Mandy Eve-Barnett's Blog for Readers & Writers

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Mandy is available for:

• Book Clubs
• Speaking & Media Opportunities
• Virtual or live interviews
• Be part of – or moderate – a panel

Articles & Podcasts

2024 – SheBlurbs podcast 

2024 – Between The Lines podcast

I was honoured to be mentioned in this romance article – Link

Interviews:

Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJecGHWaZzo

The Park in the County Interview for the Writers Foundation of Strathcona County
13th April 2023




Judge: I, once again, judged entries for this children's Writing Contest. The Robyn Herrington Memorial Short Story Contest 2023

The submissions were excellent – childhood imaginations are inspiring.

Presentation & Panelist:

Wordbridge 2022

11th February: Panelist – Quality versus Quantity

12th February: Panelist – Worldbuilding and Presenter: Personality Traits in Characters

Coffee & Conversation with Opal Magazine 

Coffee and Conversation with Opal Magazine: 

TWP Author Interviews

Awesome Gang Interview

Prachesta Interview:

The Writer Podcast

Randomly Shop Review:

Scribblesworth Review:

SciFi Saturday Podcast Interview

Peni Renner Interview:

Anthony Avina Review:

Wednesday 26th January 6 pm MST Canada New York City. My interview starts at 54.52 on the timeline. Radio interview.

The Magic of Stories

Saraha Foley Website

farawayinalovestory

Link: https://politicsbooksandme.com/2023/05/26/interview-with-author-mandy-barnett/?fbclid=IwAR3x7UpHhUyrInEX06Zs6fPTQiSrtnoKWtvUtU-z0X4-hnpi-LcrlFrvQ-s

Many Books Link:

Podcast Links 

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Mandy offers presentations on a variety of writing related topics – ask today.

Presenter Bio:  Mandy Eve-Barnett

Mandy’s presentations are practical, inspirational, interactive, and actionable. She draws on over 10 years’ experience as a multi-genre author, freelance writer and writing community advocate as well as Secretary of The Writers Foundation of Strathcona County and past President of the Arts & Culture Council of Strathcona Council and past Secretary of Alberta Authors Cooperative. Her other life experiences are as a business owner, a freelance writer, a nursing professional, and an administrative professional, these allow Mandy to speak on a diverse number of topics.

With ten books published since 2011, and more awaiting the editing process, Mandy knows the joys and difficulties of the writing life. She also hosts the Writers Circle monthly meeting and creates weekly writing prompts for the WFSC website. Mandy has been blogging since 2010 and has over 6000 followers on her blog. She supports, encourages, and mentors writers through regular interviews and connection through her blog and social media.

Past Presentations:

Writing related:

Create a Canadian Superhero, Personality Traits in your Characters, Idea to Novel, How to Create a Goodreads Author Profile, Creating a Great Blog Post, and Maintaining a Blog.

Other:

Cemetery Tour Speech

Publication

Panel Participant: When Words Collide 2021 – Panel: Writing Groups – How To Run Them & How To Get Involved

Presenter Co-host:  When Words Collide2021 – Manifesting a Publishing Dream

Judge: Children’s Writing Contest. The Robyn Herrington Memorial Short Story Contest 

Judge: Children’s Writing Contest: The Writers Foundation of Strathcona County’s annual contest.

Writing Community Advocate 
Testimonial:  Mandy Eve-Barnett comes to us from Canada by way of England. When she said in her interview that Story is King, I truly felt that. As a multi-genre author like myself, she understands how rewarding it is to write from a place of passion.  CJ Ives Lopez Author | Podcaster

Interviews:

A River of Stones interview:

The Authors Porch Link

Link

Podcast interview with Ted Huntingdon – Women’s Writes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoFyPr4NxRY

Escape with a Writer  Link

Speaking about my writing group’s annual conference 27th March 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG0hnRR_LVo

My steampunk novel, The Commodore’s Gift. ThreeSixty interview Link

March 31 2020

 

My radio interview on Chat & Spin FRIDAY 22nd JANUARY 2021 FRIDAY’S EVENING & LATE SHOW 6.10PM – 8.30PM UK TIME (PART 1) 1:45.40 on the timeline. https://chatandspinradio.com/listen-again/  

21st December 2020 – Podcast Interview with Josuha Pantalleresco   (Please note adult content) https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jpantalleresco/episodes/2020-12-27T19_26_21-08_00 

The writing documentary, I was pleased to contribute to for film production student, Jessica. https://drive.google.com/…/1FHU6M6WbP…/view

Blog Interview: https://tonyriches.blogspot.com/2020/10/special-guest-interview-with-mandy-eve.html

6th September, 2020 Radio Interview with host, Mike Deregowski on The Writer’s Block at Sound Sugar Radio. Timeline 29.53  https://www.soundsugarradio.com/shows?wix-music-comp-id=comp-kehdm9kg&wix-music-track-id=5001299109085184   

Arts Talk Interview: Talking about my writing group.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NWuChupY40&t=732s

Online interview: Mrs Average Evaluates   https://www.mrsaverageevaluates.co.uk/mandy-eve-barnett/?fbclid=IwAR1Ns-cOMLwMzu_VdN1thLnv8QsR2vZrcDDLPnHyBECq6Xn4oSL82-gx0rA 

ThreeSixtyAlberta Interview: https://threesixtyalberta.com/?videos=sherwood-park-author-mandy-barnett-reveals-next-book-project  

Online for Authors Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfpGTAlbd2s

Local newspaper interview November 2019: https://www.sherwoodparknews.com/news/local-news/local-author-pens-fantasy-novella-sequel?fbclid=IwAR06fH9VZEi2xp7StFtEsdl7MADczztc1UXz_bDXPG9VyLCnhNklxf5h_bg

NaNoWriMo 2019 Interview : https://awriteradolescentmuse.wordpress.com/2019/11/18/nanowrimo-interview-mandy-eve-barnett/?fbclid=IwAR2pT47wnrCQ-ZJrudejgC9kpyL8o7ZV-321SF6kMcpesLCExsvd9B674N8

Submission at Scribe Slice:  http://www.scribeslice.com/write/index/1363/Grains/10/0

Bio (short version!)

Mandy Eve-Barnett is a multi-genre author writing children’s, YA and adult books. Every story has a basis of love, nature, magic and mystery. Her passion for writing emerged later in life and she is making up for lost time. With ten books published since 2011 and another five awaiting the editing process, she indulges her Muse in creative as well as freelance writing.  Mandy regularly blogs at http://www.mandyevebarnett.com, where she encourages, and supports the networking of writers and readers alike.  She is also prolific on social media. Mandy is currently the Secretary of her local writers group, the Writers Foundation of Strathcona County, she hosts the monthly Writers Circle meetings and creates weekly writing prompts for the website. She is past Secretary of the Alberta Authors Cooperative and past President of the Arts & Culture Council of Strathcona County Council. Mandy Eve-Barnett lives her creative life to the fullest.

Social media links:  

Twitter https://twitter.com/mandyevebarnett 

Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/Mandyevebarnettcom/

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mandyevebarnett/

Freelance  https://tailoredthemedtosuit.wordpress.com/

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mandy-eve-barnett-58235250/

Pinterest https://www.pinterest.ca/mandywordsmith/

Blog https://mandyevebarnett.com/

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/…/6477059.Mandy_Eve_Barnett…

Amazon author page:   https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B01MDUAS0V 

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/search?query=Mandy+Eve-Barnett

Publisher:  Dream Write Publishing. www.dreamwritepublishing.ca

Mandy currently lives in Alberta, Canada but is originally from England. Her background is diverse and gives her rich experience to utilize in her writing. Mandy has been a nursing professional, a business owner, and a sort after administration expert. She has travelled throughout Europe, parts of America and Canada and was born in Africa.

Mandy is passionate about writing to the point of obsession and she succeeded in becoming a published author in record time. Mandy’s venture into freelance writing has been successful and she regularly contributes to the Never Been Better page in the Sherwood Park newspaper, Opal Writers Magazine, and blogs for Picture This Gallery, as well as submissions to several anthologies.

Writing in various genres, Mandy has been published on numerous web sites as well as regularly blogging about her writing journey. https://mandyevebarnett.com/

Mandy has collaborated in creating a ‘how to’ write your memoir workbook, Your Lifetime of Stories.

http://www.dreamwritepublishing.ca/retail/books/your-lifetime-stories

A freelance ghost writing project saw Mandy create and complete a hybrid business/fiction book for a client. Journey to the Summit.

Another project saw Mandy create a children’s book relating to a well-known local volunteer.

Bio (long version!) Art in all its forms has always been a real passion for Mandy. In her youth, and at the tender age of 12 years, her art teacher, Miss Randall submitted some of Mandy’s artwork to the Royal College of Art in London, UK. They accepted her for the next intake – unfortunately it was not to be at that time, due to Mandy still having another four years of school to complete and later due to parental guidance. Her path took Mandy in another direction. When she left school she went into training as a State Registered Nurse, however afterwards she made the decision to try something else. After a couple of administration jobs she took a deep breath and started up a company with a business partner. This venture proved very successful for nearly twenty-nine years although along with family life and commitments her creative outlet was sadly lacking during that time. Economics played a large part in Mandy’s family’s decision to immigrate. So the family moved to Canada from England in 2007. It was a great leap of faith for her to find a new life and a better future for her children. Along with this new life, Mandy promised herself she would find an outlet for her creativity, which had taken a back seat for decades, apart from the occasional dip! So when the family had settled into their new Canadian home, schools and work, she began looking for a creative outlet. By chance she found the Writers Foundation of Strathcona County and attended her first meeting – which turned out to be a revelation in finding such a friendly bunch of people all passionate about writing and immensely supportive. Thus Mandy’s writing career began and she hasn’t looked back since. She is quoted as saying, ‘My creative void is now overflowing’. Mandy’s writing journey has taken her, in a very short time, on a journey she never thought possible.

Initially Mandy’s ‘publishing’ was restricted to small articles, such as on espressostories.com and the Albertan web site (www.albertabrand.com) but quickly extended to inclusion in an anthology, Writing Prompt Journey in 2010, on numerous web sites and in the local newspaper, as well as regularly blogging about her writing journey at http://mandyevebarnett.com. She has successfully completed thirteen National Novel Writing Month challenges with the subsequent volume of work resulting in several becoming published novel length books.

Mandy is a freelance writer and regular contributor to the Never Been Better page in the Sherwood Park newspaper, Opal Writers Magazine, Picture This Gallery blog and several anthologies. Mandy has attended and presented at the WFSC annual conference several times and at the PWAC conference/workshop in September 2012 and been a presenter and panelist at Words on the Street, Lethbridge and Wordbridge. She has attended numerous writing retreats at Strawberry Creek Retreat.

As to where Mandy’s creativity comes from, it would have to be said it is drawn from the essence of the several continents where she has lived. Each has left a trace upon her soul. The heat and drum beats of Africa, the lushness and history of England and the changing seasons and vastness of Canada.  Each has given Mandy a gift – a treasure trove of sights, sounds, smells and experiences from which to weave her stories.

WFSC Conference Presentation 6th April 2019 – Idea to Novel

Appreciation Award April 2019

Presentation to the Strathcona County forum.