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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.

Giving Our Sons Away

Posted on September 2, 2013 by chrisryanwrites

This weekend was Move-in Day for both colleges my sons are attending. I hate those colleges right now because I had to give my sons away to them. I keep remembering when The Wife was pregnant. Such a tiny girl … Continue reading →

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OMG, I’m Polonius! – an Open Letter to My Sons as They Go off to College

Posted on August 30, 2013 by chrisryanwrites

Originally posted on Chris Ryan:
None of the following is your fault; it’s mine. Intellectually, I understand that it is your time to go off to college, but emotionally my heart has slipped out of chronology and keeps going back…

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OMG, I’m Polonius! – an Open Letter to My Sons as They Go off to College

Posted on August 30, 2013 by chrisryanwrites

None of the following is your fault; it’s mine. Intellectually, I understand that it is your time to go off to college, but emotionally my heart has slipped out of chronology and keeps going back to when you were two, … Continue reading →

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The Master has Passed

Posted on August 20, 2013 by chrisryanwrites

One of my all-time writing heroes and one of the greatest influences on my writing has passed. All hail The Master, Elmore Leonard. If you don’t know him, click on the link and discover one of America’s all-time great storytellers. … Continue reading →

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Ten Things That Block Writing, or Reveal A Truth

Posted on July 25, 2013 by chrisryanwrites

It often seems everyone wants to write, but honestly, how many actually get the writing done? There’s a huge difference in those two figures. One of the reasons most often cited by struggling writers is difficulty in finding the time. … Continue reading →

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Not EVERYTHING is about race

Posted on July 18, 2013 by chrisryanwrites

On Facebook today, someone shared the racist comments made about Marc Anthony when he sang the National Anthem before the All-Star Game this week. Anti-Mexican slurs flowed, suggesting Anthony, who I believe is a Native New Yorker, had no right … Continue reading →

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The USA is stronger than a magazine cover

Posted on July 18, 2013 by chrisryanwrites

There is a controversy now about the latest cover of Rolling Stone Magazine. It features an apparently cleaned up version of a headshot of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving Boston Bomber. Some say Rolling Stone has made him “look like a … Continue reading →

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What do we do after Zimmerman? Listen to Abuela

Posted on July 17, 2013 by chrisryanwrites

In the aftermath of the Zimmerman acquittal, with factions still wounded by the decision, groups still debating what happened, how it happened, what went right, what went wrong, and what it all means for the Americas (white America, black America, … Continue reading →

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To self-publish or not to self-publish?

Posted on July 9, 2013 by chrisryanwrites

Indie Author News has published “Should You Self-Publish Your First Book?” seen on Scott Berkun’s website. I am in no way The Expert, but I believe, as a self-publisher who has won two awards for my first novel City of … Continue reading →

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The Soft Knock of Manhood

Posted on June 25, 2013 by chrisryanwrites

There was a soft knock in the door at 5:30 this morning. A light tapping requesting admittance while not wanting to awake us abruptly as they returned from Project Graduation. There was a thoughtfulness to that knocking and that is … Continue reading →

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