Author Archive: tyunglebower

Novel 2 Blues

If you’ve been following me for any length of time, you know I have been working on a novel called Flowers for Dionysus. (At least that’s what I’m calling it so far.) Last month I finished the fifth draft of it, and test readers are selected. I’ve begun researching agents and self-publishing options for it. I …

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I Support Supporting.

I’ve been involved in community theatre for years. Once I began to establish myself somewhat in the local theatre circuit, I adopted a practice of supporting those people I knew who were also in theatre. Whenever a friend or someone I had gotten along with well in a previous show was to appear in a …

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Boston: One Week Later

If you keep up a regular online presence in any given medium, as I do, there are events that in some ways call for a response, even if they don’t fall within your usual topics of discussion. I imagine the attack on the Boston Marathon last week would qualify as such an event. Obviously it …

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“Novel 2” Progress

If you’ve followed me on either Twitter or this blog, you know that I have two novels in progress. One, Flowers for Dionysus is, which is undergoing its fourth revision. It’s the one I talk about most and the one that’s closest to being publish or query ready. Sometimes, you’ll hear me speak of what I …

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Personal Linguistics

I’m a writer. I work with words. But like anyone else, I also need to use them in everything else I do. Also like everyone else I have particular go-to phrases or words to express or indicate certain concepts and feelings. That isn’t to say I never use alternatives, because I do. Yet everyday speech …

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