Sarah Mullock

About

Writing has been a treasured hobby from the time Sarah learned to write, through the various stages of her life. She has tried many other crafts along the way, including sewing, knitting and painting. She has never loved any quite so much as she loved writing—until she found coding while getting her bachelor’s degree in science. That discovery carried her into a full-time job as a software developer.

Several years later, she became a parent and was inspired to choose a slower, more outdoorsy life, one that didn’t fit with being a full-time coder. While she still does create code on occasion, she gets to spend a lot more time creating nature-rich fantasy, and using the magic of science to root her stories in the tangible.

Current Projects

Writing

Lerovia

Forest Fantasy, Longlisted for Pulp Literature’s First Page Cage

Pollar is a Guardian of Lerovia, the sentient tree at the heart of a vast forest. She is also the only Guardian to be born with both strong magical talent, and the inability to use it properly. Unwittingly, she taps into the Dark magic that has been long-forbidden by her people, the Plant Guardians, to try to overcome her impairment. It begins as only a trace, until a Guardian-caused blight is ravaging the forest and Pollar tries to help stop it. She pushes herself until the Light magic within her is fully balanced out by the Dark magic that complements it.

Pollar realizes that the constant influx of Light magic by the Plant Guardians has led to a dwindling of Lerovia’s power. She must work against her people, who refuse to see the truth, and find alliances with other, long-estranged, factions of Guardians, all while traversing a forest that is increasingly hostile. If she can’t, Lerovia, and its Guardians, will be lost forever.

Coding

It started when Sarah was asked ‘How would one conceptually code snow falling?’ and ended with several hours spent making this deceptively simple window. Come back again in a few months and see how it’s changed.