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Dale Tucker, Novelist

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The Brothers Comatose & AJ Lee – “Angel Band”

January 4, 2024January 14, 2024 — Posted inArt, Family, Personal — 1 min read

This hymn is for Annie who had hands soft as flour and for all of her clan who loved her dearly.

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The Church Sisters Sing the Old Gospel Hymn, Where We’ll Never Grow Old

November 26, 2023November 26, 2023 — Posted inFamily, Music, Personal — 1 min read

This song is for my Grandmother.  She used to play gospel bluegrass vinyls on her box player when I was a child.  She still lives in those songs in my heart and memory.  Here’s one of them, sung by the Church Sisters.

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A Book That Changed My Life

September 10, 2023September 18, 2023 — Posted inArt of Living, Personal, Wisdom — 1 min read

Please allow me to recommend a revolutionary book that changed my attitude and relationship with the Earth.  The book is: The One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka.  It was first published in English (I believe) in 1978.  This small book is about how Mr. Fukuoka […]

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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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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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About me

Dale Tucker is a writer of literary fiction who enjoys solitude, nature, and cooking. His subject matter falls within the shared experiences, moral sensitivities, spirituality and hopes of common American people. These characteristics are, of course, broad in range and universal in some aspects but they are also, in other ways, unique to Americans. Tucker's aim is to elevate the heroism of the under- and working classes to the the position it deserves. Every day there are miracles performed by mothers and grandmothers, fathers and brothers, and by a myriad of invisible individuals who model bravery and exceptionality of character to those who know them. These are those Tucker chooses to write about, not the celebrated and "great".

  • 2023 Release - First Novel
  • About the Author
  • Beta Posts
  • Blog Archive
    • Talk Write Archive
      • Talk Write — The Moving Goalposts
      • Talk Write — Using The Stick-pile
      • Talk Write — A Writing Timeout
      • Talk Write — The Axiom, Part 1
      • Talk Write — The Axiom, Part 2
      • Talk Write — The Axiom, Part 3
      • Talk Write — The "Write Garbage" Advice
      • Talk Write — Watch Movies And Improve Voice
      • Talk Write — On Dialogue
    • Tool Series Archive
      • Tool Series #1 — Observation
      • Tool Series #2 — Writing Multi-Tool
      • Tool Series #2 — Multi-Tool, Part 2
      • Tool #2 — Multi-Tool, Part 3
      • Tool #2 — Multi-Tool, Part 4
  • Books By Dale Tucker - Chapter Samples
    • Wanderer Come Home
      • Prologue — Axel Browne
      • Chapter 1 — 626 Meridian
      • Chapter 2 — The Errand
      • Chapter 3 — The Big Deal
      • Chapter 4 — Typical Day
      • Chapter 5 — The Drowning
      • Chapter 6 — Yellow Frogs
      • Chapter 7 — The Tour
    • Datesville: Out of the Land of Bondage!
      • 1 The Bermuda Hotel
      • 2 The Tinpot Emperor
      • 3 A Body in Central City
      • 4 The Hideous Depression
      • 5 An Orwellian Supper
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