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Veteran journalist Barbara Falconer Newhall riffs on life as she knows it.

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For One Night I Was Important Again. Thank You Armistead Maupin

June 22, 2017 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

I was important at the cast party for "The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin, San Francisco, June 15, 2017. Barbara Falconer Newhall and Jonathan Groff of TV show "Looking." Photo by Jon Newhall

At a party for “The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin” I discovered I was important enough to score quality time with the likes of Jonathan Groff. Read more.

The Writing Room: My Idea of a Good Time — A Week in the Mountains with a Bunch of Other Writers

February 19, 2010 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

I’ve attended the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley summer conference three different times and loved every moment. It’s a great chance to meet writers, editors, agents — and work on your writing.

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Is My Writing Too Nice?

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I sometimes wonder when I sit down to write — am I too much of an optimist? Am I too hopeful? Too trusting? Is my writing too nice?  Read more.

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The Kids Are Coming for a Visit. No Time to Write

Author Jana Riess in a pink sweater. Photo by Barbara Newhall

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The Sad State of the Supermarket Strawberry

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