Episode 44: with Special Guest, Writer and Author Sara Gibbs

21andsensory Podcast

Hi everyone! Welcome to today’s episode, I have special guest Sara Gibbs. Sara is a UK-based comedy writer, author and notorious cat lady. She is a graduate of the National Film and Television School's Writing & Producing Comedy course and her comedy writing credits include the Daily Mash, Dead Ringers, the News Quiz, the Now Show, Sketchtopia, the Mash Report, Greatest Ever TV Blunders, Greatest Ever Movie Blunders and Have I Got News for You amongst many others.

Sara was recently diagnosed as Autistic and has a new book out called 'Drama Queen: One Autistic Woman and a Life of Unhelpful Labels' which is described as a 'memoir of a woman's life that didn't make a lot of sense until she was a third of the way through it'. We chat about so much in this episode including:

• The journey and process behind her autism diagnosis
• Autism in women, being late diagnosed and imposter syndrome
• Sara's experience with chronic pain, her support needs and we mention independent living
• The timeframe between Sara getting her diagnosis and then deciding to write a book and her experience of beginning to write her book and writing through the pandemic
• The PR work such as articles and interviews she has done to promote the book and accommodations that have helped along the way
• Sara's adult life, interests, and finding a comedy course and her book being a No.1 Bestseller on Amazon!
• Sara's new Aut Hour podcast and what to expect
• Social media and protecting yourself from burnout

Sara's social media:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sara_rose_g/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sara_Rose_G
• Sara's website: https://saragibbs.com
• Sara's 'Drama Queen' Book: smarturl.it/Drama-Queen

Sara's Aut Hour Podcast links:

• Apple: https://tinyurl.com/6mdymcxs
• Google: https://tinyurl.com/2yeapde4
• Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/3e6s4hxx
• Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/399vvby5
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authourpod/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/AutHourPod

My 21andsensory links:

• @21andsensory on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/21andsensory/
• @21andsensory on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@21andsensory
• 21andsensory on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/21andsensory
• 21andsensory Blog - https://21andsensory.wordpress.com
• @21andsensory on Twitter - https://twitter.com/21andsensory