Barbara G. Tarn's Blog, page 28
May 13, 2020
Wednesday Weekly Roundup
Last week I wrot 12K on book 8 and spent Sunday afternoon drawing for a change. Well, the portrait took only 2 hours, but I also had a new Italian title out and covers to tinker with. Now I’m back to writing and hope to wrap up Book 8 by the end of the week, […]
May 6, 2020
Wednesday Weekly Roundup
Last week I added another 2K to Books 6 and 7 (mostly Book 7, since it was and still is shorter) and then started on Book 8, that reached 10K by Sunday night. I also worked on the cover rebranding, but I’ll do a “new covers reveal” event closer to the publication of the next […]
April 29, 2020
Wednesday Weekly Roundup
By Wednesday last week I had finished Draft Zero of Book 7, so I had to stop, re-read, adjust, and so on. So only 8400 new words. Having found some mistakes on the first five books while writing 6 and 7, I decided to go through the paperbacks (something I used to do immediately, but […]
April 26, 2020
Sunday Surprise
Again a monthly feature, I give you words of wisdom, writers on writing or whatever you want to call it. Have a great Sunday and see you next month with more writerly quotes! What Goes Up Must Come Down Sales fluctuate, and after being in this biz for almost two decades I still don’t know […]
April 22, 2020
Wednesday Weekly Roundup
So I wrote. Slowly but steadily working on the current WIP and planning the next book with Google maps and Wikipedia and all that stuff needed when writing in the real world, in places I’ve never been to (and never will, at least in the current case – Africa is too hot for my tastes). […]
April 19, 2020
Sunday Surprise
Since this will be already started on Wednesday, I’m doing an extra post to let you know about this online workshop, “Playing the Short Game” by my friend Douglas Smith. I’ll be giving three free online workshops on how to market and sell short fiction, based on my Playing the Short Game writer’s guide, sponsored […]
April 15, 2020
Wednesday Weekly Roundup
Last week I ended up writing 17K+, which brought the yearly total to 150K, which means that on week 15 I caught up with the wordcount. To reach my goal of 500K/year I need to write 10K/week with two weeks off… so at the moment, I’m back on track and can still take two weeks […]
April 12, 2020
Happiness is…
on Sunday because hey, it’s Easter, so, Happy Easter!
April 8, 2020
Wednesday Weekly Roundup
Last week I thought I was going slower because I had to check maps and stuff for my characters’ journey, but ended up with almost 14k and being almost done with this book. My way of coping with all this is obviously hiding in my worlds or our speculative future, trying to forget the current […]
April 5, 2020
Happiness is…
Souvenir of 2014 – honorable mention at Writers of the Future Contest…
