Barbara Samuel O'Neal is the author of more than thirty award-winning novels, including THE LOST RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS and

The Secret of Everything
The Secret of Everything

A native of Colorado, Barbara loves teaching, travel, reading, writing, yoga, walking, food, cooking, photography and...okay, reality television.

Follow Me:
Twitter
Facebook

World building, travel and the bush fires in Australia

I’m thinking a lot about world building, and have been writing a blog about it which I hope to post soon.  One aspect of world building is context, and I’ve been thinking about that the past two days because of the horrific fires north of Melbourne in Australia.

When I returned from Australia last [...]