Interview at WOW!

I’ve been interviewed about my upcoming Odyssey Online class, All the World’s a Page, over at WOW! Women on Writing. A short read if you’d like to learn more about the class or need an excuse to procrastinate on holiday-related drudgery.

All the World’s a Page: Adapting Acting Techniques to Strengthen Your Fiction

Exciting new adventure time! This winter I'll be teaching a class for Odyssey Online, All the World's a Page: Adapting Acting Techniques to Strengthen Your Fiction. Because I am a theater geek and will gladly talk everyone's ear off about how useful acting techniques can be when applied to fiction writing. Seriously, whether it's character … Continue reading All the World’s a Page: Adapting Acting Techniques to Strengthen Your Fiction

Now Available: Mysterion 3

Publication news! The anthology Mysterion 3: Stories from the Plague Years 2020-21 is now out, and it includes two of my stories originally published in Mysterion: "This Is the Way the Prayer Ends" and "Ceiling Snakes and Slithering Saints" https://www.amazon.com/Mysterion-Stories-Plague-Years-2020-21/dp/0997256575

I have an agent!

I am thrilled to announce that I’m now represented by Emily Keyes at the Keyes Agency LLC! If you've ever been in the agent querying trenches, then you know it can often be a long, slow, demoralizing slog. This is the third novel I've completed and queried. A lot of folks find it helpful to … Continue reading I have an agent!

“Self Storage” at Tales to Terrify

Thrilled to have my horror tale “Self Storage,” which originally appeared in the Tenebrous Press anthology In Somnio, getting the podcast treatment at Tales to Terrify! https://talestoterrify.com/episodes/647-barbara-a-barnett/

The 2023 Writerly Recap

It's that time of year, y'all: the naval-gazing yearly round up! Published in 2023 “Dead Maiden Chic” in Weird Horror Magazine (Undertow Publications), issue 6, Spring 2023 “Reasons This Is Not a Horror Story” in The Maul, issue 2, April 2023 “The Girl Who Welcomed Death to Svalgearyen” reprinted in Cast of Wonders, episode 535, … Continue reading The 2023 Writerly Recap

The Cosmic Muse

Pleased to announce the publication of The Cosmic Muse: Best of NewMyths Anthology Volume IV, which includes a reprint of my story "The Perfect Instrument," as well as lots of other fine folks, including some of my fellow Odyssey Writing Workshop graduates.

“Reasons This Is Not a Horror Story”

My story "Reasons This Is Not a Horror Story" is now out in issue 2 of The Maul. This is a new magazine aimed at people who think they might want to check out this horror thing but aren't quite sure where to start. So if that's you, please do give it a read!

Shiny writer things!

Thing the first: A panel! On March 25, I'll be participating in Storycrafting Sessions: Drafting, a free one-day virtual conference hosted by Weeknight Writers. I'll be on the 5:30 p.m. EST panel, "Nailing the Ending: How To Write a Satisfying Story Conclusion." There are some other great panels lined up as well, and did I … Continue reading Shiny writer things!

The 2022 Writerly Recap

Oh hey, it's that thing I skipped doing last year: the naval-gazing yearly round up! Here's the quick and dirty version since there's way too much other stuff I need to get done: Published in 2022 "Swan Maiden" reprinted in Flash Fiction Online (July 2022) "A Conspiracy of Cartographers" in GigaNotoSaurus (September 2022) "Unraveling" in … Continue reading The 2022 Writerly Recap