Author Barbara Kirk

Author Barbara Kirk Barbara Kirk is a meticulous writer of countless unpublished novels and published short stories.

06/18/2026

I've been writing a new novel--Waves of Trust--after going on my first cruise back in Feb. I'm up to Chapter 22. Getting close to the end. Yay.

Then in May, Jim and I went on a bus trip to Nashville sponsored by our church. I knew there'd be a story there. Can't wait to write it--Prodigal. It will be part of a series which centers around a fictional town in southern California--Prodigal. Hence, the name of the story is Prodigal.

I still have to finish Subterfuge, which I started back in Sept. Busy, busy, busy.

05/01/2026

My writers' group will critique Chapter 14 of Evidence Unseen tonight. The editing has made a lot of improvements in the story line. It's a big job ripping the story apart. It was the second novel I ever wrote--20 years ago. I've learned a lot since then.

02/17/2026

Still working at editing Evidence Unseen. So far, I'm up to Chapter 10.

12/15/2025

Over three years ago, I wrote a time travel story titled One Night. It turned into a Christmas story, because one night, she traveled back in time to the road leading to Bethlehem and the stable where a baby had been born. When she sees this child, Jesus, he smiles at her, and her face lights up. In her mind, she hears this child talking to her, introducing himself as the Savior of the world, and that someday He would die on a cross for her. All it took was one night, and she gave her heart to the Lord and was saved.

I dug out the paperwork I keep on story and discovered that One Night was 148 pages long. It won't be after the editing is done. But that will have to wait, since I have other irons in the fire. With the Christmas season upon us, I want to revisit that story for my own enjoyment, and take a trip to Bethlehem with my two main characters.

I think I'll include this story in my next publication. But that will be a while from now.

11/04/2025

I'm currently editing a novel I wrote back in 2007--Evidence Unseen. I wish I knew then what I know now about writing. Between my writers' group and my own critiquing, I'm ripping it apart. So much to fix. But it's all constructive work.

09/02/2025

Believe it or not, with God's help, I just finished the time travel story I've been working on--Through the Glass. I started it on Aug. 1 and completed it today, Sept. 2. I would have finished it a couple weeks ago, but I've been working on editing a novel plus a lot of little projects around the house.

Unedited as of yet--
7 Chapters
46 pages
11,940 words

08/29/2025

I've gotten myself into a pickle. I've been working on a new time travel story--Through the Glass. I'm also submitting a novel to my writers' group for critique. And wouldncha know it, I've got another time travel story stuck in my head. I even have a title--Backward, Forward. It's inspired by a picture I took of my husband trying on a Stetson.

08/07/2025

I love to cut and paste. And I don't mean with scissors and glue. I solved my problem with Chapter 1 of Through the Glass by cutting a paragraph and pasting it to the beginning of the chapter. I did a little rewording throughout the chapter, and I think that took care of things. Now it's on to Chapter 2.

08/06/2025

Not long ago, I got an idea in my head for a new time travel story. Couldn't stop thinking about it, so I started it last Friday. It's titled Through the Glass. It's about a giant snow globe that she falls into without breaking the glass. There she meets the preacher, who is not a bona fide preacher. Will they fall in love? Maybe--maybe not. Haven't gotten past chapter one yet, which I have to rewrite because I'm not satisfied with the progression of events so far.

07/28/2025

I need to start working on my third publication of time travel stories, but I'm currently editing a novel I wrote years ago. It also has a sequel. Need to get them published so that people don't think all I write is time travel.

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