Category Archives: Writing
A Writer’s Labor Day
Writing is a labor. It won’t usually break your back or make you perspire. There is generally no threat to your life or limb when you write, nor is there much need to lift 50 pounds at a time when you do it. In most cases you don’t get dirty, have to travel long distances …
Four Ways to Work on Writing Without Writing
You don’t have to write every day. I’ve said it a million times on this blog and I still believe it. You absolutely must make regular progress on your writing, lest inertia put a stop to all of your endeavors. In many cases it’s easier to not do hard work than it is to do …
The Introverted Writer’s Dilemma
You readers of this blog should know by now that I’m an introvert, and happily so. I don’t consider myself, or any given introvert superior to extroverted types, as there are pluses and minuses to both temperaments. That extends to my writing as well. The vast majority of time, I consider my introversion a plus …
You’re Not the Next…
So many articles that give advice to new writers contain the phrase, “you’re not the next…(insert famous author/wild overnight success story here.)” Not only is it a cliche to include this bit of advice, but it invariably leads me to the same response; “How the hell do you know I’m not the next…?” I don’t know …
Genre Unknown
I have a genre problem. Let me start by saying I know that genre is important in marketing. I try to use it when I can. I have Thank You for Ten: Short Fiction About a Little Theater listed as “general fiction.” But I use that for several of my stories because I don’t know what else …
Ty Unglebower 