S.F. Barkley

Check out Amazon’s Bestseller- Patch Lane! Average rating of 4.5/5 ⭐️ When Ofc. Sarah Hastings discovers a dead body in a secret room, it’s determined the vic died 3-4 days ago... but her fingerprints return to a woman who died 20 yrs ago. amazon.com/dp/1950502155/

Years after getting published, there’s still something surreal about seeing your book sitting on a bookstore shelf. Obviously, I had to sign the last copy 🖊️ Some lucky person is getting a little surprise with their purchase. ✨ 📚 #AuthorLife #MysteryThriller #BookTwitter

I spent the day at the site of one of the deadliest floods in U.S. history, and honestly, the history surrounding this place is stranger than anything I could make up. This kind of small-town history is exactly what inspired Black Opal Lake. #JohnstownFlood #BlackOpalLake

Help! What guy’s name screams “douchebag”? #author #amwriting #writersoftwitter

If you could go back in time what decade would it be and why the 90s?

Haven’t written in months… but rather than adding to my 25k word novel, I pour 5,000 words down for an entirely new novel. We won’t talk about the other 10k novel that’s sat unfinished for 3 years either. #amwriting #writerscommunity #author

@TCKPublishing just received an invoice from you for $717 … never purchased anything from you and somehow just randomly kept getting emails from you on some newsletter list… Any other authors get something similar? #writingcommunity

Went to a haunted hotel for a wedding this weekend and somehow left the wedding for an impromptu ghost tour. All of my photos turned out blurry and I have found my new premise for my #WIP. Who wants to read about the police investigation of a historical, haunted lake hotel?

Book suggestion! I need a book that involves “poetry” (the theme of my book club). However, I mostly read mysteries and fast-paced reads. Any good mysteries that involves poems? #books #WritingCommunity

How can I get any writing done with this face?! 😩 Any other author parents out there? 👋🏻 #WritingCommunity

Ah to write or pitch tonight... what should I do?? #amwriting #writingcommunity

Thank sweet baby Jesus that I always back up my writing on a thumb drive. Guess whose laptop died (like crossed over to the other side) and had to get a new one 😬 #writingcommunity #amwriting

Had to choose between writing or working out last night. 2k more words to the WIP 👌🏻 I guess I’ll workout tonight then but I feel like my characters are just stuck in time waiting for me 😩 #writingcommunity

Is ending a sentence with a preposition really all that bad? 😬 #amwriting

What part of your novel do you find writing goes the fastest? #writingcommunity

Got my first book request from querying Hollywood producers! Please send lots of positivity ... and wine 😬 #writingcommunity #amquerying

Spent my entire morning nap in and out of sleep paralysis. Basically one of the weirdest and scariest phenomenons. I couldn’t even handle the Netflix documentary on it without freaking out.

This time two years ago I submitted to them and got a deal! Authors- great publisher to work with and open to submissions! #writingcommunity

Accepting narration applications for Patch Lane’s audiobook!! DM me if you’re interested! RT to help me out connect to some narrators please! #audiobook #writingcommunity