Author Archive: tyunglebower
Writers Must (NOT) Read.
Okay, that title is sensationalism at work. Of course writers must read. Most of the time. And I do. Among the single novel I try to always have going, and the single non-fiction book I have going at the same time, any given moment I’m also reading short fictions, poems, and articles and or blog posts …
Beware Your Ides of March
“…as he was ambitious, I slew him.” –Brutus, Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Act III. Old Julius had his chance, didn’t he? At least in Shakespeare’s telling of said tale, a soothsayer told him to beware the Ides of March. But did Caesar listen? No. He feared nothing, or claimed to fear nothing because he was Caesar, simple as …
“Murder, Theatre, Solitaire” Update
The fourth revision of MTS is well underway. This is a “read out loud” revision. I think a cozy mystery such as this is probably best served with sentences that are shorter and faster than much of my other writing, so I’m listening carefully to diction and such. I just have to make sure I don’t …
Critique of Critique
I haven’t been to the writing critique group of which I am a member, and technically an organizer for over a year. One reason is quite frankly because a jerk that is as arrogant as he is poor at writing fiction opted to take over without anyone’s blessing, bulldozing his way over my head, and …
Title Reveal
As you know, my next novel is my first murder mystery. A cozy mystery, in fact. I wrote the first draft about two years ago as part of Nanowrimo, and let it sit for a while. Over the last six months I’ve been revising. There is more revising to do between now and my planned …
Ty Unglebower 