Category Archives: Writing
Getting Real About Literature
Was this article’s attitude necessary? I honestly feel that everyone is entitled to a preference in the arts. Nothing you enjoy or do not enjoy is going to harm me or anyone else, so long as the art itself has no victim, such as child porn pictures or something. So if this author wants to …
Writing Contests: My Reluctance
I am notoriously reluctant to submit my writing to contests. Though winning a contest is often the best way to gain exposure for short fiction especially, something about it has always if not stopped me in my tracks, than at least muddied the road and slowed my progress. Part of the problem is that they …
You’re Better at Revisions Than You Think
Cutting your manuscript for length may not be as difficult as you fear. Yes, there is the concept of “kill your darlings” that you have probably heard somewhere around a billion times in the writing world. In other words, so goes the advice to writers, be prepared to save your manuscript by removing sentences, pages …
The Return
I am back from my brief hiatus. Since my last blog post, I got my first ever smart phone (I know), my sister and her daughter visited the house, I finished watching a series of 48 lectures on DVD about ancient Egyptian history that I bought from The Great Courses, had dinner with a friend, …
Off Next Week
Not that I feel anyone sets a schedule based on my publishing posts here on the blog, but as a general matter of courtesy I wanted to mention that I’ll be taking next week off from blogging. (Unless something really great happens unexpectedly, I suppose.) This is a medium-sized deal, because I don’t think I’ve …
Ty Unglebower 