Category Archives: Writing
The Other Type of Rejection for Writers
Though its usefulness is questionable, people who declare their intention to be a writer will hear a warning from, well, just about everywhere not long afterward. Get comfortable with rejection, because you’ll be facing it a lot…from agents, publishers, journals, contests…rejection is part of life as a writer. Okay, yes, it is. I can’t deny …
Cover Reveal: “Murder. Theatre. Solitaire.”
Okay, so here it is! No countdown, or contest, or giveaway or anything of that nature. I’m just happy to share with all of you the official cover of my upcoming murder mystery novel. Pretty cool, right? And simple. Or cool because it’s simple. The cards were a pre-existing stock image. The words, obviously, are my …
Writers Must (NOT) Read.
Okay, that title is sensationalism at work. Of course writers must read. Most of the time. And I do. Among the single novel I try to always have going, and the single non-fiction book I have going at the same time, any given moment I’m also reading short fictions, poems, and articles and or blog posts …
Beware Your Ides of March
“…as he was ambitious, I slew him.” –Brutus, Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Act III. Old Julius had his chance, didn’t he? At least in Shakespeare’s telling of said tale, a soothsayer told him to beware the Ides of March. But did Caesar listen? No. He feared nothing, or claimed to fear nothing because he was Caesar, simple as …
“Murder, Theatre, Solitaire” Update
The fourth revision of MTS is well underway. This is a “read out loud” revision. I think a cozy mystery such as this is probably best served with sentences that are shorter and faster than much of my other writing, so I’m listening carefully to diction and such. I just have to make sure I don’t …
Ty Unglebower 