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Janet Irvin kindly asked me to be her Author of the Month. July: LEE BARBER
New Novel Coming In May!
Peace of Pie will be published in May thanks to Stephanie Hansen at Metamorphosis Literary Agency and the folks at Roan & Weatherford Publishing, especially Staci Troilo of Radiance Press
Update
Oghma Creative Media offered a three-book deal and I signed! The first is scheduled to be released in 2024, the second in 2025, the third in 2026. Happy anticipation, and work to be done! Here’s my bio for their website: Lee Barber works by day as a Social Worker providing mental health services to people…
Holding Space
I am not a huge fan of popular jargon, especially in my professional world of Social Work. I cringe when I find myself starting to use words that at one time distanced me from others. One such word is “resonate.” The word has come up in social media posts and in CE programs and in…
The Best Years of Our LIves
Last night I sat on the floor in Mom’s room and watched most of The Best Years of Our Lives, a post WWII movie about three heterosexual white men returning to civilian life and their heterosexual white friends and families. All day long my mind has replayed scenes. My favorite parts are: Wilma’s enduring love…
See You in September
Remember that song?“See you in SeptemberSee you when the summer’s through….”Remember?I wasn’t really counting on that for 2021, but I hoped I was only being overly pessimistic. Turns out, I wasn’t wrong. My whole marketing plan for Getting to Grace centered on presenting to Senior Centers in Preble, Darke, Shelby, Miami, Montgomery, Greene, Clark, Logan…
Mom
A bit of a challenging week. I was dizzy for about an hour in the middle of the Sunday-to-Monday night and felt weird (but not dizzy) all day Monday, so my energy was low. On Tuesday morning, I was in on a Zoom call from 8 to 9 a.m., and by the end of the…
Time to Blog On
Hello Out There in ReaderLand, Life’s been interesting, as always. We moved twice in the past year and recently received a new roommate– my mother sold her house and moved in with us. Life feels the same, and different. On the writing front, I sent a finished novel to my agent. Peace of Pie (working…
Happy Valentine’s Day!
I love writing. Can I love selling my writing? Selling, promoting, marketing, getting-the-word-out.I’m actually having a bit of fun with that. Answering interview questions posed by Sharon Short, Literary Life columnist for the Dayton Daily News, provided an opportunity to think about my literary life in the Miami Valley. The Dayton area boasts such a…
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The next issue of Mock Turtle Zine will include my short story Three Part Dissonance. I love that story! The first part, centered on Cleo, was inspired by an agreement with Bomani to write a piece of flash fiction. The parts played by Cleo’s uncle and father continued to develop in my mind, so I…