Category Archives: Writing
What’s On Deck?
It’s All-Star week in Major League Baseball, so I titled this post accordingly. But it wasn’t random. This post is about what’s on deck for me as writer. (That is to say, what am I working on next.) It seems like a good place to lay out a plan, what with my first novel having …
End of a Critique
Tonight I will attend the eighth and final weekly meeting of the small group critiquing my novel. The process is of course not officially over until tonight, but I write Thursday afternoon blog posts, so this will have to do. It has been a thoroughly rewarding experience. With all do respect to people who claim …
Write in One Hand…
I have never been able to decide if I should feel badly for or annoyed by people who constantly talk about being a writer, or wanting to be one. Some even “desperately” wishing they were a writer. But alas, they are mothers or they work two part time jobs, or they can’t get their thoughts …
“Copper” and the Art of Conflict
This post contains no spoilers for the BBC America show, “Copper”. I also want to point out that the points I’m making apply to any well written TV show, movie or novel for that matter. There are many ways to tell a story. But Copper is timely for any number of reasons, not the least …
Fan Fiction: Am I Doing It Wrong?
Fan fiction is huge. No doubt about it. FanFiction.net has hundreds of thousands of people on it, with millions of words of stories based on the works of other people, crafted, (obviously) by fans of said work. There are authors who turn a blind eye to it, and authors who get offended and lawsuit happy …
Ty Unglebower 