that others can find meaningful. No in that I have put
together other books in the past but I think those works represent the struggle
I had to find my voice. I never promoted them and do not really even think of
them as mine. Inside I feel like this is my first book.
With this particular book,
how did you publish – traditional, small press, Indie, etc. – and why did you
choose this method?
S.M. Adams: I published with a
tiny independent publishing company
Can you tell us a little
about your publishing journey? The pros
and cons?
S.M. Adams: Its tedious and you
have to get all the little details together that a major publishing house would
have done for you. But there are small publishing companies that can make it
easier if you can pay for it.
What lessons do you feel you
learned about your particular publishing journey and about the publishing
industry as a whole?
S.M. Adams: It takes a lot of commitment
but it breaks down the barrier to entry
Would you recommend this
method of publishing to other authors?
S.M. Adams: Yes especially to
those who are serious about writing and willing to do the marketing.
What’s the best advice you
can give to aspiring authors?
S.M. Adams: Keep at it, Toni
Morrison didn’t start writing until she was 39 years old.
Thank you for your time in
answering our questions about getting published. Let’s begin by having
you explain to us why you decided to become an author and pen this book?
S.M. Adams: I’ve always played with the idea of writing but really found my voice and got serious at the start of the pandemic. I used to clap with my neighbors out the window every evening at 7pm when the nurses and doctors ended their shift. After a while I felt like that was not enough that I needed to be doing more to help out. The idea came to me that based on how devastating Covid-19 was many people would need to reimagine and reinvent themselves. And as someone who made a life transformation a few years ago I decided that maybe I could write a book that would be useful.
Is this your first book?
S.M. Adams: Yes and no, yes in
that it feels like the first because it absolutely captures my voice as an
author and attempts to do what I’ve always wanted to do which is share my life
experiences in a way that others can find meaningful. No in that I have put
together other books in the past but I think those works represent the struggle
I had to find my voice. I never promoted them and do not really even think of
them as mine. Inside I feel like this is my first book.
With this particular book,
how did you publish – traditional, small press, Indie, etc. – and why did you
choose this method?
S.M. Adams: I published with a
tiny independent publishing company
Can you tell us a little
about your publishing journey? The pros
and cons?
S.M. Adams: Its tedious and you
have to get all the little details together that a major publishing house would
have done for you. But there are small publishing companies that can make it
easier if you can pay for it.
What lessons do you feel you
learned about your particular publishing journey and about the publishing
industry as a whole?
S.M. Adams: It takes a lot of commitment
but it breaks down the barrier to entry
Would you recommend this
method of publishing to other authors?
S.M. Adams: Yes especially to
those who are serious about writing and willing to do the marketing.
What’s the best advice you
can give to aspiring authors?
S.M. Adams: Keep at it, Toni
Morrison didn’t start writing until she was 39 years old.
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