More of Joy’s Story featuring Cassie
She knew the rules. She knew she’d broken a couple of them. She knew she was in trouble. She’d just guaranteed herself even less freedom than she’d had before. God, she was stupid.
Category: Writing Romance
Rewriting Training Tommy
Hot guy has breached the neutral zone, shouted her internal alarm system.
IF YOU KNEW – Work in Progress
Jack was there. But he wasn’t the vivid Jack of her waking memory. The Jack with the black hair and laughing eyes. Not the larger-than-life Jack who’d swept her off her feet when she’d been a naïve eighteen-year-old, the one she’d married, the one who’d been her whole world.
FIRST CHAPTERS
CLEO’S WEB Chapter One “Edgar Allen Poe. You come here. Ow! Dammit, Poe. Aunt Gertie will have my hide in a sling if something happens to you. Although, personally, I’ve always found you to be more trouble than you’re worth. Isn’t that right, kitty, kitty? Come on, now. Come here.…
Picky Reader Disappointed
First on my list of disappointments were some of my recent library book selections. I could only read two out of five. One was a Lee Child Jack Reacher novel. The other was Betrayal by John Patrick Hunter. The rejected ones were, in no particular order: an award winning (literary?)…
Zip Driving
Recently I discovered my external Zip drive no longer functioned. The date on the back of the unit is 1/24/2006 which is either the date it was manufactured or possibly its expiration date. I’m sure many of you tech-savvy individuals, depending on your age, might not even know what a Zip drive…
A short essay on marriage
ESSAYS/Untitled/By Barbara Meyers ©2000 Not all failed marriages end in divorce. Some of them end in death. Not necessarily the death of one of the partners. One of the great truths no one ever speaks about marriage is most of them die long before they’re over. Husbands and…
Meet Cute?
In lieu of a May newsletter, below is an excerpt (Trey and Baylee’s first meeting) from THE FIRST TIME AGAIN, the third book in The Braddock Brotherhood series from Samhain Publishing. The ebook release date is May 7, 2013. For you series readers who feel you MUST read a series in order (it’s not necessary…
Jelly Donuts: Priceless
Bill brought me jelly donuts. This sentence lacks context. Posted as a Facebook status or a Tweet, it is meaningless to anyone but me. But today Bill did indeed bring me two jelly donuts and it is a very big deal. To me. Here’s the context: Since we relocated a…
Barbara Meyers, Author – April 2013 Newsletter
No, no, it can’t be April already, can it? The days zip by so fast I am constantly checking the calendar for the correct date. Writing news? Efforts for THE FIRST TIME AGAIN shift into marketing/publicizing. The local newspaper features local writers, at least a cover and publication information, so…
