Tina Barbour

Tina Barbour commented on Brianne Hogan's article Why I Left A Dream Job For My Real Job

July 2014

Thank you for sharing your story, Briane. I, too, always wanted to be a writer. I have been working as a reporter for 5 years, and I feel like I should love it--I get to ask questions and write for a living! But I yearn for more time for "my"...

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Tina Barbour commented on Julie Luek's article [MAKING THE LEAP] Finding Your One Thing

January 2013

Great post. I am searching for my purpose, my one thing, also, and I love reading about others' journeys. I've been focused on writing a memoir, but I've gotten discouraged and don't know if it's my "one thing" anymore. Thanks for the tips and for...

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Tina Barbour commented on Elisabeth Kinsey's article Five Questions for Journalist Elana Ashanti Jefferson

April 2012

Thanks for sharing this very informative and inspiring interview. I especially enjoyed Jefferson's take on the future of the newspapers and the commitment to do good work. I'm a newspaper reporter for a small weekly newspaper. Some say that...

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Tina Barbour commented on Elisabeth Kinsey's article When In Doubt, Read it Out (Loud) - Julie Hammonds

April 2012

I agree! In fact, I was just reading aloud a blog post this evening before posting it. It helps me "hear" the voice of the piece and make adjustments where needed. I like to write and write and then put the piece aside for a while too. Sometimes I...

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Tina Barbour commented on Julija Sukys's article Plus ça change... A Few Thoughts in the Wake of the Toulouse School Shooting

March 2012

It does seem like a spiral of hatred. There seems no end to it. But voices like yours speaking out about it will make a difference, I believe. That is my hope.

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Tina Barbour commented on Julija Sukys's article Post-Publication Projects: On Returning to Small Forms

March 2012

I love the essay too. I am working on a memoir, but even when I'm working on that, I tend to write in essay-like form. I work as a newspaper reporter, and I tend to write long. What I've found helpful is going ahead and writing long. Then I use the...

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Tina Barbour commented on Julija Sukys's article On Chronology and Necessary Abandonment: Working with Letters and Diaries in Creative Nonfiction

March 2012

Kayann and Julija, Thank you for the recommendation. The Memory Palace is on my "Books to Read List." I will have to move it up the list!

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Tina Barbour commented on Julija Sukys's article On Chronology and Necessary Abandonment: Working with Letters and Diaries in Creative Nonfiction

March 2012

Great post--lots of food for thought! With my memoir, I'm not writing chronologically, at least at this point. A structure I'm working with now has the work beginning at the middle, a pivotal time, and then moves into the past and into the future...

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Tina Barbour commented on Ilie Ruby's article Social Media and Writers

March 2012

I started blogging last November, and I'm surprised by how much time it can take. But I love it so much. I love the connections I make and the fact that I can provide encouragement to others who are experiencing the same things I've experienced....

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Tina Barbour commented on Michelle Haimoff's article Five Reasons Not to Get an MFA - Reason #2

March 2012

Great post! When I was working on my MA in English, I took some writing classes with students in the MFA program. (This was a lonnnnnng time ago!) I found that many of the students were just trying to be different from everyone else, and create...

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