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Motivation vs. Enthusiasm

Posted by By Barb Meyers March 9, 2023Posted inAnimal, Inspiration, Work, writers, Writing, Writing Books, Writing RomanceNo Comments
Motivation vs. Enthusiasm Do you know the difference between motivation and enthusiasm? From my thesaurus: motivation: (n) ambition, inspiration enthusiasm: (n) keen interest, excitement From my dictionary: Motive: some inner…
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If You Stay. A Work in Progress

Posted by By Barb Meyers August 8, 2021Posted inIf You Stay, Writing, Writing Books, Writing Romance6 Comments
“I remember the first time he brought you around. I was half in the bag at the time—hell, maybe more like three quarters of the way in, but I remember. He stood up a little straighter, tried to act like a gentleman, even if he didn’t have any idea what that looked like.”
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EVERYTHING YOU WRITE IS DUMB

Posted by By Barb Meyers April 24, 2021Posted inauthors, Romantic Comedy, Uncategorized, writers, Writing, Writing Romance
This!—>>I write stuff sometimes and I think I'll post it and then I don't and then I think it's dumb or somebody said it better already. :) 
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Writer’s Notes: Where Did That Idea Come From?

Posted by By Barb Meyers November 8, 2020Posted inFamily, Friendship, Romance Novels, Weddings, writers, Writing, Writing Books, Writing Romance
Although it was inspired by friends of mine who have five daughters, one of whom is named Stephanie, and one of whom (the youngest) had a Christmas wedding, I'm not sure why I decided to write a romantic Christmas novella.
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Never Doubt God Knows What You Need

Posted by By Barb Meyers April 10, 2020Posted inediting, fiction, God, Good Books, gratitude, If You Dare, Inspiration, Phantom, Publishing, Red Bud Series, Self-publishing, Uncategorized, writers, Writing, Writing Books, Writing Romance
“I’m so grateful the author decided to publish this “manuscript under the bed”. It is filled with loss, torment, hope, action, and suspense that this reviewer could not put down.  Recommend highly!”
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More of Joy’s Story featuring Cassie

Posted by By Barb Meyers April 23, 2018Posted inmanuscripts, Romance Novels, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing Romance2 Comments
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.
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Rewriting Training Tommy

Posted by By Barb Meyers April 5, 2018Posted inBarbara Meyers, First Chapters, revisions, Romance Novels, Romantic Comedy, Writing, Writing Romance2 Comments
Hot guy has breached the neutral zone, shouted her internal alarm system.
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IF YOU KNEW – Work in Progress

Posted by By Barb Meyers March 24, 2018Posted inUncategorized, Writing, Writing Romance3 Comments
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.
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FIRST CHAPTERS

Posted by By gballwvo July 20, 2014Posted inFirst Chapters, Inspiration, Romance Novels, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing Books, Writing Romance
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…
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Picky Reader Disappointed

Posted by By gballwvo March 28, 2014Posted inIndependent Publishing, Picky Reader, Publishing, Reading, Self-publishing, Uncategorized, Writing Romance2 Comments
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. …
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