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Stirring Appalachian Fiction set during the Flu Pandemic
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Rage Against the Generative AI Machine
I am not giving in. I have gotten the impression I am supposed to. Not directly, but subtly. I won't. I will retire before I have to let...

Barbara G. Tucker
Nov 27, 20234 min read
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Praise This Week
I have conducted a study of the psalms, formerly referred to as the Psalter, over the last several months. Obviously, that is not enough...

Barbara G. Tucker
Nov 19, 20234 min read
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Photographs from Podcast Interview with Barbara Masoner
This podcast will drop around November 11, and I hope you enjoy it.

Barbara G. Tucker
Oct 29, 20231 min read
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Podcast Fans, Unite
Podcasts have been around since the time of the iPod (2004 marks the first “podcast”) and have a longer history than our smart phones...

Barbara G. Tucker
Oct 29, 20234 min read
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Musing, a Spiritual Action
Yesterday I interviewed a person for my podcast. That is not unusual. However, this experience was. First, it was deeply spiritual and...

Barbara G. Tucker
Oct 29, 20234 min read
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Why We Love Mysteries
https://time.com/collection/best-mystery-thriller-books/6309691/mystery-books-satisfaction/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us I like to...

Barbara G. Tucker
Oct 7, 20231 min read
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What Price Creativity?
Thought-provoking article here: https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2023/october/cost-of-creativity-bonhoeffer-set-aside-ethics-for-art...

Barbara G. Tucker
Oct 1, 20231 min read
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Marketing Books in the Real World
What follows is a reflection about marketing "independently published" books. I am very incompetent in this area, I confess. I have been...

Barbara G. Tucker
Oct 1, 20233 min read
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Hiatus is over! and Woody Allen
It's been a while since I posted here. I've been on two trips and the fall semester started--and it's been a zinger! I ended up with two...

Barbara G. Tucker
Aug 20, 20233 min read
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Calling potential readers!
Definition: a trial of machinery, software, or other products, in the final stages of its development, carried out by a party unconnected...

Barbara G. Tucker
Jul 30, 20231 min read
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Answers to Some Big Questions
Today I attended an author event at The Crazy Lady Book Store in Acworth, GA. Below are the questions we were asked to prepare for the...

Barbara G. Tucker
Jul 1, 20237 min read
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The Power of Paragraphs
Do English teachers not teach about paragraphs any more? I get research papers with paragraphs of 500 words or more. I get business ...

Barbara G. Tucker
Jun 28, 20232 min read
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Come see me July 1!
I would love to meet other readers! These other fellows are more interesting than me, too!

Barbara G. Tucker
Jun 26, 20231 min read
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In Defense of Bad Words
I confess. In some of my novels, characters . . . cuss. A little. Damn and hell, but keeping God of it. And some vulgarities,...

Barbara G. Tucker
Jun 25, 20232 min read
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The Cost of Art
This isn’t about the most recent sale of a Van Gogh and the “price” someone was willing to pay to own something Van Gogh created and...

Barbara G. Tucker
Jun 25, 20234 min read
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Conflated Grief: Poetry Affliction
It is not just grief for one person we feel. It is loss of anything or many things or all things. It is the absence of anyone. It is the...

Barbara G. Tucker
Jun 24, 20231 min read
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Love Thy Neighbor; First, Know Them
I moved into this neighborhood 23 months ago. I am very happy here. Like many Americans, though, I have not met all my neighbors, not...

Barbara G. Tucker
Jun 10, 20237 min read
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Making Your Story Real
Below I have included the outline of my talk last weekend as a speed presenter at a writers conference. I was speedy because this was too...

Barbara G. Tucker
May 24, 20234 min read
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A Day at A Writers’ Conference
Today (actually yesterday, but I wrote this last evening) I spent with fellow writers. They were readers, too, but a writers’ conference...

Barbara G. Tucker
May 21, 20232 min read
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For more of my writing
I blog in two other places. http://partsofspeaking.blogspot.com/ I post here quite regularly on all manner of issues. Some of you might...

Barbara G. Tucker
May 21, 20231 min read
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