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About chrisryanwrites

I tell fast-paced stories with humor and heart. My fiction work is available on amazon.com. Here, I’ll write about the sources for those stories from what I read, watch, listen to, and observe to my experiences as a former award-winning journalist, high school teacher, actor, and producer.

Life Slam Dances With Itself: Ten Ways to Find The Time

Posted on January 6, 2015 by chrisryanwrites

From December 23 until January 4, I was on vacation, which translated to “free to write at all times during the day and night” and/or read about writing, listen to podcasts about writing, hang out with The Wife, watch The … Continue reading →

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Favorite Joke, ever

Posted on January 4, 2015 by chrisryanwrites

I participated in the last of the holiday get-togethers this evening. Talk about holding on. And I was reminded of a great moment in my life. The moment involved my all-time favorite joke. What’s the joke? Not yet. The reason … Continue reading →

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Respecting People is Key to Creating Worthwhile Characters

Posted on January 3, 2015 by chrisryanwrites

Many authors will say that among their best writing experiences are the times when characters seem to take over and write themselves. Some consider this channeling, that is, serving a muse or some higher authority’s desire for expression. Maybe so, … Continue reading →

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More Writing in 2015

Posted on January 2, 2015 by chrisryanwrites

Things have been quiet on this blog for a long while, but my computer has been busy. Here’s what I have been doing: I have an anthology coming out early next week, BLACKJACK: SHOOTERS, in which I write a few … Continue reading →

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Ten-Step Program to help Avengers: Age of Ultron fans survive until May, 2015

Posted on October 26, 2014 by chrisryanwrites

Okay, okay, stop rewatching the Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer for a minute. You don’t have to live like this, hitting replay numerous times a day, stalking comic book movie sites for new trailer breakdowns and theories and rumors and … Continue reading →

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The Reason the Avengers: Age of Ultron Trailer Scares

Posted on October 23, 2014 by chrisryanwrites

So many things are going on, so many strings to get tangled in…. Fans have been waiting, wanting, yearning to see the trailer for AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON since it first awed fans at the San Diego Con back in … Continue reading →

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Ten a Tips for Attending a Books Fairs

Posted on October 12, 2014 by chrisryanwrites

Many independent authors work book fairs and community events to get additional sales. But are these events worth doing? Depends on your agenda. If you are looking for extremely high volume sales, keep looking. If you are interested in seeing … Continue reading →

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Study Those Whose Writing Impresses: Joss Whedon

Posted on July 22, 2014 by chrisryanwrites

Part of any writer’s responsibility is to study the writers who influence his or her writing. Experts will advise the developing writer (and any writer worth a reader’s time should consider herself/himself developing on some level) should read everything available … Continue reading →

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Back to Writing Roots

Posted on July 21, 2014 by chrisryanwrites

First, an apology. I have wandered away from blogging, into the delicious struggle of fiction writing. But excuses help no one. So, let’s discuss writing. I am currently 239 pages into a sequel to CITY OF WOE, to be entitled … Continue reading →

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Neil Young – The Troubling Duality of “Everybody Knows This is Nowhere”

Posted on May 11, 2014 by chrisryanwrites

It is impossible to pick the definitive Neil Young album because he has put out so many classics. Some will say the easy choice is Decade but I am working with a rule that anthologies and greatest hits and live … Continue reading →

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