45: Barbara Linn Probst: Author of Queen of the Owls

Hear how Barbara came up with the idea to frame her story of Elizabeth, wife, mother, and Ph.D. candidate desperate to find her true self, around the life of famed artist Georgia O’Keefe. As well, we discuss what it’s like to publish your debut novel during the middle of the Covid-19 crisis and what Barbara learned about herself in the process of writing this manuscript. A writer of fiction and non-fiction, Barbara lives on an historic dirt road in New York’s Hudson Valley. Her second novel, THE SOUND BETWEEN THE NOTES, will be published in April 2021. Barbara has a PhD in clinical social work, blogs for several award-winning sites for writers, and is a serious amateur pianist.  To learn more about Barbara, click here.