Author Archive: tyunglebower
A Sluggish/Not So Sluggish Writing Start to 2014
Hard to believe that the second month of 2014 is nearly done. (Even though it is the shortest month of the year.) At the end of last year, I set a series of writing goals for 2014, and I noticed that in some ways I’m doing well and in others I am not doing as …
Open Letter to a Quiet Hypocrite
For the purposes of this open letter, the subject will be referred to as “Poffenbarger.” -T.U. Dear Poffenbarger, I would have used your first name so as to at last be on equal footing with you. Yet I don’t want to seem as though I’m familiar or comfortable with you, even now. In fact, you don’t even …
It’s a Business. Every…Single…Time
A much beloved ball player goes to play for his city’s arch rival without the slightest bit of regret. From him we hear, “hey, sports is a business.” A highly intelligent, groundbreaking television show with a vehemently loyal fan base that happens to be the wrong age and thus isn’t profitable overnight is cancelled after …
Upcoming Project: Thank You for Ten
In the theatre world (in which I have spent a great deal of time), the stage manager has many jobs. One of them, on the nights of a performance, is to move throughout the theatre finding actors and letting them know how long they have until the show starts, usually in minutes. If ten minutes …
Ty Unglebower 