Category Archives: Miscellany
The Autistic Writer: Loneliness
The literal process of writing is a solitary act. Even if you are collaborating on something with another author, or battling it out in the proverbial “writers room,” ultimately, even if only for a few minutes, you write alone. (Even with others present.) The very nature of Autism is the tendency to turn inward. (It’s …
The Autistic Writer: Interviews
Taken as a whole, my writing usually falls under either fiction, or creative non-fiction. (personal essays or books about writing itself.) As a sometime freelance contributor, to a regional magazine in particular, about a quarter of what I work on requires interviewing others.As you might imagine, my Autism plays a larger role in this than …
Believe in Your Bravery
Believe in your bravery in all tenses. You won’t merely be brave, you have already been so. Yes, you’ve cut corners or embellished your story here and there–so have we all. Yet you know that life at times has lacerated you, fattened your lip, broken your nose, chipped your teeth: all in ways the world …
A Solstice Story.
A story from a few years ago. Happy Solstice. —Ty On the night of the Solstice, the longest, darkest night of all the year, Brodny, son of Branko turned around once more to view his village in the distance. The festival bonfire in the village commons was still visible, though no bigger than a candle’s …
Poetry Launch
As of this morning, my latest book, a short collection of experimental poems, is available for download for a dollar. You’ll find links for purchase in the “my books” page of this website. This collection began life as a brief experiment, and evolved into a full collection. In it, I compose “black out poetry.” This …
Ty Unglebower 