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Author Archives: chrisryanwrites
Music Monday – Wandering YouTube Yields a Moving Tom Petty Documentary
by Christopher Ryan It had been a long day working on final fussing over a narrative horror poetry collection, planning the final forms of a horror fiction series, wrestling with publishing schedules for those and two novel reboots, and discussing … Continue reading
Posted in #amwriting, #community, #inspiration, #productivity, #television, classic rock, healing, horror fiction, independent publishing, pop culture, TomPetty&TheHeartbreakers, writing
Tagged #amediting, #America, #AmRevising, #amwriting, #author, #authorlife, #classicrock, #EditGoal, #EditingGoal, #IndieAuthor, #publishing, #selfpublishing, #Storytelling, #tompetty #tompettyandtheheartbreakers #tompettywildflowers #YouTube, #WIP, #WriteGoal, #writerslife, #WriteTip, #writingtips, writing
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Jan. 2, 2023 – Making Wee Hours Wandering More Productive
By Christopher Ryan Occasionally, I awake in the wee hours, brain alive with thoughts that need immediate address (“Get Cheerios! Rewrite that chapter! Hey, let’s see what the bathroom looks like.”). Usually, this results in meandering around before discovering my … Continue reading
Posted in #amwriting, #community, #productivity, fiction, horror fiction, pop culture, writing
Tagged #amediting, #AmRevising, #amwriting, #author, #authorlife, #EditGoal, #EditingGoal, #horrorpoetry, #publishing, #WIP, #WriteGoal, #WriteMotivation, #writerslife, #WriteTip, #writingtips, #WroteToday
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Jan. 1, 2023 – a Pause Before Leaping (and a Cover Reveal!)
Today isn’t a new beginning, nor is it the turning of a page. I have been planning all this for a long time. What I am about attempt is to spend 2023 doing is neither guaranteed to work nor a … Continue reading
Posted in # thrillers, #amwriting, #productivity, Book lovers, book recommendations, digital publishing, ebook publishing, fiction, High school, horror fiction, independent publishing, pop culture, self-publishing, teenagers, writing
Tagged #Amazon, #amediting, #America, #amwriting, #author, #authorlife, #books, #EditGoal, #EditingGoal, #ePubChat, #eReaders, #getcaughtreading, #IndieAuthor, #IndiePub, #Kindle, #Pubit, #publishing, #ScienceFiction, #selfpublishing, #Storytelling, #Suspense, #WIP, #WriteGoal, #writerslife, #writestuff, #WriteTip, #writingtips
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How to Provide Mature New Year’s Eve Entertainment 😉
It is a simple idea: create programing for mature viewers featuring older acts. This is a ratings gold mine! Therefore, I propose that following programming pitch. Continue reading
Posted in #television, America, classic rock, Dick Clark, New Year’s Eve, pop culture, writing
Tagged #America, #boomers, #classicrock, #comedy, #DickClark, #genX, #newyearseve, #popculture, #television
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Music Monday: What‘s Your Favorite Christmas Song and Why?
By Christopher Ryan I usually last until a little further into December before I lose myself in Christmas music, but this year The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special did me in. Such a fun soundtrack, it offers a bunch … Continue reading
Posted in #U2, Christmas, Christmas Music, classic rock, Fountains if Wayne, GuardiansofTheGalaxy, holiday hits, JamesGunn, Julian Casablancas, Kevin Bacon, Music, pop culture, The Pogues, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Waitresses, The Wombats, TomPetty&TheHeartbreakers, writing
Tagged #Christmasmusic, #classicrock, #holidayhits, #holidaymusic, #holidays, #holidaytraditions, #music, Christmas
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Why Christine McVie’s Passing Hits Some of Us So Hard
By Christopher Ryan I’m not what would be recognized as a Fleetwood Mac fanatic, hardcore fan, or, um, even official fan. I’m just a music fan who spent my teen years in the 70’s and 80’s. And that means Christine … Continue reading
Posted in Christine McVie, classic rock, Fleetwood Mac, Music, pop culture, writing
Tagged #America, #ChristineMcVie, #FleetwoodMac, #music, #womenwriters, #writerslife
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WTF Wednesday: How to Survive Thanksgiving
So this is Thanksgiving, And what have we learned? Another year older, And Charlie’s ego just got burned… While we welcome the idea of annually getting together to celebrate our gratitude, in theory anyway, negotiating the potential minefield of actually … Continue reading
Music Monday: Roger Waters’ Comfortably Numb Video Makes Me Wish He’d Pull a Taylor Swift
I wandered onto YouTube last night and amid the “new releases” there was a video of “Comfortably Numb” by Roger Waters. Liking both the artist and the song, I innocently hit play. Mind blown. Not because it was part of … Continue reading
Posted in 2022, Music, pop culture, Roger Waters, Pink Floyd, Comfortably Numb, The Wall, classic rock, writing
Tagged #amwriting, #classicrock, #ComfortablyNumb, #ComfortablyNumb2022, #Dystopian, #music, #PinkFloyd, #RogerWaters, #RogerWatersComfortablyNumb2022, #Storytelling, #TheWall
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