Category Archives: Writing
MMXVI
Happy New Year to all. I am obviously back at the blogging wheel as it were. As I tend to do with the first post of each year, I’m just going to lay out the general plans I have for the year, a sort of accountability thing. First I’ll say that I accomplished about 90% …
Unlocked: An anthology
Today I wanted to let everyone know that a piece of my flash fiction is part of an anthology now available here on Amazon. Titled Unlocked the anthology is a joint effort by members of a Frederick, Maryland writers group of which I have been a member. Each story in some fashion involved a key, in homage …
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,” …
Ty Unglebower 