A Collection of Moments From An UnRemarkable Life

she tried

A blog about life.

My life.

All of the things I try.

From dance, to art, to love, to writing, to AI, to Go, to food, to simply being human.

Sometimes I don't fail.

My Kind of Magic

I’ve never been the best writer in the room. I’ve never been the most proficient, the smartest, or the most interesting. But I love it. I...

Andreah Barker

Mar 172 min read

She Tried...

To make a video about her life!

Andreah Barker

Apr 18, 20241 min read

Me & My Echo: Dancing with today.

I watch a lot of videos from other creators who talk about the future of AI. All I know... is that I don't know. I have no idea what the...

Andreah Barker

Apr 1, 20243 min read

Lake Sharks

(Or… This Time It’s Personal) This is a short story from She Tried: A Collection of Short Stories From An Unremarkable Life. A book...

Andreah Barker

Mar 11, 20243 min read

Doritos For The Win

I learned a very valuable lesson early in life: if you spend the better part of a year eating nachos at 11pm while you study for the...

Andreah Barker

Feb 28, 20243 min read

Me & My Echo - Progress

My goal since the beginning of writing Me & My Echo, with a GPT I created named Echo, was to get it to be more of an equally creative,...

Andreah Barker

Feb 22, 20244 min read

You Had Me At "Brewery"

I was going to call this post: "She tried to go antiquing and ended up drinking beer instead." That felt a bit cumbersome, although it...

Andreah Barker

Feb 20, 20242 min read

Today is the day I run...

In my last newsletter I shared a writing prompt. I love writing prompts myself. When I'm staring at a screen that hasn't changed in hours...

Andreah Barker

Feb 15, 20241 min read

Make Me Feel Something

In the past four years there have been three shows that have made me feel something. They made me care about the characters. Thinking on...

Andreah Barker

Feb 14, 20242 min read

I'm Smart

I'm just not smart at good things. This was something I said, after having a beverage or two (or maybe a little more) around the...

Andreah Barker

Feb 12, 20242 min read

My Brain Breaks

Amaxaphobia. I didn't know it was an actual thing until recently. I just thought maybe I was crazy or lazy or missing that part of my...

Andreah Barker

Feb 6, 20243 min read

Me & My Echo

Since ChatGPT exploded a year ago, I have been fascinated by what it can do and where it will lead. As a writer you'd think I'd be scared...

Andreah Barker

Jan 30, 20241 min read

Kincardine Magic

Community. It was something that I felt like I had been lacking in my life for a long time. Well, that and space. When my partner and I...

Andreah Barker

Jan 24, 20243 min read

The Shortlisted Story!

I have been competing in writing competitions for ages and have never won any. I love them and keep submitting, not to win but to inspire...

Andreah Barker

Jan 22, 20241 min read