Author Archive: tyunglebower
Shakespeare Scrooge?
Something quite different today. Over the weekend I gave myself a writing exercise. An experiment, really, that I’d been considering for a while. I wrote a scene from Dickens A Christmas Carol in “Shakespearean” iambic pentameter. Mostly. I was going to do it, and talk about it today here on the blog. But, “show don’t tell,” …
Not Today.
There is an idea. It’s been thought about, considered, deemed worthy of further exploration. It may not be the net great thing, or it may be, but there is time to begin. The project may not even get finished. It happens once in a while, after all. But for now it’s a go, and… I …
Just Being There.
I went to a Halloween party on Saturday. A friend of mine was throwing it at her home. She really did up the outside, and I liked the atmosphere. Here’s a cool picture I took of myself at the party: I was dressed as Geoffrey Tennant, from the TV show Slings and Arrows. Nobody in …
Latest Novel
Within the last 24 hours I finished my latest novel. Wait, what? No, you didn’t somehow miss all of the updates I posted or tweeted about it. I wrote this one without telling anyone, in my public or private life about it. And that’s just one of the unique qualities about the process of writing …
Five Things That Discourage New Writers
In the writing world, “beginner” has many definitions. In a sense, we all remain beginners, as the craft is never truly mastered to perfection. But, I’m going to guess that for most the term “beginner” refers to those who are only just now exploring writing. First story, first novel, or just thinking about maybe, kinda …
Ty Unglebower 