Barbara Crowley has loved creative writing from an early age.
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| Barbara Crowley with 2023 Governor's Award |
In 2022, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper recognized Crowley for her tireless efforts in promoting adult literacy.
Starting in 2025, she has facilitated a writing class at her local senior center. She is part of a critique group, and attends writing conferences whenever possible. Crowley serves on the board of Neuse River Writers as Membership Director. Ms. Crowley lives with her cat in Johnston County, North Carolina.
Crowley won 2nd Place for singing & 3rd Place for poetry in her county's Senior Games in 2025.
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- It’s not for fame or fortune, that’s for sure.
- Sometimes, life events compel me to write; I just have to do it. So far, I’ve written an autobiographical play, some serious prose, humorous essays and assorted poems. The creative outlet that writing provides me is comparable to the joy I experience when singing. Some of my writing is published in various North Carolina anthologies.
- Well, it’s cheaper than therapy, so my pocketbook benefits.
- If I can make readers laugh, or have them empathize with a character’s troubles, I've done my job well.
- Since I’m not raking in the dough hand over fist, I appreciate getting reader reviews on Amazon.com.
- Although I started working on a few projects, none of them seemed to pan out. What seemed like good ideas at the time were met with horror by friends and family. I deferred to my colleagues' opinions and scrapped the manuscripts.
- There are always writing contests to enter, social media and blog posts to write, Open Mics to perform in (writing or singing), and attending writers’ workshops.
- My next book is a sci-fi novel that mixes a UFO abduction, aliens and a human ghost hunter.
