Tag Archives: writing
Stories Filtered Through Characters
A few days ago, I auditioned for a community theatre production, as I often do. I have also been to this venue a few times before. Like many auditions, in consisted of what we call “cold reading from the script. In other words, we read the script, with as much acting as we could, with …
Second Look: Flowers of Dionysus
My first novel could have been my last. I had always written non-fiction, mostly articles and essays, a letter to the editor, with some poetry mixed here and there. I dabbled in short fiction over the years, but never did anything with it. I had also attempted to write a novel a few times in …
Looking Back at My Oeuvre
Without having every work I have written since high school in front of my to prove this beyond a shadow of a doubt, I am going to contend the title of this post as only the second time I have made use of the word “oeuvre” lifetime. Certainly feels that way. It just means “body …
Heart-Probability: What I Look For in Fiction
I don’t know what the hell to read next. Only once I skim either the shelves of the library, or the descriptions online can I come to a conclusion about what book I want to try next. (Word to other indie-publishers, that jacket blurb is damned important!) About 50% of the time, I am right. …
Ty Unglebower 