@hrobertbarland.bsky.social
Speculative fiction author, educator and serial hobbyist. Currently revising my first novel. Again.
Pg 319 of 358. I thought word had randomly changed my total word account again, but no... I'd deleted Chapter 31.
11.11.2025 21:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Pg318 of 357. You never know just how you look through other people's eyes... though some will endeavour to explain exactly how they feel in the moment.
06.11.2025 20:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Pg 306 of 355. Of revelations and disappointments.
02.11.2025 20:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0294 of 351. The ever-shrinking list and ever-present weather.
28.10.2025 20:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0289 of 350. So dies the fire.
28.10.2025 05:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Page 288 of 349. Flamin' red tape!
23.10.2025 20:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Page 284 of 348. Dapper wares at Tupperware's. (I have punctuated that correctly, in case you were wondering).
02.10.2025 22:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Page 279 of 348. Still haven't found why the page count has gone backwards, but pushing on regardless.
01.10.2025 00:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Page 273 of 347. Wait... what? Why has my page count gone backwards? That's ominous...
26.09.2025 01:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Pg 284 of 369. If there must be misunderstandings, let them be in my favour.
23.09.2025 12:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Pg 283 of 367. Of underwear and spilled beans.
19.09.2025 06:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Pg 270 of 366. It's elementary.
16.09.2025 21:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Pg 269 of 366. An unexpected remodelling.
15.09.2025 22:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Pg 265 of 365. The Lady speaks.
14.09.2025 21:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Pg 261 of 363. Of PO Boxes and Misunderstandings.
05.09.2025 00:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Page 257 of 362. Black markets and décolletage.
03.09.2025 21:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Tom Clancy's The Importance of Being Earnest
28.08.2025 22:30 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Page 254 of 361. A conflicted faerie and a mystery bag.
28.08.2025 22:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0252 of 361. The gothic and the tragic.
27.08.2025 21:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0247 of 359. Sparrows, sprites and pizza boxes. The hiatus over and I'm diving back in.
25.08.2025 20:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0zooscape-zine.com/sunflowers-a... The good people at Zooscape recently published one of my short stories (with another coming up later in the year). Feel free to go and check it out and all the other stories in their August edition.
14.08.2025 07:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0239 of 357. Back to self doubt and metaphor.
21.07.2025 07:29 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0228 of 353. A conspiracy of ambushes.
25.06.2025 21:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0214 of 353: Things get weird, a faerie cormorant.
22.06.2025 21:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0211 of 351. Insults, soapboxes and sewers.
18.06.2025 13:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0203 of 251. A faerie locksmith, a chase and a roadblock.
17.06.2025 21:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0202 of 351. Stairs, linen cupboards, chalk and curtains.
16.06.2025 20:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0198 of 349 - an imp, a dead goat-man and a curtain twitcher.
12.06.2025 21:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0192 of 349. The last page was a struggle; it doesn't feel right. I shall mark it and revisit when in a more playful mood.
11.06.2025 21:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0186 pages of 348. Plodding along. And now up to 31 rejections for the year. Way behind schedule for that 100 target.
09.06.2025 14:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
