Barbara A. Barnett
@babarnett.bsky.social
Fantasy & horror writer. Musician. Occasional orchestra librarian. Odyssey Writing Workshop grad, critiquer & blog editor. Taos Toolbox 2024. SFWA/HWA/Codex member. Repped by Emily Keyes. She/her. https://babarnett.com
I'm a writer. I should be able to articulate things clearly. But right now my thoughts on current events are mostly an incoherent string of cussing.
January 24, 2026 at 5:42 PM
I'm a writer. I should be able to articulate things clearly. But right now my thoughts on current events are mostly an incoherent string of cussing.
New on the @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social blog: interview with graduate, author & Your Personal Odyssey instructor E. C. Ambrose, who talks about teaching YPO, shifting from pantsing to plotting, and how critiquing and teaching have helped her own writing.
Interview: Graduate & YPO Instructor E. C. Ambrose
Your Personal Odyssey instructor and Odyssey graduate E. C. Ambrose writes knowledge-inspired adventure fiction, including the five-volume Dark Apostle series about medieval surgery, The SingerR…
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January 12, 2026 at 4:18 PM
New on the @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social blog: interview with graduate, author & Your Personal Odyssey instructor E. C. Ambrose, who talks about teaching YPO, shifting from pantsing to plotting, and how critiquing and teaching have helped her own writing.
Reposted by Barbara A. Barnett
i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs
January 8, 2026 at 2:18 PM
i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs
I'm teaching an Odyssey Online class, and there are 10 days left to apply! No actual acting in front of anyone involved, just writing.
There's still time to apply for an Odyssey Winter Online Class, including All the World's a Page, taught by the awesome @babarnett.bsky.social!
Apply today!! App deadline 1/18!
Apply today!! App deadline 1/18!
January 8, 2026 at 4:06 PM
I'm teaching an Odyssey Online class, and there are 10 days left to apply! No actual acting in front of anyone involved, just writing.
I’ve been interviewed about my upcoming Odyssey Online class, All the World’s a Page, over at WOW! Women on Writing! A short read if you’d like to learn more about the class or want to procrastinate on holiday-related drudgery.
Interview With Odyssey Writing Workshops Graduate & Instructor: Barbara A. Barnett
If you're looking to invest in yourself in the new year, you may consider signing up for a course with Odyssey Writing Workshops . Their cou...
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December 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I’ve been interviewed about my upcoming Odyssey Online class, All the World’s a Page, over at WOW! Women on Writing! A short read if you’d like to learn more about the class or want to procrastinate on holiday-related drudgery.
Reposted by Barbara A. Barnett
Thanks to @sfwa.org for being so responsive to concerns around the Nebula Awards and LLM use. The Nebula should honor human creativity, as the revised rules now state. However, we also don't want to see writers tripped up on eligibility or hit by witch hunts over minor LLM usage like spell check. 1/
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December 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Thanks to @sfwa.org for being so responsive to concerns around the Nebula Awards and LLM use. The Nebula should honor human creativity, as the revised rules now state. However, we also don't want to see writers tripped up on eligibility or hit by witch hunts over minor LLM usage like spell check. 1/
(finally looks up to see what’s happening in the world after recovering from Christmas concert hell week) 👀 (immediately looks down and thinks that horrible Christmas on Broadway medley wasn’t so bad in comparison)
December 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
(finally looks up to see what’s happening in the world after recovering from Christmas concert hell week) 👀 (immediately looks down and thinks that horrible Christmas on Broadway medley wasn’t so bad in comparison)
New on the @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social blog: Excerpts from a Q&A with award-winning author, Odyssey grad & YPO guest lecturer @cornellwriter.bsky.social, who talks about her revision process and getting a character's voice across through body language odysseyworkshop.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/q...
Q&A Excerpt: P. A. Cornell
P. A. Cornell was a 2025 guest lecturer for Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop. She is an award-winning, Chilean-Canadian speculative fiction writer. A graduate of the Odyssey workshop, her sto…
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December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
New on the @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social blog: Excerpts from a Q&A with award-winning author, Odyssey grad & YPO guest lecturer @cornellwriter.bsky.social, who talks about her revision process and getting a character's voice across through body language odysseyworkshop.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/q...
The project board has gotten a seasonal upgrade for the new month
December 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The project board has gotten a seasonal upgrade for the new month
Odyssey's 2026 online classes have been announced & I'm excited to be teaching one of them: All the World’s a Page: Adapting Acting Techniques to Strengthen Your Fiction. Because I am a theater geek & will gladly talk your ear off about how useful acting techniques can be when applied to writing.
Build new skills & strengthen your writing with an Odyssey Online Class!
*highly praised instructors
*live, intensive, interactive classes
*deep practice with demanding assignments
*thorough feedback from instructor & classmates
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*highly praised instructors
*live, intensive, interactive classes
*deep practice with demanding assignments
*thorough feedback from instructor & classmates
odysseyworkshop.org/odyssey-onli...
#amwriting #writetip
November 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Odyssey's 2026 online classes have been announced & I'm excited to be teaching one of them: All the World’s a Page: Adapting Acting Techniques to Strengthen Your Fiction. Because I am a theater geek & will gladly talk your ear off about how useful acting techniques can be when applied to writing.
New on the @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social blog: Part 2 of "Selling Your Shorts: Submission Considerations Amid a Changing Market" by graduate & author akatherineblack.bsky.social odysseyworkshop.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/g...
Graduate Essay: “Selling Your Shorts: Submission Considerations Amid a Changing Market” by A. Katherine Black (Part 2 of 2)
A. Katherine Black is a 2018 graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop and a 2024 graduate of the Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop. She’s served as Resident Supervisor for previous Odyssey Wri…
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November 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
New on the @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social blog: Part 2 of "Selling Your Shorts: Submission Considerations Amid a Changing Market" by graduate & author akatherineblack.bsky.social odysseyworkshop.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/g...
I PETTED ALL THE HORSIES
November 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I PETTED ALL THE HORSIES
Reposted by Barbara A. Barnett
It’s publication day! I would appreciate it if you would have a read.
Alarms echoed across the port: the spacecraft was unauthorized and it was heading their way. This could mean extreme danger. But never in a million years could they have realized the true cost of what would happen when it landed.
#scifi by @rebeccarolandpdx.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#scifi by @rebeccarolandpdx.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It’s publication day! I would appreciate it if you would have a read.
New on the @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social blog: Part 1 of "Selling Your Shorts: Submission Considerations Amid a Changing Market" by graduate & author @akatherineblack.bsky.social! Part 2 to follow next week. odysseyworkshop.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/g...
Graduate Essay: “Selling Your Shorts: Submission Considerations Amid a Changing Market” by A. Katherine Black (Part 1 of 2)
A. Katherine Black is a 2018 graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop and a 2024 graduate of the Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop. She’s served as Resident Supervisor for previous Odyssey Wri…
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November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
New on the @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social blog: Part 1 of "Selling Your Shorts: Submission Considerations Amid a Changing Market" by graduate & author @akatherineblack.bsky.social! Part 2 to follow next week. odysseyworkshop.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/g...
Been experimenting with ways to use my dry erase board for tracking projects. I’m not sure how useful this current iteration is, but it does perfectly capture the vibes of my current to-do list.
November 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Been experimenting with ways to use my dry erase board for tracking projects. I’m not sure how useful this current iteration is, but it does perfectly capture the vibes of my current to-do list.
A vampire and paranormal museum only a little over an hour from my house yet it's amazingly taken me this long to get there.
October 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A vampire and paranormal museum only a little over an hour from my house yet it's amazingly taken me this long to get there.
This week’s awesome thing: it’s almost Halloween, so how about cool things about bats? m.youtube.com/watch?v=46sv...
Bat Island: The New Era of Science
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October 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This week’s awesome thing: it’s almost Halloween, so how about cool things about bats? m.youtube.com/watch?v=46sv...
Today in I Am A Serious Writer: just Googled to see if dickbag should be written as one word or two.
October 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Today in I Am A Serious Writer: just Googled to see if dickbag should be written as one word or two.
Marching behind a frog, as one does.
October 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Marching behind a frog, as one does.
Weekly writing accountability: finish the proofread/fine tuning read through of the novel(la)!
October 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Weekly writing accountability: finish the proofread/fine tuning read through of the novel(la)!
New on the @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social blog: Odyssey Online graduate @jadecannon.bsky.social talks about finding the heart of her novel through Barbara Ashford's Getting the Big Picture class odysseyworkshop.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/g...
Graduate Essay: “Getting the Big Picture” by Jade Cannon
Jade Cannon is a graduate of the 2025 Odyssey Online class “Getting the Big Picture: The Key to Revising Your Novel.” Writing has been Jade’s creative outlet since she was old enough to strin…
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October 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
New on the @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social blog: Odyssey Online graduate @jadecannon.bsky.social talks about finding the heart of her novel through Barbara Ashford's Getting the Big Picture class odysseyworkshop.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/g...
This week’s much-needed awesome thing: Mars the baby pygmy hippo at Tanganyika Wildlife Parka
1M views · 39K reactions | The one that started it all 💚🦛 #mars #babyhippo #pygmyhippo #kansas #vacation #animalencounters | Tanganyika Wildlife Park
The one that started it all 💚🦛 #mars #babyhippo #pygmyhippo #kansas #vacation #animalencounters.
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October 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This week’s much-needed awesome thing: Mars the baby pygmy hippo at Tanganyika Wildlife Parka
Weekly writing accountability: read through and fine tuned first 12 chapters of the novel(la). 15 more to go! And eventually I’ll stop changing my mind about the prologue. (Cut! Nope, putting it back! Cut again!)
October 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Weekly writing accountability: read through and fine tuned first 12 chapters of the novel(la). 15 more to go! And eventually I’ll stop changing my mind about the prologue. (Cut! Nope, putting it back! Cut again!)
This Week’s Awesome Thing: Reading Rainbow is back! bookriot.com/new-host-of-...
Meet the New Host of Reading Rainbow: Mychal the Librarian
After 20 years, Reading Rainbow is back! The new host is Mychal the Librarian, who has been spreading library joy online for years.
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October 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This Week’s Awesome Thing: Reading Rainbow is back! bookriot.com/new-host-of-...