Category Archives: Writing
Books, Books, Everywhere and Not a Page to Enjoy?
I went to the local library today to find a novel to read. No big deal, right? Actually, it can be at least a medium deal for me. For starters I read kind of slow, so the time investment hangs over any novel I pick up. Which is why I tend to give a book …
A Question of Character
Over the weekend I was reading through some fiction-writing advice articles here and there. I don’t think there’s a correct way to write fiction, so long as the author shows authenticity in the finished work. Pants or plan, write in order or out of sequence, finish in a day or a year. Whatever works for …
An Overview of My Novel
The plan, as I have mentioned before, is to publish my community theatre novel, Flowers of Dionysus in June. I completed final edits earlier this year, and I will begin the scary, techie aspects of formatting and such for publication within the week. So as I begin that process, I want to say a few words …
“Birth” of a Story
Today is my birthday. (Thanks. No need to send anything.) It got me thinking about birth of a different kind though. When is a fiction idea “born? Our stories start somewhere, but is there a definitive moment of their birth for the writer? Is our story born the moment the first flash of an idea …
Iced.
And I don’t refer to the atrocious winter weather Maryland has experienced lately. I’m referring to what I’ve been calling Novel 2. I’m disappointed to report that as of now, what was to be my second “official” novel is being iced. Stuck in a drawer. Shelved. Whatever term you prefer, the point is this; I am …
Ty Unglebower 