Author Archive: tyunglebower
Opinion on Opinions.
I have an opinion on something. Actually I have an opinion on many things. Believe or not, many of them are actually informed opinions. I wouldn’t have this blog if I didn’t want to share some of those opinions with the general public. As a writer, I do so in writing most often, I would …
“High-Concept” Fiction
I’ve read a few novels or stories that become too bogged down with world-building or what I call “concept obsession.” The former tends to happen in fantasy and sci-fi the most, and the latter can happen in any high concept piece. (Hence the term.) I find a lot of high concepts intriguing. As a concept …
Contest Submission Complete
True to my word as expressed last month, yesterday I entered a larger scale writing contest than my norm. Entrance fee and everything. It’s said and done now, so there is no undoing it. I’m not wild about having paid 20 bucks for the chance to lose. Yet I trust, for the most part, the …
Getting Real About Literature
Was this article’s attitude necessary? I honestly feel that everyone is entitled to a preference in the arts. Nothing you enjoy or do not enjoy is going to harm me or anyone else, so long as the art itself has no victim, such as child porn pictures or something. So if this author wants to …
Investing a Dollar.
I bought a used book from the library for one dollar the other day. I don’t want to name it at present, because I don’t know how much of it I’ll like, and I don’t want to appear to endorse it at this time. It’s a program, you see. A program for enhancing creativity, and …
Ty Unglebower 