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Maria Barrs Maria Barrs

Three Days to Go

I was lucky enough to meet in person with the narrator of my audiobook (coming out in October 2023). Susanna Burney is an actor who has narrated and produced multiple books for ACX, the audiobook arm of Amazon-Audible. It was fascinating to talk with someone who read my book so closely.

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Maria Barrs Maria Barrs

Four Days to Go

Writing fiction is, for me, a very different challenge than writing and editing television news.

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Maria Barrs Maria Barrs

Five Days To Go

Five Days until my first mystery, Parallel Secrets is released, a few thoughts about starting a new career later in life.

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Hello World

Just days until my book launch! Surely no other debut author has thought of writing about the excitement, tension, nervousness of waiting for the day people can actually buy her book

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Why I'm Camera-shy

I left local television in 2016 after almost forty years, mostly in news management. Feel free to enjoy this video of my excruciatingly bad, first-ever TV news live shot:

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