Barbara Byar
@barbarabyar.bsky.social
Writer
Debut Novel: IN THE DESERT 3-3-26
from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
Collection: Some Days are Better than Ours (Reflex Fiction)
https://substack.com/@barbarabyar?utm_source=user-menu
Kerry via San Francisco
Debut Novel: IN THE DESERT 3-3-26
from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
Collection: Some Days are Better than Ours (Reflex Fiction)
https://substack.com/@barbarabyar?utm_source=user-menu
Kerry via San Francisco
Pinned
Thrilled to share the beautiful cover of my debut novel, IN THE DESERT, on sale 3-3-2026 from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
Many thanks to the brilliant photographer, Keith Bernstein for use of the stunning cover image and to Ashling Dennehy for the design.
I'm so excited!
Many thanks to the brilliant photographer, Keith Bernstein for use of the stunning cover image and to Ashling Dennehy for the design.
I'm so excited!
November 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Another for the IN THE DESERT soundtrack in case anyone's interested:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-tk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-tk...
November 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Another for the IN THE DESERT soundtrack in case anyone's interested:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-tk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-tk...
Just had this overwhelming feeling that one of my writing mates was going to get some really big and great news and I won't tell them cause they'll think I'm mad but I'm watching carefully!
November 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Just had this overwhelming feeling that one of my writing mates was going to get some really big and great news and I won't tell them cause they'll think I'm mad but I'm watching carefully!
Need a literary fix on these dark November days and nights? Lovely lineup up of luminous literary folk out in beautiful Dingle next weekend. And you might run into me as I'll be helping out at a few of the events!
Tickets still available to many events but selling fast.
Tickets still available to many events but selling fast.
We cannot wait to welcome amazing authors, poets, creators and of course readers to #Dingle in just two weeks!
Join us: www.dinglelit.ie/events
#DingleLit #FéileLiteartha #Authors #Books
Join us: www.dinglelit.ie/events
#DingleLit #FéileLiteartha #Authors #Books
November 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Need a literary fix on these dark November days and nights? Lovely lineup up of luminous literary folk out in beautiful Dingle next weekend. And you might run into me as I'll be helping out at a few of the events!
Tickets still available to many events but selling fast.
Tickets still available to many events but selling fast.
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Join us for a very special multimedia event with the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation in WAVE Dingle on Sat, Nov22nd at 7:30pm 📽 Expect beautiful films and insightful conversation.
Free of charge but booking is essential: bit.ly/4r2YZIo 🎟
#AdrienBrinkerhoff #Screening #Poetry #WAVEDingle #Dingle
Free of charge but booking is essential: bit.ly/4r2YZIo 🎟
#AdrienBrinkerhoff #Screening #Poetry #WAVEDingle #Dingle
November 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Join us for a very special multimedia event with the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation in WAVE Dingle on Sat, Nov22nd at 7:30pm 📽 Expect beautiful films and insightful conversation.
Free of charge but booking is essential: bit.ly/4r2YZIo 🎟
#AdrienBrinkerhoff #Screening #Poetry #WAVEDingle #Dingle
Free of charge but booking is essential: bit.ly/4r2YZIo 🎟
#AdrienBrinkerhoff #Screening #Poetry #WAVEDingle #Dingle
Philosophizing in fiction reminds me of the statistics class I took at harvard - really hard but really exciting and interesting once you figure it out.
November 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Philosophizing in fiction reminds me of the statistics class I took at harvard - really hard but really exciting and interesting once you figure it out.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - American Girl (Live Aid 1985)
YouTube video by Live Aid
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Check out the @irishtimes.com tomorrow for my interview with Danish writer, Solvej Balle, about her seven part novel, On the Calculation of Volume, about a woman stuck on one day. Balle started work on it in 1987 (six years before Groundhog Day came out). She is currently working on the final volume
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Check out the @irishtimes.com tomorrow for my interview with Danish writer, Solvej Balle, about her seven part novel, On the Calculation of Volume, about a woman stuck on one day. Balle started work on it in 1987 (six years before Groundhog Day came out). She is currently working on the final volume
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My pal @tschrack.bsky.social wrote and directed an award-winning short and I think you'll enjoy it, too!
youtu.be/59wgFUKzB4s?...
youtu.be/59wgFUKzB4s?...
S.K.A.T.E. | A Skateboarding Short Film | Award Winning
YouTube video by Thomas Schrack
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
My pal @tschrack.bsky.social wrote and directed an award-winning short and I think you'll enjoy it, too!
youtu.be/59wgFUKzB4s?...
youtu.be/59wgFUKzB4s?...
I really should buy this Aldi one, shouldn't I?
www.simplyrecipes.com/aldi-crofton...
www.simplyrecipes.com/aldi-crofton...
This $24.99 ALDI Find is a Le Creuset Dupe (And It's Cheaper!)
This versatile piece of Crofton cookware can tackle anything from beef stew to cherry cobbler. It's just five percent (that's not a typo!) of the cost of the Le Creuset version.
www.simplyrecipes.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I really should buy this Aldi one, shouldn't I?
www.simplyrecipes.com/aldi-crofton...
www.simplyrecipes.com/aldi-crofton...
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An all-time cover and an amazing novel
It's Friday, and I'm sharing my beautiful cover again because how stunning is this photo by Keith Bernstein? And how lovely are the things these amazing writers have said about my debut out March 3rd?
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
An all-time cover and an amazing novel
you can learn a lot about story structure from k dramas.
November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
you can learn a lot about story structure from k dramas.
It's Friday, and I'm sharing my beautiful cover again because how stunning is this photo by Keith Bernstein? And how lovely are the things these amazing writers have said about my debut out March 3rd?
November 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM
It's Friday, and I'm sharing my beautiful cover again because how stunning is this photo by Keith Bernstein? And how lovely are the things these amazing writers have said about my debut out March 3rd?
My coal man has retired and his son has taken over and I'm going to miss him handwriting my name and payment in a paper ledger and ordering over the phone. It's all whatsapp and bank transfers now
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 AM
My coal man has retired and his son has taken over and I'm going to miss him handwriting my name and payment in a paper ledger and ordering over the phone. It's all whatsapp and bank transfers now
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Cowboy Jamboree's Fall issue is live y'all.
We're kicking off our 11th (!) year with "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." The theme was inspired by a Slim Hand lyric & these writers took it in all kinds of cool directions.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/hidden-behin...
We're kicking off our 11th (!) year with "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." The theme was inspired by a Slim Hand lyric & these writers took it in all kinds of cool directions.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/hidden-behin...
Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked.
fall 2025 issue 11.1 "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." Where'd this fall's theme come from? It's a James "Slim" Hand lyric from a song about sitting in a bar in the corner at a table by a.....
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Cowboy Jamboree's Fall issue is live y'all.
We're kicking off our 11th (!) year with "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." The theme was inspired by a Slim Hand lyric & these writers took it in all kinds of cool directions.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/hidden-behin...
We're kicking off our 11th (!) year with "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." The theme was inspired by a Slim Hand lyric & these writers took it in all kinds of cool directions.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/hidden-behin...
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I'm over the moon to announce that my novellete Athena's Shadow will be published by Tir Literary Magazine @tirmag.org in early 2026, along with an audio version of it!
I love this story and couldn't be happier to see it getting out into the world in this form!
I love this story and couldn't be happier to see it getting out into the world in this form!
November 13, 2025 at 6:16 AM
I'm over the moon to announce that my novellete Athena's Shadow will be published by Tir Literary Magazine @tirmag.org in early 2026, along with an audio version of it!
I love this story and couldn't be happier to see it getting out into the world in this form!
I love this story and couldn't be happier to see it getting out into the world in this form!
just wondering why anyone thinks the Epstein files still exist. surely, they have been destroyed?
November 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
just wondering why anyone thinks the Epstein files still exist. surely, they have been destroyed?
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ICYMI yesterday, CJ just put out a bangin collection about a small Texas town by @kevingrauke.bsky.social.
November 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
ICYMI yesterday, CJ just put out a bangin collection about a small Texas town by @kevingrauke.bsky.social.
my novel would make such a shit hot movie
November 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
my novel would make such a shit hot movie
Always fun when power in thd whole town goes down for z couple of hours
November 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Always fun when power in thd whole town goes down for z couple of hours
My first job at 16 was at one of these and some creep picked up his photos, showed them to me - they were all nude women - and asked if I wanted to pose for him. I was literally cornered with no where to go and there were no cell phones back then. Luckily someone else drove up.
Who remembers, having to get your film developed?
November 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
My first job at 16 was at one of these and some creep picked up his photos, showed them to me - they were all nude women - and asked if I wanted to pose for him. I was literally cornered with no where to go and there were no cell phones back then. Luckily someone else drove up.
Men (young men preferably). I'm trying to grown up my 26 year old's wardrobe for his birthday. Can you recommend some looks please? No hoodies or track suits or sweat pants please.
November 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Men (young men preferably). I'm trying to grown up my 26 year old's wardrobe for his birthday. Can you recommend some looks please? No hoodies or track suits or sweat pants please.
I made the late-night mistake of going down the rabbit hole of Interstate 40 and the FBI searching for something like 500 trucker serial killers on that coast-to-coast highway and had an idea for a novel....
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
FBI hunting 500 serial killer truckers: Here is their favorite highway
In a new book - 'Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers' - Figliuzzi lays bare in forensic detail how hundreds of truckers trawl rest stops, motels and roadside restaurants for victims.
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I made the late-night mistake of going down the rabbit hole of Interstate 40 and the FBI searching for something like 500 trucker serial killers on that coast-to-coast highway and had an idea for a novel....
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Ready for Christmas thanks to the charity shop!
November 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Ready for Christmas thanks to the charity shop!
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If you’re in Derby then head along to the Derby Book Festival in the Market Hall. Buy some books, have a browse, eat at one of the great food places.
And book a stay at the Flamingo Hotel. 😆
And book a stay at the Flamingo Hotel. 😆
All set up Derby Book Festival with our own books and a carefully curated selection from across the indie presses and some writers I absolutely love!!
@drewgum.bsky.social is popping by to sign a few copies of 🦩🏩 as well - so looking forward to catching up with him!!
Here until 4pm!! #booksky
@drewgum.bsky.social is popping by to sign a few copies of 🦩🏩 as well - so looking forward to catching up with him!!
Here until 4pm!! #booksky
November 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
If you’re in Derby then head along to the Derby Book Festival in the Market Hall. Buy some books, have a browse, eat at one of the great food places.
And book a stay at the Flamingo Hotel. 😆
And book a stay at the Flamingo Hotel. 😆