Category Archives: Writing
Repost: Yes Virginia, There Was a Writer
Due to it being the most reprinted newspaper editorial in the history of the English language (verified), most people, regardless of their faith, are familiar with this piece, known now to history as “Yes, Virginia. There is a Santa Claus.” Unsigned at the time of its publication in The Sun in 1897, it was of …
New York Times Notable Books of 2015
The list is out. As subjective as any such lists are, though I am sure there are many overlaps. Have you read any of these? I have. One. I read Rachel Cusk’s Outline. I wasn’t impressed. You can read my review of it here if you like. It was actually a surprise to me that I …
Shakespeare Scrooge?
Something quite different today. Over the weekend I gave myself a writing exercise. An experiment, really, that I’d been considering for a while. I wrote a scene from Dickens A Christmas Carol in “Shakespearean” iambic pentameter. Mostly. I was going to do it, and talk about it today here on the blog. But, “show don’t tell,” …
Not Today.
There is an idea. It’s been thought about, considered, deemed worthy of further exploration. It may not be the net great thing, or it may be, but there is time to begin. The project may not even get finished. It happens once in a while, after all. But for now it’s a go, and… I …
Latest Novel
Within the last 24 hours I finished my latest novel. Wait, what? No, you didn’t somehow miss all of the updates I posted or tweeted about it. I wrote this one without telling anyone, in my public or private life about it. And that’s just one of the unique qualities about the process of writing …
Ty Unglebower 