I love trees, open spaces, natural ethics, and great books.
My novel Tributary follows the lives of a ragtag group of Nineteenth-century mavericks who settle in the northern Utah desert. Tributary won the Utah Book Award, the Utah Arts Award from 15 Bytes Magazine, and was a 2013 WILLA Finalist Award winner in Historical Fiction.
Guest House, my first novel, links a fast track retiree and a smart, neglected child. Guest House was a 2010 Eric Hoffer fiction finalist.
My two anthologies, I Am With You: Love Letters to Cancer Patients and Dirt: A Love Story—36 Writers Get Down to Earth, seek to open hearts and forge connections.
There are writers whose sensibilities elevate the whole human enterprise. I aim to be one of them.
My novel Tributary follows the lives of a ragtag group of Nineteenth-century mavericks who settle in the northern Utah desert. Tributary won the Utah Book Award, the Utah Arts Award from 15 Bytes Magazine, and was a 2013 WILLA Finalist Award winner in Historical Fiction.
Guest House, my first novel, links a fast track retiree and a smart, neglected child. Guest House was a 2010 Eric Hoffer fiction finalist.
My two anthologies, I Am With You: Love Letters to Cancer Patients and Dirt: A Love Story—36 Writers Get Down to Earth, seek to open hearts and forge connections.
There are writers whose sensibilities elevate the whole human enterprise. I aim to be one of them.
Editing Services: Elevate Your Manuscript
A good editor supports and defends the best in a manuscript. She works from inside the material to encourage its strongest expression and surest voice. I always read a sample, before taking on new clients, to make sure we are a great match. Feel free to contact me about editing services.
A good editor supports and defends the best in a manuscript. She works from inside the material to encourage its strongest expression and surest voice. I always read a sample, before taking on new clients, to make sure we are a great match. Feel free to contact me about editing services.
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"You are my ideal editor: just the right spots that make me willingly go back to some wordsmithing and feeling the situation. Let me emphasize how impressed I am with your work." —Tyler Volk, CO2 Rising
"Barbara is a queen. Her tenacity and her pursuit of excellence are exemplary. She kicks ass. But she knows what to do. She is splendid to work with . . . so accountable, so visionary, she sees and hears so clearly." —Nancy Novack, I Am With You “You know you’ve found the right editor when you receive an email at 3 a.m., revealing a staggering insight about your manuscript. Barbara’s True North in storytelling is a navigation you can set your compass by.” —Micah Springer, Keepers of The Story |
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