BRoP Year in Review #8 - Barbara Ann Wright
As 2012 comes to a close, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on some of the joys and triumphs of the year. To that end, we bring you the 2012 Blog Ring of Power Year in Review! We’ve teamed up with this past years’ BRoP interviewees to bring you eleven days worth of “year in review” guest posts and ten fabulous giveaway prizes! Each day we'll share a new guest post on the year in review from a previous BRoP interviewee and you’ll have another opportunity to enter the giveaway—so get hopping! And be sure to enter the giveaway at the end of this post! The Blog Ring of Power Year in Review Presents...
Barbara Ann Wright
Barbara Ann Wright
Big Pimpin'
Give it up for not sucking!
The year's flown by on the wings of so many emotions. Aggravation and consternation, happiness and exultation. And work, work, work. My first novel, The Pyramid Waltz, was published on September 18th, and good folks like those on the BRoP helped me promote it. I've met more people, both digitally and in person in the last year than I've probably met in the last five years. Some have become friends even though we've never actually met, and I was ecstatic to meet some of my cyber friends in person at last, (Hi, Terri!) [Terri Responds: HI BARBARA!!!].
I will not throw up...I will not throw up
For an introvert like me, it's been kind of a difficult journey. I love that people want to talk to me about my book in person, and I hope they didn't mind when I almost seized up mid-conversation. When speaking in front of a crowd, I had to aim my speech at the front row and pretend no one else was present. (Thank you, front row.) I did a lot of theatre in high school, and I only managed because when the stage lights were on, I couldn't see the audience. Even now, whenever I'm in front of a crowd, I have to take some time to myself later on and just breathe. I nearly cried so many times this past year, just from the sheer emotion of it all. I'm so grateful for the people who know me well enough to leave me alone in those moments, to let me stand in the shower and pretend nothing else exists. And then to smile knowingly when I have to surround myself with glitter and just…be.
I'm...home
Onward, to 2013! To plenty of caffeine and then a sleeping pill at night to bring me the hell down. I've got quite a few personal appearances scheduled in 2013. I will most likely be in Palm Springs at the Casitas Laquita Resort from February 28 to March 3. I will definitely be at Aggiecon 44: March 22-24, Lone Star LesFic Festival: April 5-6, Space City Con: August 2-4, and I might be at freaking World Con in August/September. Watch my blog for more dates and cons as I get word of them.
The Pyramid Waltz won't be the only thing I'm promoting. It's sequel, For Want of a Fiend, comes out in May. More on that on my own blog anon. (Everyone should use anon in a blog post at least once in their lives.) What's that? You want a little taste now? Okay, I'll give you two words: Pennynail unmasked. Good enough? ^_^
I hope your new year has plenty of time for you to calm down and even more times to get wound up. I wish you many sparkles and very happy days to come.
BARBARA ANN WRIGHT writes fantasy and science fiction novels and short stories when not adding to her enormous book collection or ranting on her blog. Her short fiction has appeared twice in Crossed Genres Magazine and once made Tangent Online's recommended reading list. She is a member of Broad Universe and the Outer Alliance and helped create Writer's Ink in Houston. The Pyramid Waltz is her first novel.You can find Barbara at:
Website | Blog | Facebook | Goodreads | Twitter | Amazon
And be sure to check out her April 2012 interview with the Blog Ring of Power:
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
And now for the giveaway! There are two!
Giveaway #1
Five winners will be choosen to receive one of the following prizes:
· e-book copy of The Flower of Isbelline by Heidi Garrett
· e-book copy Dance on Fire and Dance on Fire: Flashpoint by James Garcia, Jr.
· $10 gift card to www.anabananacreations.com (courtesy of Pauline Baird Jones)
· Winner’s choice of paperback copy Daughter of the Goddess Lands or Shadow of the Horsemen by Sandra Saidak
· e-book copy of Open Minds by Susan Kaye Quinn
Winners will be chosen from among eligible rafflecopter entries (chosen by rafflecopter) and receive a prize of our choice (from the list above). We’ll do our best to give the print books to those that don’t have an e-reader, but we can’t make any guarantees, so please be aware when entering that you are most likely going to win an e-book. Entering is easy, just use the rafflecopter below!
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Giveaway #2
Two winners will be choosen to receive one of the following prizes:
· Prize pack containing an e-book copy of Yesterday's Dreams, Tomorrow's Memories, Today's Promise, In An Iron Cage, and A Legacy of Stars by Danielle Ackley McPhail
· Prize pack containing an e-book copy of The Watchtower, Under Cover of Wicca, and Of Covens and Packs by Darke Conteur
Two winners will be chosen (by Rafflecopter) and each winner will receive one of the prize packs listed above (our choice). Entering is easy, just use the rafflecopter below!
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Be sure to stop to check out each of the stops on the Year In Review – new chances to enter the giveaways each day!
Comments
Oh. Er...::clears throat:: I mean, yes, it's very good to have you here, Barbara. Always lovely to see you.