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 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

The 2020 Writerly Recap

It's been a while since I've done one of these end-of-the-year round up posts on here. In fact, it's been . . . *checks date of last writerly recap* Ok, so maybe only 6 years. But after 2020, it sure as hell feels like 84. Despite the steaming pile of donkey balls that has been … Continue reading The 2020 Writerly Recap

The 2014 Writerly Recap

Welcome to the Yearly Writerly Recap, which is sadly on the verge of becoming the annual "New Year's seems as good a time as any for Barb to finally blow the dust off her poor, neglected blog" post. Speaking of my neglected blog, I'm hoping to change that in the new year. For three years, I was distracted … Continue reading The 2014 Writerly Recap

The 2013 Writerly Recap

Yup, it's that navel gazingish time of year again when New Year's provides me with as good an excuse as any to to take stock of my writerly shenanigans. So, 2013. It's the year that came riding in on a wave of awesome, yet now looks poised to trickle out with a whole lot of … Continue reading The 2013 Writerly Recap

The 2012 Writerly Recap

A New Year's surprise: I'm actually writing a blog post! *blows dust off the den of writerly wackiness* So, 2012. You've been insanely busy, frequently maddening, occasionally shiny, and utterly draining. You've been the year of the "lovely writing and there's a lot to like but . . ." rejection. You've been the year of … Continue reading The 2012 Writerly Recap

The 2011 Writerly Recap

Yup, it's that time again: the end of another artificially imposed construct approaches. January 1 may be a fairly arbitrary marker for the start of the new year, but it does serve as a convenient measuring stick for looking back and taking stock of where I've been and where I'm heading writing-wise. So with that … Continue reading The 2011 Writerly Recap

The 2010 Writerly Recap

Yup, it's that time of year again. Set your phasers to navel gazing! This time last year, there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth and feeling like all things writerly were taking a plunge into the abyss of despair. But 2010? I kind of love you, 2010. You proved to me why it's important … Continue reading The 2010 Writerly Recap