Tales from the Baby Blue Barn

Me and Miss Louise

Welcome to my site! My name is Nancy DeMarco, and I’ve always loved two things: writing and horses.

When Lyme disease scrambled my brain, I used writing as therapy – a way to hook the wires back up and organize my thoughts. When my husband was unemployed and money was scarce, I said, “Don’t worry. I’ll write a book.”

We had a good laugh, and I didn’t admit to being half serious. Okay – more than half. I wanted to avoid the naysayers – the ones who said, “It’s one thing to write a book, but don’t expect to get it published.”

Being a stubborn New Englander with way too much of my mother in me, I set out to prove the naysayers wrong. My first novel was published by a small press. When they folded, I got my rights back and self published, Now, I have two new novels completed, and I’ve started on a third. 

This site will act in part as a website with information on upcoming releases. And I’ll toss up weekly short stories, mostly humorous, as well as occasional excerpts from my novels. Most shorts will talk about life in the little town of Mason, New Hampshire, and many will feature the growing menagerie that lives in my baby blue barn.

The Researching for Crime Fiction tab will have stories of my attempts to make my work more authentic. This seldom turns out as expected.

Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you’ll check back often.