Barbara J. Longley
Barbara grew up in a litter of five, and each of her siblings was born in a different state. Moving around so frequently, she learned early on how to entertain herself with stories. As an adult, she has lived on a commune in the Appalachians, taught on an Indian reservation, and traveled from coast to coast. When her own children came along, Ms. Longley decided to try something new—staying put. She has made Minnesota her home ever since.
By day, Barbara teaches young children how to read. She holds a Masters in Education, and has taught elementary education for many years. By night, she likes to explore things mythical, metaphysical, and paranormal. Much of what she learns makes its way into her stories, where all things are possible. While she loves teaching, reading and writing are her passions.
Barbara is represented by Spencerhill Associates – Nalini Akolekar
If you’d like to reach me, leave a comment below, and I’ll get back to you.
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Best buddies - Fred the cat and Sophie
Sophie - Bassett/Cocker Spaniel mix
Hello Barbara- I hosted a contest on my blog Loving Venus Loving Mars for a give a way of Cathy Pegau’s new book “Rulebreaker”
You commented and since only you and two others commented, I decided to give a copy to all of you. I hope this is you who commented as the link on your comment had no email address for you.
Please send me your email and I will have Amazon send you a copy of her book.
Thank you,
Leah
By: LVLM(Leah) on September 5, 2011
at 10:23 pm
I have been trying to find you for some time now. I can’t remember how to get to your house in north St. Paul and I have long since lost your phone number. Misty is still in my hiouse in Bloomington and I am up on the White Earth Rez. This has got to be you and you are going by your first married name, which makes sense.
By: Diana Lee King on Facebook on December 20, 2011
at 4:29 pm
As a representative from You Gotta Read, I would like to let you know that your book, Heart of the Druid Laird, has been reviewed by Wendy Mitchell, one of our reviewers. The link below will take you there. We look forward to reviewing more of your books in the future.
http://yougottareadreviews.blogspot.com/2011/09/review-heart-of-druid-laird-by-barbara.html
Please feel free to leave a comment on the review that was written as it means a lot to the reviewer.
We would also like to extend the offer for you to guest blog with our site. If you would be interested, please feel free to send an e-mail to ygrguest@gmail.com with a tentative date.
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Thanks and have a great day,
Laura
By: Laura on October 1, 2011
at 4:00 pm
Barbara,
I would like to inform you that The Literary Review Mind Blender has reviewed a copy of your book “Heart of the Druid Laird” through NetGalley. The address is http://theliterarymb.com/?p=851 . Please feel free to read the review and comment. If you wish us to review your future works please email us at submission@theliterarymb.com . It was great reviewing your work.
Thank You,
Allorah
By: Allorah on October 5, 2011
at 8:00 am
correction: the email is submissions@theliterarymb.com
Thanks,
Allorah
By: Allorah on October 5, 2011
at 8:01 am
Barbara, I feel certain I’ve tweeted yu before, but twitter now has been saying I can’t tweet because you’re not “following” me. Ah, twitter.
To answer the last of your twitter questions, in unsent-tweet form:
Barbara, I grew up in several places in west Texas before coming to Austin to get my BSEE. Then FLA, CA (S&N), and a bad time in CO…
By: techbreederceo on October 8, 2011
at 5:41 am
Jus in case something goes wrong This time… Another “tweet”:@barbaralongley and about 15 messages below… is the email from twitter saying you Are following me. Alas.
By: techbreederceo on October 8, 2011
at 5:44 am
BSEE? S&N? K. Florida and California and a bad time in Colorado I got. BSEE? Bachelor of Science El. Ed.? See, since I’m in Ed, my mind goes there.
S&N – no clue SanFran, and Nappa? Ah, well. Too tired to decode this evening. I’ve been to Dallas, but that’s it. I’d love to write a Western someday, and maybe I’ll have Wild Bill in the story somehow. Going to bed now.
By: barbaralongley on October 9, 2011
at 2:39 am
I think we have this cleared up. coolbands.com wasn’t available. Nor was the @. I confused myself… I should fwd all to 1.
The pawn shop thing isn’t a big deal to me. I bought an iPad2, a mac mini, and software, depleting funds is not a surprise!
By: Rick Longley on October 14, 2011
at 7:13 pm
I have no idea what the reference to a pawn shop is about. Maybe you have me confused with another Longley?
By: barbaralongley on October 14, 2011
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