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“Of course I'd sometimes have characters from downstate living upstate, but it took a while for me to start writing about where I grew up.”

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Tom Barbash

Tom Barbash is a writer known for his unique literary style, which has won him a place among contemporary authors. Detailed information about his life and achievements is currently unavailable. more

“I went back into the older stories and reworked them, because I became a better writer over the years and could spot flaws. I loved having another chance to make them stronger, and to bring them closer to me, made them less like a greatest hits compilation, and more like something written in the same extended burst.”

Years Made Stories Chance Written Stronger Spots Flaws Like Something Another Chance Compilation

Author:Tom Barbash

“My characters tend, if wounded, to be emotionally resourceful. Often they're in that way station between when loss happens and when it can be fully comprehended. In the meantime they're fighting to get something back, and occasionally they prevail in surprising ways.”

Ifs Way Character Happens Fighting Loss Stations Surprising Wounded Resourceful

Author:Tom Barbash

“I think one's person's unlikeable is another's lovable.”

Thinking Persons Lovable

Author:Tom Barbash

“I had written about a small hamlet upstate, and had been called into a meeting about my story, which, as it turned out, had upset a lot of people.”

People Stories Written Meetings Upset

Author:Tom Barbash

“Being a reporter took me out of myself and that shaped me as a writer.”

Reporters

Author:Tom Barbash

“I think writers tend to hear a different message from the ones our friends and acquaintances intend. We see what's revealed, which makes us dangerous.”

Thinking Different Dangerous Messages Acquaintance

Author:Tom Barbash

“I'm suspicious of epiphanies, because they so rarely last.”

Lasts Suspicious Epiphany

Author:Tom Barbash

“I'm always relearning things I thought I'd learned for good a while back.”

Author:Tom Barbash

“Shockingly, a University of Pennsylvania study says the number of young people addicted to gambling - largely due to increased exposure to the Internet and Internet gambling - grew by an alarming 20 percent between 2004 and 2005 alone.”

People Young Numbers Study Grew Internet Percent University Dues Gambling Exposure Pennsylvania University Of Pennsylvania

Author:Spencer Bachus

“I think the voice can carry a story.”

Thinking Stories Voice

Author:Tom Barbash

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