By this time next week, Twitter may no longer exist. Fingers crossed that rumors of its demise aren’t exaggerated. It’s no secret that I loathe Twitter. I’ve shared my thoughts before. As far as I’m concerned, it’s nothing short of a toxic cesspool awash in group think and echo chambers. The toxicity drove me to…
Tag: writing thoughts
Barb’s Blog: What Do Train Dodging and Manuscript Submissions Have In Common?
When I was a kid, my friends and I would play on the train tracks. Sometimes, we would play chicken. By chicken, I mean we would wait on the train bridge as the train was coming, then jump off as it got closer. If you were feeling super daring, you could wedge yourself…
Barb’s Blog: Author Seeking Squad and Connection (with Coffee)
For the past three years, I’ve been searching for a new writing crew. For a variety of reasons, my local circle has, for lack of a better word, dissolved. These days most of my writing friends live in other parts of the country. We text and video chat as often as possible, but let’s face…
Barb’s Blog: Thinking About Success
As I prepare to send The In Crowd into the wild next month (Yay!), I’m finding myself thinking about success. Or rather, what I want success to look like. To be clear, I am talking strictly about writing success. Life success is a completely different matter. Life success is about leaving the world in a…
Words of Wisdom
I meant to post this last Friday, but I was visiting Lt. Tattoo in the wilds of Vermont. You can ride your bike to the Canadian border, but you can’t get reliable internet service. Anyway, over the last few weeks, this quote has floated through my brain a number of times. It manages to summarize…
Writing vs Storytelling
This is for R— “I’m not a writer. I’m a storyteller,” a friend of mine texted the other day. She made it sound as though being a storyteller was a bad thing. I disagree. Being a good storyteller – and trust me, this particular friend is very good – is a gift. The world is…
Help a Girl Out: Looking for Tips to Beat the Blahs
Or, How Does Barb Get Her Groove Back? My mojo has gone on vacation this week. For some reason, I can’t seem to get motivated to do much. (Seriously, this post was supposed to be written two hours ago.) I go through something like this every April. It’s the Barb Wallace version of S.A.D., only…