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Trick Or Treat!

October 31, 2022October 30, 2022 — Posted inLiterature, Personal, Writing Sample — 7 min read

Since it’s Halloween, I thought I’d give you a slice of old writing of mine just for fun.  This piece was all I wrote of this story.  I titled it— Expect Bill On Thursday On Saturday, Harry the mailman delivered a strange package to […]

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Talk Write — The Write Garbage Advice

October 27, 2022November 4, 2022 — Posted inBecome A Better Writer, Discuss Writing Craft, Literature, Personal, Talk Write — 4 min read

What is the “Write Garbage” advice? If you’ve been writing for any length of time, you’ve surely gone online and read content offered by the mountain of writing advice websites and blogs; I certainly have.  There seems to be hundreds of them.  (This was […]

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Talk Write — The Axiom, Part 3

October 26, 2022November 4, 2022 — Posted inDiscuss Writing Craft, Literature, Personal, Talk Write — 4 min read

The Axiom — Part 3 Several years ago, I read an interview given by a famous novelist (can’t remember which one, not Stephen King, however) in which the novelist said that it takes ten years to master any skill, including writing.  The wisdom behind […]

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Talk Write — The Axiom, Part 2

October 25, 2022November 4, 2022 — Posted inFinish Your Book, Literature, Miscellaneous, Personal, Wisdom, Writing A Novel — 3 min read

The Axiom — Part 2 So the axiom we are discussing is:  “It takes ten years to master any skill.”  Some time ago I asserted that I thought this axiom was true to a family member of mine.  He is a fairly young man […]

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Talk Write — Good Morning Monday!

October 24, 2022November 4, 2022 — Posted inArt of Living, Discuss Writing Craft, Literature, Personal, Talk Write, Wisdom — 3 min read

The Axiom — Part One Well, today is Monday and I’d like to begin with a bit of “housekeeping” as they say.  I’ve decided to change the name of this writing discussion feature of my blog from “Writing Talk” to “Talk Write.”  In English, […]

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Writing Talk — A Writing Time Out

October 23, 2022November 4, 2022 — Posted inBecome A Better Writer, Literature, Personal, Productivity, Writing A Novel — 5 min read

Related to Writing, What Do You Mean by “Time Out”? If you’re a parent, you’re probably aware of the disciplinary concept of “time out.”  If your child is misbehaving, you may decide he needs a time out in which case he is sent to […]

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Writing Talk — Using The Stick-pile

October 22, 2022November 4, 2022 — Posted inDiscuss Writing Craft, Finish Your Book, Literature, Personal, Writing A Novel — 5 min read

What Do You Mean By “Using The Stick-pile”? Many years ago, I was writing my first, first novel (which was never finished nor published).  Every free day I had, I’d visit my favorite coffee shop, find a comfortable nook, and continue working, with my […]

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Writing Talk — The Moving Goalposts

October 21, 2022October 21, 2022 — Posted inBecome A Better Writer, Discuss Writing Craft, Finish Your Book, Literature, Personal, Write A Novel — 3 min read

What Are “Moving Goalposts”? Good Morning!  Well, let’s get right to it, shall we? Here in the United States we have a saying:  “They keep moving the goalposts” by which we mean that what we think are the criteria at the beginning of a […]

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Writing Talk — A New Feature

October 21, 2022October 21, 2022 — Posted inBecome A Better Writer, Discuss Writing Craft, Finish Your Book, Literature, Personal, Write A Novel — 2 min read

  Writing Talk, What Is It? Writing Talk is a new feature of this blog with the aim of encouraging fellow writers who are engaged in the daunting process of writing a full length book.  With Writing Talk, I will share some of what […]

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About Me Personally

September 20, 2022October 21, 2022 — Posted inPersonal — 3 min read

By clicking on “The Author” tab above you can read about Dale Tucker, the author, which, as I mentioned in an earlier post, is a rather boring bio, suitable for the back matter of my novel.  But I have decided it is appropriate to […]

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A Poem: “9-29”

August 16, 2022October 21, 2022 — Posted inLiterature, Personal, Poetry — 2 min read

 I don’t write many poems but I have written a few.  This one’s a bit dark so it’s a change from the normal feel of this blog.  But change is useful too and “dark” helps us to appreciate light more.  I won’t try to […]

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Finding the Spring of Life Again

August 9, 2022September 8, 2022 — Posted inArt of Living, Dreams, Personal — 4 min read

   I was age 51 when I found myself facing a personal crisis of sorts.  It was winter and I was walking the levee in the community where I lived.  I remember it being a very cold day.  The crisis was that I did […]

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Upon This Path Together

August 5, 2022August 5, 2022 — Posted inFriendship, Personal, Productivity — 2 min read

I want to stop a minute to say that this day (of having my first novel published) could not have been possible without the abiding support, care, and love of one person:  Her name is Kathryn.  Writing a book (as some of you know) […]

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