Author Archive: tyunglebower
“Writer’s Weight”
You know what you want to write today. The idea is there, you may even have an outline. You’re not under a particularly tight deadline with this one. In some ways you’ve been looking forward to this. You are not feeling at all lazy. In fact you’re rearing to go. Then you sit down to …
A Writer’s Labor Day
Writing is a labor. It won’t usually break your back or make you perspire. There is generally no threat to your life or limb when you write, nor is there much need to lift 50 pounds at a time when you do it. In most cases you don’t get dirty, have to travel long distances …
An Open Letter to a Thoughtful Man
For the purposes of this open letter, the subject will be adressed as Mr. Kimble. -Ty Dear Mr. Kimble, I have one memory of you, but it is one of the most important memories of anything that I have in life. You were a coworker of my father’s when he died. A short time …
Four Ways to Work on Writing Without Writing
You don’t have to write every day. I’ve said it a million times on this blog and I still believe it. You absolutely must make regular progress on your writing, lest inertia put a stop to all of your endeavors. In many cases it’s easier to not do hard work than it is to do …
The Introverted Writer’s Dilemma
You readers of this blog should know by now that I’m an introvert, and happily so. I don’t consider myself, or any given introvert superior to extroverted types, as there are pluses and minuses to both temperaments. That extends to my writing as well. The vast majority of time, I consider my introversion a plus …
Ty Unglebower 