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No, I'm not dead. Really... 6 Apr 2013 | 07:40 am
I even have writing related news, though I haven't really written anything in two years. Which is probably a bad thing. But a short story I got published in a eZine has been selected for that same or...
Reading Your Own Work for Entertainment 11 Sep 2012 | 08:07 am
Lots of things inspire and encourage me and, I'm sure, most of the rest of you who are interested in writing. Praise is good, of course. So is being paid/published. Even so, being open to that sort o...
It's All About the Story 23 Aug 2012 | 06:05 am
I've talked before about the importance of story, of everything bowing down to the importance of the story. Admittedly, I've given far more time and effort to characterization that storytelling, but t...
I Don't Get the Big Deal About "The Hunger Games" 19 Aug 2012 | 12:25 pm
I don't do reviews, as a general rule (manga/anime is an exception but that's on a different blog). Several reasons for this, not the least of which is that my tastes are eclectic (VERY eclectic) and ...
EPublished! 4 May 2012 | 12:57 am
I thought I'd put a link in a previous comment but apparently I messed that up. As I'd mentioned earlier, I was to be published on May 1 in the redesigned and now mostly on-line SQ Magazine. Well, I ...
A Little Request 1 May 2012 | 10:55 am
I was entered in the Liz Norris Pay It Forward contest (as touted by Janet Reid). Didn't win, but that's cool. I heard I was up against some good stuff so I'm not surprised. However, as a follow up, ...
It Can't Always Be Good News 11 Apr 2012 | 02:32 pm
First, for those of you sharp-eyed patrons who might have noticed, my header has changed and this is no longer "novelists at large" but just one, me, Stephanie Barr. Although I did write three novels ...
More Writing Updates 1 Mar 2012 | 05:06 pm
Firstly, My short story that made honorable mention will be "published" in the second edition of SQ Magazine's tranformed eZine on May 1, or so I've been informed. The story's called "Masks." Second...
A Little Foreign Recognition 19 Jan 2012 | 03:40 pm
The down side to going on strike is that one is almost honor bound to cough up a new post after the strike is over or the strike doesn't mean anything. Fortunately, something interesting and writing r...
On Strike 19 Jan 2012 | 05:06 am
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