Thrilled to find my story on the @frazzledlit.bsky.social storybprize shortlist! substack.com/@barbarabyar...
Barbara Byar (@barbarabyar)
Delighted to have a story on the @Frazzled Lit shortlist!
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Barbara Byar
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Writer Debut Novel: IN THE DESERT, OUT NOW from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social Buy Here: https://a.co/d/0bucj1Yn Collection: Some Days are Better than Ours (Reflex Fiction) https://substack.com/@barbarabyar?utm_source=user-menu Kerry via San Francisco
At that exciting part of the new manuscript where im typing scenes on my phone in between setss st the gym
I truly believe boredom in childhood is how most writers were made. Now, we have AI
MK Forever Blue@mkforeverblue.bsky.social · 3d agoI feel sorry for people who didn't grow up with true boredom. The kind of rainy day in the 70s or 80s with only black & white films on TV, nothing to do on a hot Saturday, or empty time after a school day boredom. There was self discovery, reading, experimentation, play - and joy - in that boredom.
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Thrilled to have a story on the @frazzledlit.bsky.social Short Story Prize longlist! open.substack.com/pub/authorjm...
Announcing the LONGLIST!
The stories that made our Short Story Award 2026 longlist
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Have you read the adventure of the summer? Get your copy of IN THE DESERT today! Usa: a.co/d/049brzh7 or bookshop.org/p/books/in-t... or www.barnesandnoble.com/w/in-the-des... Uk: amzn.eu/d/01xKTlSW Irl: amzn.eu/d/002o8GHz Or: www.buythebook.ie/product/in-t... Or your local amazon
Im full irish now, lighting a candle for son's driving test
My writing partner, the illustrious @meproctor.bsky.social, is in town, and we're getting ready to read from the work-in-progress, share insights into our process, and hopefully sell a few books. The event will be held at Shakespeare & Co. at 7:00 on the 4th of August. Missoula, Montana.
Here are some of the songs I've been listening to this summer. It starts with a song Michelle and I love by Glen Hansard, a great musician who passed tragically this week. Our hearts go out to his family.
This one, please! www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44996/...
Goblin Market
Morning and evening Maids heard the goblins cry: “Come buy our orchard fruits, Come buy, come buy: Apples and quinces, Lemons and oranges, Plump unpeck’d…
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Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · last wk.Studio execs are going to want to adapt more poems for the big screen now
please no one tell me these lidl vitamin water drinks are garbage cause i like them and I don't do fizzy drinks only coffee and water and i'd like to keep drinking them
What do you call a fuck ton of crows that dsrken the sky at dusk. Armageddon?
Remembering this legend on her anniversary youtu.be/JeIHZvZTJTg?...
Sinéad O'Connor - Troy (Pinkpop Festival 1988)
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As a Kerry woman, all I can say is fair play to Mayo and they deserve the win. #allireland
The best film adaptation of the Odyssey, wrong answers only.
Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken: Call Me Snake
ALT: Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken: Call Me Snake
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Oisín McGann@oisinmcgann.bsky.social · last wk.The best film adaptation of the Odyssey, wrong answers only.
LONDON! My sales are tragic and it looks like I'm gonna lose £££. Please come, or share the OG post 🙏 I swear this show worth watching.
Polis Loizou 🦊@polisloizou.bsky.social · 3w agoONE NIGHT ONLY @camdenfringe.bsky.social! Film, artifice, power and the Devil. Come and experience "You Oughta Be In Pictures", the show that has made audiences around the country look over their shoulders. Wed 5 Aug, 9pm Rosemary Branch Theatre London 🎟 camdenfringe.com/events/you-o...
Not even trying to hide the auto in my new auto-fiction novel. Should really just slap a memoir label on it but want some creative license. Anyway, I've had a fairly interesting life.
Had to have a wee chat today on a drive to Kenmare - hills all sun-shiney, ancient trees which wouldn't crack if a semi head-on'd them flapping their leaves - with my parallel dimension selves about getting their shit together cause it's about time I had a good time.
A friend just told me about a local Brit landlord before the war and how if tenants couldn't pay their rent, they'd take their cows and could only get them back if they sent a young daughter/relation to collect them... Named names and I'll never look at anyone with that family name the same again.
f you're a kindle reader, my debut novel, IN THE DESERT is now only 10 bucks! Get yours today. Enjoy the trip! a.co/d/0fZ5HVc1
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I would appreciate it if things would stop biting me. I never kill anything not even bugs (except mossies) so why are the feckers not reciprocating