Barbara Speak

I was born in the Houston, Texas area but shortly after my family relocated to St. Louis, Missouri. My parents had bird dogs they would use to compete so we spent almost all of our weekends traveling with a horse trailer attached by a hitch to our truck. The horses were used to allow them to keep up with the dogs but gave my sister and I much more than that. With top ranked dogs my mother who has run a vet hospital her whole adult life was able to assist in breading. We had puppies around all the time and lived on enough property to not only have the horses with us but be able to ride when ever we wanted. My childhood was amazing.
As I got older the social scene kind of took over. I loved to be with friends and make as many moments as memorable as possible. Alcohol fueled a lot of those times lol.
As far as influencing my writing, I would say I love to draw from experience and run with it

I began as a child and then a long break after high school. My first novel was written in under seven weeks and published shortly after, Fall 2013