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Posted by: Unpublished Guy on 3/7/2010 | 0 Comments

Low-resolution picture of Slaughterhouse-Five movie poster.<br />An example of a movie that was better than the book?
Low-resolution picture of Slaughterhouse-Five movie poster.

An example of a movie that was better than the book?

Posted by: Unpublished Guy on 2/9/2010 | 0 Comments

This month the Unpublished Guy Fiction Panel discusses Becoming Coyote by Wayne Ude,<br />who happened to be my Creative Writing instructor at Old Dominion University.
This month the Unpublished Guy Fiction Panel discusses Becoming Coyote by Wayne Ude,
who happened to be my Creative Writing instructor at Old Dominion University.

Posted by: Unpublished Guy on 2/1/2010 | 1 Comment


In court I swear I still like a little avocado polymer
to bulge and shrink the direction

Posted by: Unpublished Guy on 1/20/2010 | 2 Comments

My credo, divorced from reality: Don't brag about your lightning fiction writing pace, for Slow and Steady won the fiction publishing race.
My credo, divorced from reality:
Don't brag about your lightning fiction writing pace,
for Slow and Steady won the fiction publishing race.

Posted by: Unpublished Guy on 1/17/2010 | 4 Comments

Hyperminimalism in the visual arts
Hyperminimalism in the visual arts.

Posted by: Unpublished Guy on 1/12/2010 | 1 Comment


I remember Mr. Yuck growing up in Virginia.
I told some Michigan friends about Mr. Yuck,
but they had no idea what I was talking about.

Posted by: Unpublished Guy on 1/4/2010 | 3 Comments

Corner Desk in Closet
Corner Desk in Closet

The unpublished life requires lots of sacrifice, and cash can get tight. To make ends meet until I get published and can live off royalty checks, I am renting out a room in my house. See classified below.

Posted by: Unpublished Guy on 1/2/2010 | 1 Comment

I'm short by about 4200 pixels on this resolution.
I've got 11 more writing and publishing resolutions.
I'm short by about 4200 pixels on this resolution. I've got 11 more writing and publishing resolutions.

Happy New Year Everyone! (A day late, I know, and I just used up my lifetime allotment of exclamation points.)

The New Year is the time to make hopeful, unrealistic resolutions. Here are eleven of mine

Posted by: Unpublished Guy on 12/29/2009 | 0 Comments

The Deviled Egg Eyes of the Publishing Abyss Gaze into My Soul
The Deviled Egg Eyes of the Publishing Abyss Gaze into My Soul

'Twas the season to be jolly a short while back.

Dr. Zaius received Charleton Heston, stuffed by the finest simian taxidermist. When wrapped, it was certainly the most oddly shaped gift

Posted by: Unpublished Guy on 12/23/2009 | 0 Comments


Xtreme Brain Activity.
Xtreme temporal and spatial dislocations
in creative nonfiction.

Posted by: Unpublished Guy on 12/18/2009 | 0 Comments

Vaporware fiction: a story that is promoted when it may never be written
Vaporware fiction: a story that is promoted when it may never be written

I completed most of a book proposal for a collection of short stories about Ambrose Bierce and Jerry O' Connell having adventures together chasing after Bierce's run away moustache. Many writers would begin by writing the story first and then writing a proposal to submit to publishers and agents. I, on the other hand with my background working for software companies, have done the reverse and created fiction vaporware.

Posted by: Unpublished Guy on 12/7/2009 | 0 Comments

Unpublished Guy Fiction Panel (left to right): William Blake, Dr. Zaius, Mrs. Butterworth
Unpublished Guy Fiction Panel (left to right): William Blake, Dr. Zaius, Mrs. Butterworth

William Blake: Kafka, Kafka. burning bright. In the fiction of the night; What existential void. Could dissemble thy inexplicable asymmetry?

Posted by: Unpublished Guy on 11/30/2009 | 0 Comments

The Hand of Unpublished Guy's
Mighty Fiction Writing Blog
The Hand of Unpublished Guy's
Mighty Fiction Writing Blog

Another section of my fiction book proposal complete—all about me:

Unpublished Guy earned a BA in professional writing from Old Dominion University, an educational institution that obviously has a long tradition of academic excellence, since it has the word "old" in it.

Posted by: Unpublished Guy on 11/23/2009 | 1 Comment

Fiction Book Proposal Promotional Plan Must Reach Jerry O' Connell/Ambrose Bierce Demographic
Fiction Book Proposal Promotional Plan
Must Reach Jerry O' Connell/Ambrose Bierce Demographic

In the increasingly fragmented world of literature, a book of fiction such as mine must take a niche approach to marketing. It lacks mass appeal. I have decided a good target market would be those people that both enjoy the witty satire and 19th century literary works of Ambrose Bierce, as well as movies like Kangaroo Jack and TV shows like Crossing Jordon. I have located this person.

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