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Hope Barrett

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Formerly a reporter with the Hong Kong Standard, then freelancer for publications such as Style Magazine, Singapore Straits Times' New Paper, and the South China Morning Post, Hope Barrett moved to the west coast of Canada, where she took up the mantle of publisher for five years with the comic anthology OH... The downturn in the comic industry in the mid 90s ensured that such megalomania was punished with a dose of penury.

What the author did with the next decade of her life is now forming a part of North Door 37 Publishing's collection. Unless, of course, it is a murder mystery. Then we're talking fiction.
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Open Letter to BookSellers aka Attitude

Dear Bookseller

Now is the winter of our discontent...

Although much ado and hullabaloo has been made in the public about the wonders of you; this new age of digital publishing; and why people should 'buy, buy, buy,' or at least 'try, try, try' you and the motley crew known as two A's, one K, and an N that rhymes with book — you have returned our fervour and favour by not doing the same.

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Published on February 25, 2014 09:35
Average rating: 4.18 · 17 ratings · 6 reviews · 22 distinct works
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Somebody Get Me A Hammer!!

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Foolish Heart

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012 — 2 editions
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You're An Animal!

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012 — 2 editions
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I Have An Opinion

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Discovering Oscar

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Forget Heels!

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Diabolical

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Despair

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“I AM the current curator of the black trunk and the stories it holds within.”
Hope Barrett, Discovering Oscar

“Somebody’s going to be reading, right? Wrong. They’re FBing. “Doing a Number Two. Maybe I shouldn’t have had those chilli peppers. Hope y’all having a good day! —Coming from a toilet not far from you. xxxx”
Hope Barrett
tags: blog, humor

“Once an opportunist like Mickey, who took the argument when she jumped on some devastated wretch's machine and jackpotted that it was the "cash-ino's money" she was winning, Moon returned after her six month break with the view that the separation had somehow sweetened the honeypot. The sad reality, she quickly learned, was that she was not irreplaceable; as such, the Casino felt no compunction to welcome her back with multi-jackpots. Instead, it took her money everyday and did not once give her a jackpot so that she could say, "Ah. They missed me." Instead, all she could keep saying was, "Verr-y bed. Verr-y bed. Suck-ah all my money!”
Hope Barrett, Somebody Get Me A Hammer!!

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Making Connections: 803. DIABOLICAL by Hope Barrett 8 80 Jan 09, 2013 05:41PM  
“If you are going to put your ass in front of someone, at least have one.”
Sinara Ellis
tags: humor

“Once an opportunist like Mickey, who took the argument when she jumped on some devastated wretch's machine and jackpotted that it was the "cash-ino's money" she was winning, Moon returned after her six month break with the view that the separation had somehow sweetened the honeypot. The sad reality, she quickly learned, was that she was not irreplaceable; as such, the Casino felt no compunction to welcome her back with multi-jackpots. Instead, it took her money everyday and did not once give her a jackpot so that she could say, "Ah. They missed me." Instead, all she could keep saying was, "Verr-y bed. Verr-y bed. Suck-ah all my money!”
Hope Barrett, Somebody Get Me A Hammer!!

“That was how dishonesty and betrayal started, not in big lies but in small secrets.”
Amy Tan, The Bonesetter's Daughter

“When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain.”
Napoleon Bonaparte

“Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people. … The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good.”
Stephen King

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message 2: by Hope

Hope Barrett Deb wrote: "Quirky, that is the first thing I think of when I see Hope's name, second is OMG she is so smart and has such deep thoughts and the third is how will I humiliate my self here today? LOL"

Gwarsh, Deb, this just makes me grin like an idiot. Lol. Umh... thanks. Let's see if I can unblock head from doorway now.


message 1: by Deb

Deb Quirky, that is the first thing I think of when I see Hope's name, second is OMG she is so smart and has such deep thoughts and the third is how will I humiliate my self here today? LOL


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