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Barri Talks About NaNoWriMo 2007

Dregs Review at Harry Potter Site!

     I love being busy, but if science would hurry up, I'd be in line for a clone… But one of me is about all most people can handle. I like sincerity, empathy, compassion, laughter, sarcasm, a good glass of Riesling, a steady flow of Diet Coke, salt over sweets, love to play tennis but settle usually to watch it… I'm an avid Cardinal's fan, an obsessed KC Chiefs fan, a Mizzou Tigers supporter, and take every chance I get to go to games, plays, and concerts. I collect Boyd's Bears, put together jigsaw puzzles, play Sudoku and Jeopardy! and am competitive about everything from Monopoly to Mexican Train. I live to travel, I work because I love it, and if life allowed it, I'd choose more time over more money. Aside from all the things I love, I cherish my family, my friends, my fox terriers, and my home, and if push came to shove, I'd pull a Zeus to protect them…(you have to have read Slipping to truly understand the depth of that assertion).
     All in all, I'm full of life, easy going, passionate, and always on the go. I embrace the adage that to heck with my glass being half full or half empty…I'm just happy to have a glass, and I'll fill it with life and love every chance I get.

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     The glory of being a writer is the ability to explore the world both inside and out. For the inside, you can read my blog and peruse my website. For the outside, here is a little of my day-to-day, minute-to-minute, hair-pulling-out sort of days:


  • Full-time writer, participant in conferences…see my events calendar for details!
  • Editor/Critiquer for other writers
  • Motivational Speaker/Give talks as former teacher
  • Member of Delta Kappa Gamma -- Beta Chapter
  • Member of The Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI)


Here's a taste of who I like to read, listen to, watch…

Books & Authors I love…

Music I love…

  • Grisham, Hoag, Isles, Coban, Kingsolver, Oates, Straub, Patterson, Koontz, most Oprah recommendations, and lots of YA authors like Draper, Strasser, Trueman, & Haddux…
  • Odd Thomas
  • Secret Life of Bees
  • Harry Potter
  • Beach Music
  • The Stand
  • Honk & Holler Opening Soon
  • Shattering Glass (Giles)
90s-Now: Nickleback, Blue October, The Fray, Guster, Hinder, Gov't Mule, Joss Stone, Daughtry, Akon, Fergie, Dixie Chicks, 3 Doors Down, Lifehouse, Shaggy, Everclear, Amy Winehouse, Brandi Carlisle, Dustin Kensrue, Matchbox 20, Train, Green Day, James Blunt, John Mayer, Faith & Tim, Shania, Dierks Bentley, Kid Rock, Uncle Kracker…I love to download music…it 's therapeutic

Timeless: Bon Jovi, Melissa Etheridge, Bob Seger, The Beatles, The Eagles, Keb Mo, Bad Company, Dr. Hook, Stones, Journey, Foreigner, Boston, 80s Monster Ballads, 70s classics…so eclectic I should list what I don't like…

Movies that Stay With Me

 
  • Stranger Than Fiction
  • Crash
  • Capote
  • Independence Day and all those great apocalyptic thrillers…
  • Pursuit of Happyness
  • Gone With the Wind
  • Psycho and The Shining
  • Silence of the Lambs
  • Places in the Heart and On Golden Pond
  • Dead Poet's Society
 

New Release
My First Year in the Classroom

My First Year
in the
Classroom



Coming Soon!

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Playing the Line

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