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bqwriter

  1. Going to the Black & White Ball on Sat. My big question: the long white dress with flyaway hem... or the silvery black flapper dress? 8:39 AM May 31st via web
  2. Wisdom from this morning's run: When you feel blessed (divinely or naturally, whatever), you are blessed! 10:43 AM Apr 27th via LinkedIn
  3. I'm teaching a workshop on Sunday 4/22 at Book Passage lnkd.in/DBzicu 9:47 AM Apr 17th via LinkedIn
  4. Thanks to my brilliant husband, I'll be there... lnkd.in/zXvakz 12:14 PM Apr 14th via LinkedIn
  5. Festival Musique et Vin vintageseekers.com/calendar/festi… via @VintageSeekers (We'll be there. How clever of me to marry a brilliant violist!) 9:46 AM Apr 14th via Tweet Button
  6. I'll be signing copies of VIVALDI'S VIRGINS Thurs. & Sat. night at the SF Symphony in conjunction with Itzhak Perlman'…lnkd.in/-EpyP9 8:59 PM Apr 9th via LinkedIn
  7. Next week, New York! Meetings with my editor and a certain Broadway producer. (Shouldn't we adapt Vivaldi's Virgins for the musical stage?) 8:10 PM Mar 24th via LinkedIn
  8. ...and last night was delighted by a local production of Don Giovanni, sung in English @ the Cinnabar Theater, Petaluma twitter.com/bqwriter/statu… 3:27 PM Mar 24th via web
  9. Went to the opening of a wonderful new play at Berkeley Rep about the artist Mark Rothko: "Red" by the truly brilliant John Logan. 3:20 PM Mar 24th via web
  10. I'm part of a roundtable of three at 7pm on KRCB Radio tonight discussing Rudolfo Anaya's novel "Bless Me, Ultima" krcb.org/radio-content/… 3:33 PM Mar 14th via web
  11. Great to meet you at the Sitting Room today, Mimi! 3:30 PM Mar 14th via web
  12. Read or listen to the radio broadcast of my review of Jeffrey Eugenides' novel, "The Marriage Plot"! lnkd.in/PV3-fu 9:59 PM Feb 8th via LinkedIn
  13. "Art has always been the raft onto which we climb to save our sanity." American artist, poet and role model Dorothea Tanning, 1910-2012. 8:43 AM Feb 8th via LinkedIn
  14. Here's the inside story, exposed by the Authors Guild, on what's happening in the U.S. publishing industry (yikes!) tinyurl.com/7vo73pb 11:12 AM Jan 31st via web
  15. I'll be teaching a workshop on researching and writing historical fiction at Book Passage in Corte Madera on Sunday, April 22nd, from 10-3. 9:22 AM Jan 27th via web
  16. Just found out that there are rooms for rent now at the Ospedale della Pieta (perfect location!) in Venice: pietavenezia.org/casaferie.htm 12:51 PM Jan 25th via web
  17. Faulting myself heavily these days for not writing enough! Back at work (finally!) on my new novel, "Six Glasses of Tokay." 11:21 AM Jan 22nd via web
  18. @Abbietheauthor To write the screenplay or not to write the screenplay? A GOLDEN WEB was shortlisted for the Sundance-Sloan but didn't win. 11:18 AM Jan 22nd via web
  19. "Saving Puccini" is done! Next step: get the screenplay into the hands of George Clooney and/or Alec Baldwin. 9:45 AM Dec 7th, 2011 via web
  20. There's a difference between a great novel and great potential. Hear my take on "The Tiger's Wife" askthewriter.blogspot.com/2011/11/differ… 7:20 PM Nov 19th, 2011 via web
  • Name Barbara Quick
  • Location San Francisco Bay Area
  • Web http://www.Barbar...
  • Bio Living proof that dreams come true: I am a novelist and free-lance wordsmith living in the Wine Country
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