OK, I want to publicly thank my new beta Kelly – who will probably see this on my Goodreads feed – for her comment on her first read. I did like that Samantha is pissed at someone interfereing with her magic while simultaneously unrepentant about possibly seriously f-ing up four lives. It makes me curious [...]
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Sunday musings
Posted by Barb on May 6, 2012
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daily prompt, weekly digest
… but I’ve picked up last Friday’s so I’m not to late. Topic #134 was: if you got a tattoo, what would it be? Especially since I started SKYBAND (where every major character has at least 2 tattoos) I’ve been thinking on what I’d like to try. I’m not too keen on permanent things, so [...]
Posted by Barb on May 25, 2011
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Battle of graphic novels
… or Mercenaries?! vs SKYBAND. Have you read Ludwig’s guest post on Leigh’s blog last week? I promised to reply to him… so here I am! I did “the gathering” of those five for a “contest” (it was by a friend, who had only two entries, so we were both winners… no comment on that…) [...]
Posted by Barb on May 11, 2011
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Six Sentence Sunday excursus 3
Welcome back, Sunday visitors and regular readers! Your comments forced me to post another six from last week’s scene, so here’s the continuation of that dialog of SKYBAND. ________ “Definitely not!” Nadira was horrified. “But he’d seduce you in Human form,” Brayan said. “And then he’d abandon you.” “And nine months later you’d have an [...]
Posted by Barb on March 6, 2011
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The “new” Waiora
As most bloggers are on hiatus for the Holidays, I don’t have links to share this Saturday. So I thought I’d update my readers about the Waiora, or water people. Once upon a time they were called “Vetrolandiani” (something akin to Glasslandians), they were completely human, had translucent tunics and here’s a very old drawing [...]
Posted by Barb on January 1, 2011
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Another poll on world creation
Before starting to work on my historical novel, I’m using the end of this year to wrap up the fantasy. I’m rewriting Jessamine from scratch, therefore I’m not sure I’ll be able to put it on Smashwords before the end of the year, but I decided it’s useless to rush it, as it will be [...]
Posted by Barb on December 21, 2010
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Sex and conlang in fantasy
Allow me to get back to my “old” projects, because I’ve started rewriting Air, and I’m submitting it to my group on the David Farland’s forum. First I would like to talk about that taboo word in fantasy, sex. Kate mentioned how much sex is needed in YA. I’m afraid fantasy readers, even when adult, [...]
Posted by Barb on October 22, 2010
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Fight, fight, fight! Blogfest
It’s my first blogfest, but I thought I’d give it a chance. Fight (or battle) scenes are not my strength, but here’s a duel from my novel “Air” (so if you’re a beta-reader, skip this post to avoid spoilers! ). And no, it’s not India, although it’s inspired by India and Persia! The rest of [...]
Posted by Barb on August 31, 2010
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Writing fantasy
Because I took the Fantasy Novelist Exam (as suggested by Cassandra) and had 4 “yes” answers – which, according to them, means I should abandon the prospective novel(s) at once – out of 75. This made me feel allowed to explain whose 4 “yes” and how they’re NOT the fantasy cliché implied in the exam. [...]
Posted by Barb on August 11, 2010
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Why I write what I write
Last weekend my friend Fulvio visited me to pick up Air to read for the summer and brainstorm with me on what I want to do with my writing. He asked “Why do you write fantasy?” and didn’t relent until he got an answer that satisfied him. First answer was “Because I’m not technological enough [...]
Posted by Barb on July 16, 2010
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My name is Barb, and I'm a writer, sometimes an artist, mostly a world-creator and storyteller of fantasy worlds. I have more than one pen-name and write in more than one genre.
I blog about life, the universe... OK, you can guess I'm a writer, but not Douglas Adams, so I'll leave the Hitchhiker's Guide aside. And no, I'm not going to spam you by only rambling about my books - if you're interested, just go to the dedicated pages, thank you.
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