Back in September, we started compiling a list of books published by BAIPA members in 2019 and 2020. You can see it here — Books Published by BAIPA Members 2019 + 2020. (It's also under the Members menu.) Thank you to the 20+ authors who … [Read more...]
About John Byrne Barry
Wildflowers, Curses, and Managing Burnout — Interviews with BAIPA Authors Nita Winter, Rob Badger, Wendy Bartlett, and Janice Litvin
Here are three more video interviews of BAIPA authors, which we recorded live during the afternoon session of our December meeting. Thanks to all of you who participated. We are considering doing live author interviews again in 2021. Let us know if … [Read more...]
Zooming Into the Holidays — Join Us for BAIPA’s December 5 Holiday Party, With Cover Design Contest and Author Interviews
We’ll start our December 5 meeting, as usual, with Q & A, introductions, announcements, and then our presentation — David Kudler on Book Cover Design. Then comes our holiday party, in two parts. Of course, you’re welcome to bring your own … [Read more...]
Join Us for Three Author Interviews after December 5 BAIPA Meeting
Since the pandemic started, we've been working on connecting authors who want to be interviewed with interviewers and posting the video interviews on our website. We now have eight. More are in the queue. For our afternoon session of the December … [Read more...]
BAIPA Book Cover Contest at December Meeting — How We’re Going to Do It
As was the case at our BAIPA meeting last December, David Kudler will lead a presentation on cover design. We will also be hosting our annual book cover contest. (This is our third year, so can we now confidently call it an annual tradition?) But … [Read more...]
Politics is Tough. Family is Tougher — Bones in the Wash Ebook Free Till Election Day
Between now and Election Day, my first novel, Bones in the Wash: Politics is Tough. Family is Tougher, is free as an ebook. Set during the 2008 presidential campaign in New Mexico, the novel is one part political thriller, one part family soap, and … [Read more...]
Did You Publish a Book in 2019 or 2020?
At our last member meeting, we shared an idea that emerged from discussions about the BAIPA book contest, which we haven’t had the bandwidth to launch over the past few years. What if, instead — or someday, in addition to — we were to highlight … [Read more...]
“The Fairshare Model” and “Sci-Fi with a Soundtrack” — Two More BAIPA Video Interviews
Here are two more video interviews of BAIPA authors who have recently published books. The Fairshare Model: An Interview with Author Karl Sjogren Sci-Fi with a Soundtrack — An Interview with Author Mike Van Horn … [Read more...]
BAIPA Video Author Interviews, Part 1
We talked at our May meeting about ways we as authors and publishers might help each other promote our books during the pandemic, or whether we shouldn't be doing that at all. One idea we had was to interview each other on Zoom and post those … [Read more...]
‘What If Your Ailing Father Asked You to Kill Him?’ — Online Book Launch & Conversation June 6, 10, and 14
I'll be hosting three online book talks this month, as part of "Reimagine: Life, Loss, & Love," a worldwide virtual festival exploring death and celebrating life. Hope you can join me. The event is called "What If Your Ailing Father Asked You to … [Read more...]