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Love: The Stories We Tell | A Conversation with Lisa Cupolo and Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

Posted February 3 2023 by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

Please join me for this February 25 event at the Donald Dungan Library located at 1855 Park Ave. in Costa Mesa. The conversation starts at 3pm.

Love: The Stories We Tell | A Conversation with Lisa Cupolo and Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

An event this coming Sunday, Nov. 20

Posted November 17 2022 by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

This coming Sunday, Nov. 20, at 3 p.m., Sisters in Crime Orange County will host authors Erica Ferencik and Aaron Philip Clark. The event is on Zoom and is free, but you need to register. Visit Sisters in Crime Orange County’s website and at the bottom of the home page, you can register, and receive the Zoom link.

Hope to see you there!

Rambling thoughts on writing contests

Posted August 21 2022 by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

Off and on I post to OneTypedPage.com and that’s what the following is from. A friend there asked about writing contests and I offered my thoughts. What are your thoughts about contests?

R.I.P. Billy Weiner

Posted August 15 2022 by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

Billy Weiner, my first friend at Goddard College.

How the pandemic has affected book sales

Posted April 26 2021 by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

Jane Friedman reports on how the pandemic has affected book sales. Ebook sales are up, for one. Read it here. She also has a weekly newsletter that’s a good one to subscribe to. I always find useful information.

The fun begins.

Posted April 15 2021 by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

Palm Springs Noir received a great pre-pub review from Kirkus. Check it out!

Palm Springs Noir | Kirkus Review

Writers on Writing

“Pen on Fire has got a wonderful mix of the practical and the inspirational, which can only come from a writer who knows what she’s doing and what it takes to get things done. She understands that hard work is at the bottom of good writing, but she also points out that a certain lightness and sense of exploration and play are important, too. Pen on Fire helps them to see that writing, although difficult, can be fun.”

—T. Jefferson Parker

“We all know what it’s like to have that fierce drive to do something remarkable … and no idea where or how to start. Pen on Fire is a beginning writer’s dream cocktail of fortitude: equal parts compassion, inspiration, and fabulous limbering exercises. Want to be a writer? Drink deeply of Barbara DeMarco-Barrett’s hard-earned wisdom.”

—Jodi Picoult

“So many people have told me they are burning to write, but can’t seem to find a spare moment. I wish I could track them all down and hand each of them a copy of Pen on Fire. Barbara DeMarco-Barrett shows us how, even in our fast-paced, overscheduled, culture, we have more time than we realize to realize our creative dreams.”

—Gayle Brandeis

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Love: The Stories We Tell | A Conversation with Lisa Cupolo and Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

An event this coming Sunday, Nov. 20

Rambling thoughts on writing contests

R.I.P. Billy Weiner

How the pandemic has affected book sales

The fun begins.

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A Busy Woman’s Guide to Igniting the Writer Within

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