Barbara creates 'search-and-find' word puzzle for her Best of Books' signing that you can play, too!

   

Barbara Shepherd created a special puzzle when she recently participated in "An Afternoon With Oklahoma Authors" at Best of Books.

    Now you can work on it, too, thanks to our new blog.

    Here's the "search-and-find" word puzzle that Barbara created and handed out during the signing:

    

       

     "Barbara really provided an example of an author who reached out to her audience to attend the signing. She sent out postcards and reminded people she knew to attend. Her efforts showed because she had the largest turnout for the afternoon," said Joe Hight, president of Best of Books. "We greatly appreciated what she did for the signing and how she created this word puzzle that we could share."

     Barbara is an award-winning writer of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and screenplays. She is the American Christian Writer’s Writer of the Year (twice), a Woody Guthrie Poet, and a 2008 Nominee for Poet Laureate of Oklahoma. She is a former field editor for Taste of Home magazine and columnist for Edmond Outlook. Her work has also appeared in Oklahoma Woman and Edmond Life and Leisure and is featured in anthologies and literary journals. At the last "Afternoon," she was signing “Beads on a String – Peace, Joy, and Love,” “Imagination Turned Loose” and “A Centennial Celebration of Oklahoma Stories."

      The next "Afternoon With Oklahoma Authors" will be June 13. Perhaps we should ask Barbara (nicely) to create another puzzle for that one!