Some more celebration of poetry
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Before we go on, a bit of wise-guy-ism.
Barbara G. Tucker
Oct 1710 min read
Escaping the Writing Rut: Finding Your Way Back to Creativity
This is my story. In May 2024 I found myself in a writing rut. Actually more like a trench, maybe a grave. I just didn’t want to write....
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Barbara G. Tucker
Oct 51 min read
Celebrate Poetry
My Facebook feed is no longer about my friends. It is 5 ads or "info pieces" about literature, history, art, or humanities to every 1...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Sep 165 min read
James Herriott: The Master Storyteller
I have just finished the infinitely charming, funny, and fascinating All Creatures Great and Small , the first of James Herriot’s...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Sep 96 min read
Hiatus and Hibernation
I have not been writing. There, I confessed it. As a writer, so-called, I am supposed to write. And I haven’t been. That is not entirely...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Aug 244 min read
Welcome back and catching up.
That greeting is referring to me, not to you. I have been missing in action for a while with the beginning of the semester and some...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Aug 41 min read
You Need this Writing Advice
I will post the link; I think it would be somewhat dishonest to post the whole article: https://getpocket.com/explore/item/write-a-senten...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Jul 202 min read
A Wonderful Trip
A friend and I took a trip to Clintwood, VA. This is not an auspicious place, but a good one. It is the county seat of Virginia's "baby"...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Jul 112 min read
Catching up
It seems reasonable that a website with a blog should have a post at least once in a while, and it's been over four weeks. And that is...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Jun 141 min read
Writing Updates June 14
Lying In is out, available on this website and Colorful Crow Publishing, or from me personally at one of my book events and at Rabbit...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Jun 24 min read
Writing and Marketing: Some lessons learned
Let me be clear: I am not an expert on this subject. At best, I am a novice, Level 1. There are many resources out there--books, podcasts...
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Barbara G. Tucker
May 233 min read
Observation on Annie Dillard's Writing Advice, Etc.
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/write-as-if-you-were-dying-read-annie-dillard-s-greatest-writing-advice?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Apr 294 min read
Deconstructing Agatha Christie
I want to start this post with the clarification that I enjoy Agatha Christie immensely. I have watched all the David Suchet Hercule...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Mar 232 min read
Fiction Writing Revisited
Adverbs are your friend that you need to break up with. Another piece of advice fiction writers are told to follow is to remove adverbs...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Mar 233 min read
Some More Thoughts on Fiction Writing
I am thinking of writing a series of posts on why the typical advice fiction writers are given should be rethought, such as no adverbs...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Mar 234 min read
What Does the Cat Have to Do With It?
Thoughts on Save the Cat Writes a Novel (SCWAN) Our screenwriting instructor at the college where I teach recommended, sort of, the Save...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Mar 81 min read
A Rare Poem
The Neighborhood is Out March 4, Dalton The windows open, the fans circling above To push out must and dust and closeness I snap the...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Mar 84 min read
Long Lost Justice, Chapter 1
Mose Washington locked the door of Mt. Olivet Holiness Baptist Church a few minutes before 11:00 on the night of Wednesday, October 14,...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Jan 203 min read
Catching up, website changes
What a whirlwind the last three weeks have been. 2024 started off intensely. It’s been quite cold here, for one—13 degrees this morning,...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Dec 11, 20233 min read
The Barbie Movie Explains It All
After a day of cooking and cleaning and hosting Thanksgiving, I sat down to finally watch it. The Barbie movie. And I loved it. It’s...
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