Category Archives: Writing
My Writing Process
I don’t have one. All right, that was a cheap cold opening, and also not 100% accurate. It’s not a lie, either. Because in most cases I don’t have a consistent process that I follow when I write. I don’t start at exactly the same time each day, I don’t have certain music on, or …
Meet the Character: Archibald LeMay
The fifth and final point-of-view character for my upcoming novel, Flowers of Dionysus is Archibald LeMay. LeMay is probably not evil by most standards, but he is certainly unethical and even more certainly unlikable. Appointed the interim-president of the Little Dionysus Playhouse by the Board of Directors before the adjourned for the summer, the man seems …
Even Cliche is Okay. (Sometimes.)
For the most part, avoiding cliche or stereotype is wise advise for writers, especially in fiction, I dare say. Yet something I think the advice is taken too far. We don’t want our fiction to be predictable, (even though there are supposedly only seven stories, or whatever that BS is.) So we seek to avoid …
The Lost Works of Ty Unglebower
Only in the last ten years or so have I put specific, sustained effort into writing fiction. I’d kick around an idea here and there before that, but for the most part, starting in high school, I was all about non-fiction such as articles, essays and editorials. I was, and am, quite adept at such …
Meet the Character: Centauri Starr
The next point-of-view character in my soon to be released novel, Flowers of Dionysus is Centauri Starr. Yes, she knows her name is unique and somewhat ironic. For most of her 19 or so years on the earth, he parents have told and retold the story of how they named her after Alpha Centauri, one of …
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