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bradbarkley.bsky.social
Novels, short story collections, and YA fiction published by Norton, St. Martin’s, and Penguin/Dutton. New work forthcoming from Regal House. NEA Fellowship. Dog lover. Married well. Bradbarkley.com
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You don’t have to, and probably shouldn’t, spend hundreds of dollars on a developmental editor. Read more! www.bradbarkley.com/post/the-hid...

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New novel release date announced! @regalhouse.bsky.social

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New blog post up today on writing craft. If you find this useful, please like and share! #writingcommunity www.bradbarkley.com/post/premise...

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Teaser…. #YAlit #youngadult @regalhouse.bsky.social

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New blog post up today. www.bradbarkley.com/post/writers... #Writers

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Me trying to find a home for my 27 page short story in a lit-mag world that mostly favors flash fiction. #writingcommunity

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

I recently posted thoughts about writing my second novel. It made me thing we need a new hashtag. With #NovelCraft, I'll be sharing thoughts/discoveries about novel writing. #Writers - Join me and use this hashtag! #booksky 💙📚 #amwriting #writerlife #fiction #historicalfiction #novels

submitted 65 days ago • 2 comments

New blog post. @susanperabo.bsky.social you are mentioned. Thanks for reading, everyone. www.bradbarkley.com/post/say-bud...

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“Characters take on life sometimes by luck, but I suspect it is when you can write more entirely out of yourself, inside the skin, heart, mind, and soul of a person who is not yourself, that a character becomes in his own right another human being on the page.” -Eudora Welty #SundaySentence

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🎉🐸 Huge congrats to our Best Microfiction nominations! 🐸🎉 @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social @bradbarkley.bsky.social Laura Grant, Tom Walsh, & Cailin Frankland

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Congrats to my bestie @bradbarkley.bsky.social on this nomination! Read his excellent flash here: flash-frog.com/2024/06/24/t...

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If you need a story prompt, it doesn’t get much better than this. #WritingCommunity

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I’ve never had so much fun writing a novel.

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Whenever I have to write the word "aggressive," in my head I still hear that little sing-song the cheerleaders used to chant when I was out on the soccer field a million years ago. A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E!

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Ha!

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Get all the furniture in the house before you start rearranging. #writingcommunity

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Okay…here I am.

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NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “The River of Glass Apples” by @bradbarkley.bsky.social is now up! Art by Katie Conrad flash-frog.com/2024/06/24/t...

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