They’re not just cotton candy

Today is Mother’s Day in the United States. My younger kid is still away at college, but the older one is taking me to brunch at a lavender farm, which I’m really looking forward to. But the current state of Read more

Author Monthly Post – Anne Barwell – A Shared World

Boggslake, Ohio, might look like a normal city on the surface, but an unseen war is being fought away from the eyes of most of the population. From their stronghold, Boggs’s Castle, an eclectic team of vampires, werewolves, and other Read more

Writing Shared Worlds

One of the fun things about being part of an author community is the chance to write in a shared project. I haven’t yet co-written anything. (Not sure any other author could live with my pantsing process.) But I’ve done Read more

Best Supporting Actors

It’s easy to fall in love with the heroes of a story. I mean, the entire tale is about them, right? They’re the reason we’re here. And villains, they capture our interest too. Personally, I love a really good villain. Read more

Author Monthly Post – Anne Barwell – Enemies to Lovers

This month I’m taking part in a MM Enemies to Lovers Promo. I love this trope, and my WWI Christmas Truce book, On Wings of Song, is on sale as part of the promo. Jochen and Aiden begin the story Read more

It’s all one world

It‘s being driven home to me lately, both how completely interdependent we are around the world, and also how insular we are in our ideas and our awareness. Books can be a window to that wider world, even when they’re Read more