by M.Q. Barber | Apr 4, 2020 | Gentleman series, Neighborly Affection series
Moving from traditional publishing to indie publishing means new covers for all of the books in the Neighborly Affection and Gentleman series. I’m super-excited to show these off! So far, 2020 isn’t turning out anything like what I expected it to be...
by M.Q. Barber | Jan 10, 2020 | Neighborly Affection series
Writing and revising a new novel involves bringing together a lot of notes I’ve jotted in various places, printing out some sections and scribbling new revisions on those pages, and meshing it all into a coherent chapter on the laptop. 2020 is going to be a big...
by M.Q. Barber | Dec 6, 2019 | Gentleman series, Neighborly Affection series, Publishing
So I got an email from a reader today asking why Finding Their Balance (Neighborly Affection No. 5) was listed as “unavailable” at an online vendor. That was the first I’d heard about it, so naturally I went looking to see what was going on. After...
by M.Q. Barber | Oct 6, 2019 | Neighborly Affection series
Summer gives way to fall in my neighborhood. I like to walk down to the cornfield in the mornings and see what the clouds say. Fall is my favorite season. The crisp, cooling air under blanketing clouds; the leaves changing their shades as each day passes; the mugs of...
by M.Q. Barber | Jul 10, 2019 | Neighborly Affection series
Summer served up a fleeting moment of beauty during some yard work this week. The muggy, oppressive heat of summer has settled in. I’m not fond of summer on the best of days–give me a crisp autumn breeze–but I’m especially not fond of days...
by M.Q. Barber | Apr 16, 2019 | Neighborly Affection series
Spring fills the world with glorious color. Some days, you’re just happily going about your business, enjoying the beauty and warmth of spring, when life jumps up and smacks you in the face by turning your phone into a brick. So yeah, that happened. Jay is...