Author Archive: tyunglebower
Nanowrimo Update
I’ve decided to go ahead with it. That is to say I will begin my next “official” novel (NN2) by way of Nanowrimo. I’ve mentioned before a few of the hesitations I had about doing this. Those hesitations still exist, but in the end I decided to go through with it for a few reasons. …
Confining the Mess
One way or the other, I will be starting Novel Number Two (Henceforth referred to here at NN2) in the near future. I’ve discussed the possibility of using Nanowrimo to get a head start on it before. I’m closer to making that decision now, (I have to be, November is getting closer every day.) I’m leaning …
Minor Issues in My Fiction
I realize you’re bound to take with a grain of salt any assessment I make of my own writing. While I maintain that a writer can in fact evaluate his own work, (often being more of a critic than others are of it), I’ll understand if you are skeptical. But a writer spends more time with himself …
Failure? Keep It To Yourself.
We aren’t supposed to ever talk about our failures. Actually, I should qualify that statement. We’re never supposed to talk about our failures, except as part of our eventual success story. We can then mention how many times things fell apart, or blew up in our faces, or never got off of the ground. We …
NaNoWrimo? Advice Sought.
I’d like to hear your thoughts on a decision I need to make soon. November, as many of you know, is National Novel Writing Month. They call it NaNoWrimo for short. As the name suggests the point is to start writing a novel on November 1, and have at least a 50,000 word rough draft …
Ty Unglebower 