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Writing with Friends

J.P. Barnett December 6, 2017 1 Comment

One thing that I’ve heard over and over as I’ve embarked on this goal of getting a book published is that writing a novel is a team sport. That sounds counter-intuitive, but generally it’s referring to a lot of people that I don’t have yet — editors, agents, publishers, etc. This weekend, however, I found another way to make writing a team sport — other writers! I attended the inaugural Paragraph Ranch Writer’s Workshop in Spur, TX. It was a great environment where I got some great feedback from Tex Thompson on The Beast of Rose Valley and some sage advice…
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The Journey Begins From Software Engineer to Novelist

J.P. Barnett August 13, 2017 17 Comments

She had heard it before. I could have been a novelist. I love writing. I wish I had time to write a novel. Through over a decade of marriage, this was a recurring theme. Writing had been his dream. His passion. When he was younger and had more time, he had written endlessly. There was a closet full of his work, some of it going back to elementary school. There were countless short stories, some poetry, and more than a handful of half-written novels.

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