This proves that Barb can edit just about anything. Thus far, Barb has edited for Masterpiece Comics, the Written Word,, is on the editorial board of Twilight Times Books and has completed a copy-editing internship at the sports Web site Bleacher Report. (Mostly so I can show you the nifty editing graphic N.N.

And once upon a time, she was an opinion columnist and arts and entertainment reporter for both the Daily Nebraskan and the University of Wisconsin-Parkside Ranger News additional op-eds were published by the Racine Labor Paper and by the Racine Journal-Times (under the previous married name). She reviews books for Shiny Book Review and, more occasionally, at for their Vine program. Caffrey) at the Written Word online magazine, at Joyful! Online, at Midwest Literary Magazine, at e-Quill Publishing, and at Vision online magazine (a publication of the Forward Motion Writers Group). Her stories and poems have appeared in many places, including GIFTS OF DARKOVER, STARS OF DARKOVER, FIRST CONTACT CAFE, HOW BEER SAVED THE WORLD, BEDLAM’S EDGE, BEARING NORTH, independently at Amazon ( “To Survive the Maelstrom,” co-written with Michael B. (Book two, A LITTLE ELFY IN BIG TROUBLE, is tentatively scheduled for mid-to-late September of 2015 - correction, is now out.) She holds two degrees, is an inveterate and omnivorous reader, and is the writer of the comic urban fantasy romance AN ELFY ON THE LOOSE (book one of the ELFY duology), available now from Twilight Times Books. (I’m wearing a Brewers jersey!)īarb Caffrey is a writer, editor, musician, and composer. When a mysterious illness threatens to decimate elves both Above and Underground, Ember is thrust into a journey in which she confronts the literal and figurative demons of her past.A recent picture of me. Slowly but surely, his maniacal tendencies are revealed, leaving Ember with the sacred “Naughty List” literally in her lap.

Her nemesis is Sturd, a power-hungry, twisted elf with a checkered past and a serious grudge against Ember. And being the only girl-elf working as a coal miner at the North Pole doesn’t help much either. Having been torn away from a carefree life and forced into a world of dirt and darkness has started to get the best of her. 'The Coal Elf,' which DeVivo said is suitable for readers age 12 and up, is the story of Ember Skye, a fed-up teenage Coal Elf with a chip on her shoulder. The descriptions are so vivid, you feel like you're in the book.

'Kids will just love Ember's (the main character) wit and sarcasm.' 'Oh, my gosh, it's wonderful,' she said of the book.

The Coal Elf by Maria DeVivo