Author Archive: tyunglebower
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 …
Motivation As Opposed to Inspiration
It’s no secret that reading books, watching movies, conversation, and just good old-fashioned people watching can help writers spark ideas for their work. One never knows when that argument you hear in line at Starbuck’s will give birth to a central scene in your next novel. Sitting at the county fair will spark inspiration for …
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