Author Archive: tyunglebower
Looking Back on the Open Letter Continuum
The year is coming to an end, and with it, the regular appearance of the Open Letter Continuum. It has been an interesting, sometimes, difficult, sometimes rewarding and all times useful exercise in revisiting and releasing. Some of the letters I addressed to those I think about fondly still. Others are addressed to those I’d …
Repost: Yes, Virginia, There Was a Writer.
I haven’t posted this holiday-themed writing post since a few Christmases ago. But I thought it was a good time for a feel good piece. Writers matter. Check it out, again.
An Open Letter: Perhaps THE Open Letter
For the purposes of this open letter, the subject will be addressed as ‘Cynthia.’ –Ty Dear Cynthia, Let me start by saying that I got my first DVD player. That was of course years and years ago. But I started this letter with that fact, because that is the subject of the first email …
Nanowrimo 2014 Summary
I won Nanowrimo for the fifth time this year. For the fifth time, I was able to compose 50,000 words of fiction within 30 days. Only as I’ve mentioned before, I opted to be a Nano rebel this year. I didn’t write a novel. I wrote short stories. I wanted to see how the experience …
The Story of Thanksgiving…and of Other Stuff
When confronted with the scholarship that Paul Revere probably did not make as long or as effective a ride as believed through New England to warn colonists of the approaching British forces, President Warren G. Harding supposedly said, “I love Paul Revere, whether he rode or not.” So ingrained is the story of Paul Revere’s ride …
Ty Unglebower 