Category Archives: Writing
Improving My Reading
Rough guess: you’ve heard that good writers must also be good readers somewhere near one billion times. Not without reason, mind you, for it’s quite true. While there is no scientific way to quantify exactly how much a good writer should read, they should always be reading something. The reasons are obvious; to get used …
Wading in Publishing Waters
2013 is the year I’ve decided to begin my novel-publishing journey in earnest. That doesn’t mean it will be published this year, of course. It does however mean that I will this year begin to research what my goals are and what options I have to obtain them. I’ve thought about that before in broad …
Forget Evil. Annoying Characters are the Most Difficult to Write.
I don’t believe any particular type of person must be present within the canon of someone’s fiction writing. If I don’t choose to ever write a story about a child-molester, that’s my prerogative as an author. I’d be uncomfortable delving into that character and his actions, so you’re not likely to find such a person in any …
Shaking Hands with Change
I keep a small notebook with me at (almost) all times. In it, I jot down ideas for future writings. Posts to this blog, an article I may want to pitch someday. Ideas for fiction. I haven’t tackled most of those ideas yet, but I’m making an effort to get around to all of them …
Reverb12 Day Twenty Seven: Hidden Talents
Daily Angst again for this one. Do you have a hidden talent? Dazzle us. I’m a bit perplexed as well as fascinated by the concept of a “hidden” talent. What makes it hidden? How many talents are such that one sees them being utilized on an everyday basis? Or an every minute basis? Wouldn’t any …
Ty Unglebower 