Is Self-Publishing All That Bad?
I have two novels I am shopping out to publishers. Two publishershave had them for an extended time with no word on yea or nay. I assume...
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Barbara G. Tucker
- Oct 22
- 2 min
What I'm Reading and Writing
My most recently completed book is Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis. I should say I have finished the first reading. Clearly I need to go...
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Barbara G. Tucker
- Sep 17
- 1 min
Best Short Stories? Maybe
This might be click-bait, but this listacle interested me: https://getpocket.com/explore/item/43-of-the-most-iconic-short-stories-in-the-...
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Barbara G. Tucker
- Sep 4
- 2 min
My Anthem
There's more that rises in the morning Than the sun And more that shines in the night Than just the moon It's more than just this fire...
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Barbara G. Tucker
- Sep 1
- 1 min
Probably the stupidest rejection letter I have ever received.
We will pass on the publication of the book. One: We've got several things on our plate now that are taking a lot of time and wouldn't be...
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Barbara G. Tucker
- Aug 21
- 2 min
A Trollope is not an immoral woman
Not sure why, but I have read a lot of Anthony Trollope this summer. I am 2/3 of the way through The Way We Live Now. It is brilliant. In...
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Barbara G. Tucker
- Aug 21
- 1 min
My Netherlands Saga
On July 21-July 31, I was in the Netherlands. For almost all of that time I was in Holland, which the the Western part, more or less,...
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Barbara G. Tucker
- Aug 18
- 3 min
LIVE THE QUESTIONS
I have come to enjoy The Habit Podcast, with host Jonathan Rogers. I really recommend it for writers and would-be writers. He interviews...
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Barbara G. Tucker
- May 1
- 2 min
Yes, I Got a Dog
Confession: I am a dog person. To the core. However, I do not have "fur babies" or feel a sense of human connection with them. They are...
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Barbara G. Tucker
- May 1
- 3 min
Musings on Cloudy May Day
Sometimes I repost here from my other blog, Partsofspeaking.blogspot.com This is one, and it's a bit amorphous but heartfelt....
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Barbara G. Tucker
- Jan 30
- 1 min
Let's Talk About Bruno
I don't recommend movies. But I'll make an exception. It's not just that "We don't talk about Bruno" is impossible to get out of one's ...
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Barbara G. Tucker
- Jan 30
- 2 min
The Last Thing He Should Have Told Me
I'm going to post this on Amazon, although I didn't buy the book there. That's a different story.... I was walking into the campus...
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Barbara G. Tucker
- Dec 23, 2021
- 2 min
My Foray into Sci-Fi
Since the release of Dune (highly recommended if you have read the book; not sure otherwise, and I don't recommend much in the way of...
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Barbara G. Tucker
- Dec 13, 2021
- 1 min
Updating Christmas, Part 2
In the last post I used an illustration (Jose y Maria by Everett Patterson, a comic book artist) that re-imagines the typical Nativity...
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Barbara G. Tucker
- Dec 13, 2021
- 2 min
Updating Christmas
A friend posted this illustration to Facebook. I found it ... at first perplexing, then disorienting, then resistant, then interested,...
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Barbara G. Tucker
- Sep 26, 2021
- 1 min
Links, Links, Links
Friends and I were talking about old TV shows from our childhood that are now on YouTube. I mentioned Lancelot Link, Super Chimp. I will...
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Barbara G. Tucker
- Sep 23, 2021
- 1 min
Toastmasters International Series, #2: Why Compete?
There are a lot of reasons why you might not want to compete in Toastmasters. To be honest, after a few outings where I lost pretty...
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Barbara G. Tucker
- Sep 23, 2021
- 2 min
Writing Thoughts on September 24, 2021
I attended a webinar today that purported to give the Six Secrets of Author Success. I won't name names here. I signed up for it to see...
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Barbara G. Tucker
- Sep 22, 2021
- 2 min
Toastmasters, International Series
Entry 1: How to Come Up with Topics I would lay money on this statement: Many people who come to Toastmasters really want to improve...
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Barbara G. Tucker
- Aug 15, 2021
- 4 min
Two Views of Evil: Collateral and Mystic River
Not feeling well last night (two reasons: exhausting first week of class and my air conditioning was out, making for a very hot house in...
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