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100 Followers Contest!

It's time for my 100 Followers Contest!

First prize: I'll critique the first 3 chapters of your novel (any genre).

Second prize: I'll critique the first chapter of your novel (any genre).

Third prize: An e-copy of one of my books.

I may add more prizes if I gain a decent number of additional followers. I'll leave the contest open for a month - until September 15th. Good luck!

To enter, just fill out this form:

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Barri Bryan Guest Blog - Learning to Spit

Learning to Spit

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple...
and learn to spit. -- From the poem Warning by Jenny Joseph

I grew up during the 30's in a small town in West Texas. I can't remember a
time that I didn't want to be a writer. By the time I was ten-years-old I was writing
poetry. When I was in the seventh grade I wrote a story that was published in the school
newspaper. During my teenage years I wrote several romantic stories. I never thought
about trying to have them published. That's p...

Coming up with New Story Ideas

No Idea by ~imagineeAs a writer, I'm constantly on the lookout for new story ideas, even though that means that I have some many stories to write that I won't be able to write them all for a long, long time. I get inspiration from life, TV shows, movies, books, my family and friends, people-gawking, and dreams. Especially dreams. And a lot of my stories are fantasy so that tells you something about my dreams, lol

But another way that I come up with story ideas is to just sit down and think...

100 Followers Contest!

We Interupt this Writing Blog for a Special Announcement

I'm a proud momma again! Little Anthony David came into the world on August 5th at 12:06 pm weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces and 21 inches long.


Isn't he precious???

In a few days, I'll post the details for my 100 followers contest.

Magzine/Anthology Submissions and Rejections

I've been trying to break into the pro-rate magazine market since I started to submit my writing back in the late summer of 2008. Although I've sold several short stories for inclusions in anthologies, all I have to show from magazines are rejections.

As a result, I've submitted two short stories to Under the Moon for the stories to possibly be published in both ebook and chapbook formats.

But Under the Moon has a 5K minimum requirement, and many of my shorts are shorter than that. So I keep re...

100 Followers!

I finally reached 100 followers! Thanks, Eithne!

And you know what that means. Contest time!

But I'm having a hard time figuring out what to give as prizes. A copy of my ebooks? A Woman of Honor T-shirt? Print books? A critique of your first chapter?

What would you like to be the prizes of the contest? Once I figure out the prizes, I'll give the contest rules.


Thanks so much for following me!

Cherie Interviews Me

Cherie Reich, a very talented author whose flash fiction pieces are wonderful, has interviewed me here. I would love it if you hop on over and leave me a comment! Also, she reviewed both of the Kingdom of Arnhem books here.

Woman of Honor review:

Review: Nicole Zoltack's Woman of Honor weaves the tale of the first lady knight of Arnhem. Sprinkled with historical facts, bullies, and a good dose of love and honor, Woman of Honor is a coming of age novel set in the fantastical medieval world ...

Another Interview with K. Dawn Byrd

My faithful blog readers will remember that I already interviewed K. Dawn Byrd. You can refresh your memory here.

K. Dawn Byrd is an author of inspirational romance. Queen of Hearts, a WWII romantic suspense released in April and was Desert Breeze Publishing's bestselling novel for the month. Killing Time, a contemporary romantic suspense released August 1, also with Desert Breeze Publishing.

K. Dawn Byrd is an avid blogger and gives away several books per week on her blog, most of which are...

Changing Titles

For my fantasy YA novel, I first used the title All-Knower's Land of Imagining. Kinda long and unless you read the book, you won't understand it.

So I next changed it to The Land of Imagining.

Hubby suggested Alexia and the Land of Imagining, which is what I've been calling it.

But lately, I've been thinking that that title is once again too long.

I've been toying with Alexia's Power, Alexia's Pen, or The Pen's Power.

Titles are so important. Whenever I go to the bookstore and browse around, the b...