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I write fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Recipient of the 2024 SABR Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award. Latest book: Exit Velocity.
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February 5, 2026 at 5:04 PM
100-plus pages of baseball writing, FREE February 5-9 on Amazon. #FreeBooks #BaseballBooks #BaseballHistory #LoveOfTheGame #BaseballFans #bookclubs #sportsbookclubs #BookRecommendations #WomenInBaseball #ebooks #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity tinyurl.com/mrerx6nj
Ballad of the Horse and Mule ebook is now available for presale, $4.99. Paperback ($12) and hardback ($17) won’t show up until the very day of publication. For ages 10-100. #Mules #CrossoverBooks #Ballads #NovellaInVerse tinyurl.com/5d5suamt
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February 3, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Ballad of the Horse and Mule ebook is now available for presale, $4.99. Paperback ($12) and hardback ($17) won’t show up until the very day of publication. For ages 10-100. #Mules #CrossoverBooks #Ballads #NovellaInVerse tinyurl.com/5d5suamt
Blog time. #Narrative #ColloquialLanguage #FormalLanguage #WritingCommunity #WritingLife #Language #Grammar barbaragregorich.wordpress.com/2026/02/01/c...
Colloquial Language and Narrative
In order to explain a grammatical question I encountered recently, I need to briefly define three terms: colloquial language, literary language, and narrative. Most people know what colloquial lang…
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February 1, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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January 29, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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January 27, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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January 24, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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January 22, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Reading social-justice fiction can give us pleasure and inspiration when we most need it. #SocialJusticeFiction #RealLifeFiction #SocialIssues #ContemporaryFiction #RadicalThought #WorkingClass #FightBack #TheFWords #ExitVelocity www.wroteby.me/barbaragrego...
I just finished writing Discussion Questions for Ballad of the Horse and Mule. Now I'm working on the Teachers Guide. #WritingLife #WritingCommunity #MuleBook #BalladoftheHorseandMule #Books #BookDiscussionGuides
January 19, 2026 at 6:26 PM
I just finished writing Discussion Questions for Ballad of the Horse and Mule. Now I'm working on the Teachers Guide. #WritingLife #WritingCommunity #MuleBook #BalladoftheHorseandMule #Books #BookDiscussionGuides
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January 17, 2026 at 3:20 PM
I laughed a lot while writing this blog: hope you laugh, too. #Mules #BooksAboutMules #MuleBooks #WritingCommunity #WritingLife #NewBooks #Ballads #NovellainVerse #Humor #BalladOfTheHorseAndMule barbaragregorich.wordpress.com/2026/01/15/a...
A Mule Is Not a Donkey
Sigh. The title of this blog post is Very. Basic. But, apparently, it’s also Very. Necessary. And that’s because it appears that most Americans don’t know what a mule is. I say “Americans” because …
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January 15, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I laughed a lot while writing this blog: hope you laugh, too. #Mules #BooksAboutMules #MuleBooks #WritingCommunity #WritingLife #NewBooks #Ballads #NovellainVerse #Humor #BalladOfTheHorseAndMule barbaragregorich.wordpress.com/2026/01/15/a...
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January 13, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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January 12, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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January 10, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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January 9, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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Jack and Larry, 40% Off
Email from Barbara Gregorich A Man, A Dog, A Baseball Team Barbara Gregorich Newsletter Limited Time Offer January 6-10 40% Off — $10.00, Now $.600 A MAN, A DOG, A BASEBALL TEAM . . AND A BOOK R
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January 6, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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January 4, 2026 at 9:17 PM
JACK AND LARRY on sale Jan 6-10. Normally $10, now $6. Gift for baseball friends, dog friends, bull terrier fans. #Books #ReducedPrices #BookBargains #BaseballBooks #Cleveland #ClevelandIndians www.wroteby.me/barbaragrego...
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January 3, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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Cover reveal! Designed by friend and fellow writer (also illustrator and designer) Robin Koontz. Pub date May 12, 2026. #BookCovers #BalladoftheHorseandMule #MuleBooks #WritingCommunity #WritingLife #NewBooks #Ballads #NovellainVerse
January 2, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Cover reveal! Designed by friend and fellow writer (also illustrator and designer) Robin Koontz. Pub date May 12, 2026. #BookCovers #BalladoftheHorseandMule #MuleBooks #WritingCommunity #WritingLife #NewBooks #Ballads #NovellainVerse
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December 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Wait 'Til Next Year!
Email from Barbara Gregorich Mule Book Moving Forward Barbara Gregorich Newsletter Illustrations and Captions At least a year ago I decided that Ballad of the Horse and Mule should contain a few ill
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December 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Crossover books are becoming more popular. #CrossoverBooks #WritingCommunity #WritingLife #Blogs #Essays barbaragregorich.wordpress.com/2025/12/15/b...
Ballad of the Horse and Mule: Crossover Book
Back in 2012 if I typed “crossover book” into a search engine, I got very little information that corresponded to what I was looking for. Maybe no information at all: I simply don’t remember. Today…
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December 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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December 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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December 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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