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July 8, 2015
Book Signings
I will be in Tucson signing books on two consecutive Saturdays this month.
July 18 I will be at Bookmans Speedway from 12-2 pm at the Bookmans Book Fest with a number of other authors.
July 25 I will be at Mostly Books for their Mystery Writers book signing from 2-3 pm.
I do plan to wear my hat and boots, might be too hot for chaps though.
Stop by and visit. I will have copies of all my paperbacks including the newest Cowgirls Rock, the Large Print versions and my archival pen. Cheers!
July 18 I will be at Bookmans Speedway from 12-2 pm at the Bookmans Book Fest with a number of other authors.
July 25 I will be at Mostly Books for their Mystery Writers book signing from 2-3 pm.
I do plan to wear my hat and boots, might be too hot for chaps though.
Stop by and visit. I will have copies of all my paperbacks including the newest Cowgirls Rock, the Large Print versions and my archival pen. Cheers!
June 3, 2015
Another book signing
If you can't make it the 18th, I will be at Mostly Books on Speedway in Tucson at 2 pm on July 25
Book Signing
I will be at Bookmans on Speedway in Tucson at 2 pm on July 18
May 18, 2015
Bucko's Coffee
Bucko's is in Willcox Arizona. A very nice rustic coffee shop with pastries, smoothies and ice cream. They also sell books, including mine, and local antiquities. If you drive thrreough Arizona on Interstate 10 stop in. They are on Railroad Avenue in the old downtown, just down the street from the wine tasting rooms. So, 2 reasons to stop!
May 14, 2015
Cowgirls Rock
I added a little bit to the book description. It helps explain the dog on the cover isn't just a pretty face:
Annie Talks To Horses has horse dreams and dinosaur nightmares. Her canine friend is an independent cuss, a big white livestock guardian dog, who is duty bound to save the day.
Annie Talks To Horses has horse dreams and dinosaur nightmares. Her canine friend is an independent cuss, a big white livestock guardian dog, who is duty bound to save the day.
April 6, 2015
New Facebook page
My protagonist, Annie Talks To Horses, now has a fictional character Facebook page of her own.
https://www.facebook.com/AnnieTalksTo...
If you leave a comment, she will send you an excerpt from the upcoming third book. Assuming of course, the I can figure out how to do it for her. Annie is not tech friendly, she actually describes herself as a tech neanderthal.
https://www.facebook.com/AnnieTalksTo...
If you leave a comment, she will send you an excerpt from the upcoming third book. Assuming of course, the I can figure out how to do it for her. Annie is not tech friendly, she actually describes herself as a tech neanderthal.
January 28, 2015
Western lingo
I was listening to an audio western book last night. I heard something that I have been hearing more commonly lately. "Chaps" as in chapped lips. The leggings we cowhands wear are not like the lips. The word comes from the vaqueros Spanish word "chaparejos". It is pronounced "shaps".
Second error was a cowboy raking his spur rowels across another cowboys leg and cutting 3/4" deep. This would not happen on bare skin much less through his jeans and maybe his boot tops too. Spur rowels are blunt.
Research is imperative. I know we all make mistakes despite our research efforts anyway. I am just hoping to help the dude authors and narrators get it right.
Second error was a cowboy raking his spur rowels across another cowboys leg and cutting 3/4" deep. This would not happen on bare skin much less through his jeans and maybe his boot tops too. Spur rowels are blunt.
Research is imperative. I know we all make mistakes despite our research efforts anyway. I am just hoping to help the dude authors and narrators get it right.
January 15, 2015
January 3, 2015
Trouble sleeping?
I listen to audio books for my insomnia, it's like when mom and dad read us to sleep.as kids. Puts me right out or, when it doesn't I get to hear the story. A sleep timer helps. Otherwise if you start a new book in at bedtime, and fall into a deep sleep you may wake in the morning to the last chapter. Cheers. Barb
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July 21, 2014
On the Rocks
***SPOILERS***
This review contains spoilers!
[Following is the official OnlineBookClub.org review of "On the Rocks" by Barbara Neville.]
On the Rocks is a space Western set in an intriguing future. The greatest strength of this book is its narrator, Roxanne Rockefeller, a profane, feisty cowgirl. Neville has created a genuinely fresh and well-developed character in Roxanne, a young woman who rides out in her best riding finery, complete with guns, a knife… and grenades.
Early in the book, when it seems that Roxanne is a bit too prone to swearing (take a guess at which cuss word is repeated as the first seven words of the book!), Roxanne gives a spirited defense of her filthy mouth, which both humorously justifies her style of talking, while adding depth to her character. I would have thoroughly enjoyed it if the novel were all about Roxanne rambling about the state of the world and her opinions on everything, but as it stands, On the Rocks launches into a page-turning adventure, although some passages are confusing and I had to reread some chapters where certain events seemed to be worded in too vague a manner.
Neville’s wild frontier is set in what is probably the future, where the world outside of the free wilderness is ruled by a seemingly benevolent but truly manipulative government, where history is heavily edited to fit the regime’s agendas, and selling meat is profitable business on planets where people are compelled to be vegetarians. There are numerous elements of this fictional universe that remind me of one of my all-time favorite television series, Firefly, and this book can be strongly recommended to fans of the Firefly/Serenity universe.
Unfortunately, this futuristic setting is a bit more sparsely described than I would have liked– it would have helped if Neville fleshed out her fictional world’s mythology a bit more to show a bit more about its development. If On the Rocks is meant to be the start of a series, then I retract that criticism, since future books might by necessity expand upon Neville’s involving fictional world.
Over the course of this book, Roxanne explores, and meets a variety of people with diverse backgrounds, but these characters are united by their shared genuine love for the cowboy lifestyle. The great joy of this book is watching these characters go about their travels, interact, converse, and reflect upon what they want from life.
I give this book three out of four stars.
This review contains spoilers!
[Following is the official OnlineBookClub.org review of "On the Rocks" by Barbara Neville.]
On the Rocks is a space Western set in an intriguing future. The greatest strength of this book is its narrator, Roxanne Rockefeller, a profane, feisty cowgirl. Neville has created a genuinely fresh and well-developed character in Roxanne, a young woman who rides out in her best riding finery, complete with guns, a knife… and grenades.
Early in the book, when it seems that Roxanne is a bit too prone to swearing (take a guess at which cuss word is repeated as the first seven words of the book!), Roxanne gives a spirited defense of her filthy mouth, which both humorously justifies her style of talking, while adding depth to her character. I would have thoroughly enjoyed it if the novel were all about Roxanne rambling about the state of the world and her opinions on everything, but as it stands, On the Rocks launches into a page-turning adventure, although some passages are confusing and I had to reread some chapters where certain events seemed to be worded in too vague a manner.
Neville’s wild frontier is set in what is probably the future, where the world outside of the free wilderness is ruled by a seemingly benevolent but truly manipulative government, where history is heavily edited to fit the regime’s agendas, and selling meat is profitable business on planets where people are compelled to be vegetarians. There are numerous elements of this fictional universe that remind me of one of my all-time favorite television series, Firefly, and this book can be strongly recommended to fans of the Firefly/Serenity universe.
Unfortunately, this futuristic setting is a bit more sparsely described than I would have liked– it would have helped if Neville fleshed out her fictional world’s mythology a bit more to show a bit more about its development. If On the Rocks is meant to be the start of a series, then I retract that criticism, since future books might by necessity expand upon Neville’s involving fictional world.
Over the course of this book, Roxanne explores, and meets a variety of people with diverse backgrounds, but these characters are united by their shared genuine love for the cowboy lifestyle. The great joy of this book is watching these characters go about their travels, interact, converse, and reflect upon what they want from life.
I give this book three out of four stars.
