Despite the headline, I’d prefer to frame my book giveaway as an experiment, not a failure. I tested the strategy of making my book free and got definitive results — fewer sales or reviews than my modest projections. A successful experiment, but a … [Read more...]
John Byrne Barry’s Post Featured in BookWorks
BAIPA board member John Byrne Barry’s post, “Is a Book Tour Worth the Trouble?” was featured this week in BookWorks, a community for self-publishing authors and the professionals who serve them. It was the inaugural post for BookWorks’ new feature, … [Read more...]
Mining Minnesota for Stories, an Interview with Author Tim Jollymore
[BAIPA member John Byrne Barry continues his series of BAIPA authors interviewing BAIPA authors.] Tim Jollymore, a former English teacher in Oakland, who grew up in northern Minnesota, has written and published two novels, Listener in the Snow, set … [Read more...]
The Blessing (and Curse) of Mild Success: Anatomy of the Wasted Author Tour
When my recent book tour ended — “not with a bang, but a whimper,” to borrow from the Hollow Men — I was relieved it was over. Now I wish I had more readings scheduled. The “Wasted Author Tour,” which included ten event in Detroit, Berkeley, Mill … [Read more...]
John Byrne Barry Interviewed by Rich Ehisen
Interview with Rich Ehisen on The Open Mic Honestly, I didn’t launch the BAIPA author interview series as a way to promote myself, though I do sort of believe in karma, just not in a direct quid-pro-quo kind of way. So it was a pleasant … [Read more...]
Author Interview — Shari Weiss in Conversation with John Byrne Barry
In the continuing series of BAIPA members interviewing BAIPA members, Shari Weiss recently interviewed John Byrne Barry. Q: How did you come to write Bones in the Wash? I wanted to write the kind of book I like to read — fun, fast-paced, full of … [Read more...]
John Byrne Barry on New Mexico Tour with Bones in the Wash
New Mexico Book Tour—Better Late Than Never Next week, seven years after knocking on doors all over Albuquerque for Barack Obama, and two years after publishing my first novel—Bones in the Wash: Politics is Tough, Family is Tougher, which is set in … [Read more...]
Wasted Author Tour Comes to Copperfields in San Rafael on October 17
I will be reading from Wasted, my “green noir” mystery set in the Berkeley recycling world, at Copperfield’s Books in San Rafael on Saturday, October 17 at 7pm. Please join me for what I promise will be a fun and stimulating evening. In Wasted, … [Read more...]
Wasted Author Tour Comes to Berkeley, Marin
No one has written a mystery novel set in the recycling world. So I did. No, that’s not true. Maybe it is the first one, but I didn’t set out to break new ground, only to write a fun and fast-paced read in a setting that I found intriguing—the … [Read more...]
Author Interview — Doug Greene’s Journey from Grief to Grace
Shameless Self-Promotion or Selfless Promotion of Others? One benefit of being a BAIPA member is, or should be, an opportunity to get more readers for whatever we’re writing. But many of us, especially those of us born in the Midwest, where modesty … [Read more...]