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The UPS and DOWNS of Content Creation
This is very meta; I’m writing about the thing I am doing at the same moment. Although I consider myself a writer and novelist, what I...
Barbara G. Tucker
Feb 4, 20233 min read
Stupidity and Evil
This article about Bonhoeffer's writing on stupidity popped up in my feed. The controllers of the Internet must know me better than I...
Barbara G. Tucker
Feb 4, 20231 min read
Musings on Creativity
All of us are skilled in something. All of us are talented in something. There is a difference. Skilled is achieved through thousands of...
Barbara G. Tucker
Feb 3, 20233 min read


A Woman Walked into a Writer's Group
A woman walked into a writers group Looking for affirmation, looking for the members to tell her how good her writing was. And she didn’t...
Barbara G. Tucker
Feb 3, 20232 min read


Colorful Crow Publishing: Let Me Introduce You!
This is the logo of my publisher, Colorful Crow, started recently by fellow Georgian (Northwest Georgian to boot) Karli Land. Here is the...
Barbara G. Tucker
Jan 21, 20231 min read
Your truth, my truth, whose truth
(This is a theological look and the basis for a Bible study lesson tomorrow. You are warned." This is going to be a difficult and...
Barbara G. Tucker
Jan 21, 20236 min read
I Met My Goal
My November 19 post mentioned that I would not self-publish again until I found a real publisher for one of my two (semi) finished...
Barbara G. Tucker
Dec 31, 20221 min read
The Chosen and Criticism: What is Wrong with You People?
My subtitle is a quote from R.C. Sproul that went viral. It applies to many things nowadays. I don't know if I would call myself a fan...
Barbara G. Tucker
Dec 31, 20224 min read


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...
Barbara G. Tucker
Nov 19, 20223 min read


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...
Barbara G. Tucker
Oct 22, 20222 min read


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-...
Barbara G. Tucker
Sep 17, 20221 min read
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...
Barbara G. Tucker
Sep 4, 20222 min read
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...
Barbara G. Tucker
Sep 1, 20221 min read


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...
Barbara G. Tucker
Aug 21, 20223 min read


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,...
Barbara G. Tucker
Aug 21, 20221 min read


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...
Barbara G. Tucker
Aug 18, 20223 min read


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...
Barbara G. Tucker
May 1, 20222 min read


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....
Barbara G. Tucker
May 1, 20224 min read


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 ...
Barbara G. Tucker
Jan 29, 20221 min read
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...
Barbara G. Tucker
Jan 29, 20222 min read
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