How does relevance apply to writing? I’m inspired by a sculptor who, when asked how he created such lovely works of art from a marble block, responded that he chipped away everything that wasn’t the statue.
About the Author
Barbara Barrett is a published author and poet who is currently working on a book of her short stories and poems. She has written many nonfiction articles for blogs, websites, and fanzines on various subjects, including award-winning essays on author and poet Robert E. Howard. In tribute to his extraordinary ability to create images and moods, she published “The Wordbook. An Index Guide to the Poetry of Robert E. Howard.” Her interests include current discoveries in scientific subjects such as Quantum Mechanics and Astronomy.
She’s held a variety of interesting positions throughout her life. These include working as an executive secretary/assistant to CEOs in Silicon Valley, also for Jet Propulsion Lab in the 1960s, and for the US Army Aeronautical Research Lab at NASA in Mountain View, California. Barbara’s positive attitude toward being a senior can be summed up in her reply to a high school box-boy who told her he was born in 1999: “Well, you’ve really missed a lot.”
