Modern Purgatory

I have now been on hold with an airline for an hour and forty-five minutes. This is a stream of consciousness post. If teleportation really existed—maybe beaming up, a la Star Trek—how much would it cost? Would we trust companies Read more

Author Monthly Post – Anne Barwell – Vampires in Wellington

Happy Pride Month! This month is a busy one, so of course real life ™ has reared its head with emergency visits to the vet with my cat, Kaylee, and I’ve spent the last few days sitting with a hot Read more

Choose Your Words

I’m an author, so it’s no surprise that I sometimes muse on the power of language. Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about the effects of word choice. With over a million words, English has a particularly rich vocabulary, partly Read more

Author Monthly Post – Anne Barwell – Series and Shared World Bibles

As I tend to write in series, continuity is important. Doubly so as a lot of what I write takes place in the same universe. When I begin a new series, I start a new notebook. It’s a great place Read more

Charity Anthologies

  As writers, one of the ways we can support causes we believe in is donating words. When a generous editor puts together an anthology to benefit a charity organization, donating a story gives us a chance to help. I’ve Read more

Hobgoblins and Consistency

Today is newsletter day! Actually yesterday was newsletter day. Today was me being late with the newsletter! Sometimes I am. Which annoys me, because it’s important to be consistent with something like that. You have a finite space in anyone’s Read more