Tag Archives: Captured by Julia Rachel Barrett

Of all the books I’ve written… Captured is the closest to my heart.

Captured is my favorite.  It won a lovely award – Booksellers Best First Book, 2011.  You can purchase it here and here.   Maybe it’s hard to believe, but I did indeed dream Mari and Ekkatt’s story from start to … Continue reading

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Kiss ‘em goodbye.

I love this quote: “Writing fiction is a solitary occupation but not really a lonely one. The writer’s head is mobbed with characters, images and language, making the creative process something like eavesdropping at a party for which you’ve had … Continue reading

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Cry No More.

I remember the bad old days when I’d stand on the curb next to the mailbox with that rejection letter in my hand and burst into tears. For the longest time I saved them in a file, even though not … Continue reading

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Sticky.

Some things are just sticky, you know?  Honey, syrup, melted chocolate, kids’ fingers.  Or, on the other hand, genre fiction like Lawrence Block’s dark and stark yet  luminous prose– which I rediscovered last year, or the disorientation of The Other … Continue reading

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