Author Archive: tyunglebower
Too Fond of “It”?
“It is well that war is so terrible. Otherwise we would grow too fond of it.” That quotation is attributed to Confederate General Robert E. Lee. He is said to have made the statement in response to his observation of the battle of Fredericksburg during the Civil War. (Brief history lesson; the Union got its …
Twitter Reboot
I don’t fail at Twitter like I fail at message boards. (See my last post.) I have however recently concluded that I need to overhaul my Twitter experience a bit. Let me say right up front that I am simply never going to be able to do with Twitter what a lot of “success coaches” …
Why Do I Fail at Message Boards?
I fail at message boards. My password notebooks over the years have been filled with the sign-in information for dozens of them. Sports, introversion, writing, acting you name it. I have joined and perused message boards on just about all of my interests. (Even a few things in which I had only a passing interest.) …
Novel 2: Good News
Just a quick, later at night than usual post to let you know that maybe, just maybe I have found a route to recovery for Novel 2. It’s difficult to describe the nature of my progress without giving away plot elements, and I am not ready to do that publicly yet. Add to that the …
Blockbuster Fatigue
Guess what? My first novel, Flowers for Dionysus will not, in all likelihood, blow your mind into the next galaxy. Why would I say this? Have I not learned in all of my research that saying something like that could kill my chances of ever getting the novel published traditionally? After all, what agent in their right …
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