Author Archive: tyunglebower
Second Look: Murder. Theatre. Solitaire.
My second novel was not supposed to be either my second, or a (public) novel. I had begun my so called sophomore effort more than once, rewritten it, changed ideas. It felt like an idea I could work with at first, but as year two passed and I still had not gotten any momentum for …
Second Look: Flowers of Dionysus
My first novel could have been my last. I had always written non-fiction, mostly articles and essays, a letter to the editor, with some poetry mixed here and there. I dabbled in short fiction over the years, but never did anything with it. I had also attempted to write a novel a few times in …
Looking Back at My Oeuvre
Without having every work I have written since high school in front of my to prove this beyond a shadow of a doubt, I am going to contend the title of this post as only the second time I have made use of the word “oeuvre” lifetime. Certainly feels that way. It just means “body …
Heart-Probability: What I Look For in Fiction
I don’t know what the hell to read next. Only once I skim either the shelves of the library, or the descriptions online can I come to a conclusion about what book I want to try next. (Word to other indie-publishers, that jacket blurb is damned important!) About 50% of the time, I am right. …
