Books
The Novelist: A Novella (a tea & writing story)
Follow copywriter and poet, Laura, as she tries to figure out how to write a novel to meet Megan Willow’s challenge: a book by September.
Megan has a thriving tea business and does everything in a big way. To her, the idea of writing a novel in a matter of months is beyond simple. All you need is the will, and you’ll find the way.
Can Laura write a novel by September? She might not even make a cup of tea by midnight. So who’s to say.
A pleasurable escape. Barkat’s ability to weave poetry into prose makes it impossible not to sink into her beautiful writing. It’s one of those rare books you’ll finish but leave on the nightstand.”
—Darrelyn Saloom, author
Beyond the Glass: Poems
Few understand poetry like Barkat does. The collection’s title speaks to what poetry is about, how it’s practiced, and even to her own writing block. Poets, and writers generally, write through a separation from what’s there. Sometimes we can see it clearly—like looking through a pane of glass. Sometimes that glass separates us, working as a barrier. We can see, but we can’t experience….
Beyond the Glass lists the complete set of writing prompts as an appendix; you can match the prompt to the poem to see how Barkat interpreted it. And somewhere in that process, the block was broken. It didn’t happen like a dam bursting, followed by a massive outpouring of pent-up words. Instead, it’s more like Barkat opened a window, allowing her (and you) to move beyond the glass.”
—Glynn Young, from a review of Beyond the Glass
Rumors of Water: Thoughts on Creativity & Writing
Find a place to breathe in both the memoir-stories and tips that address major aspects of creative life—from inspiration to individual voice; from helpful habits, networking and publishing, to reasons we create and write.
Says the first chapter, “There are so many things standing in my way this morning, I can hardly begin. Yet I’ve heard there are rumors of water. Maybe that is enough.” And apparently it is.
One of the most beautiful books on the art & craft of writing that I’ve ever read.
—Diana Trautwein, Amazon review
Love Etc.
“Poet L.L. Barkat is blessed with a talent for metaphor, an eye for the spare image that can shimmer like a polished gem, and a sensuous and lyrical voice — gifts she uses beautifully, even profoundly, in Love, Etc.”
—Maureen Doallas, author
Here’s a blush rose,
with raspberry scent.
Here’s a pink,
come taste the edge.
And here, my dear,
upon the stair,
is simply the hip
of a white-blue rose
I’ve carried up
to bed.
—L.L. Barkat
Journal & Prompts (by my daughters! :)
The Yellow Wall-paper Sanity Journal: What to Do in Your Own Four Walls, by Sara and Sonia Barkat
A witty illustrated creative gift journal based on The Yellow Wall-Paper: A Graphic Novel.
Funny, surprising, mischievous (and sometimes melodramatic) prompts throughout.
