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Category Archives: America
Soul Screaming Sunday Opinion
A new feature in hopes of making some sense of things Halloween is over. All Souls Day has passed. Yet the ghouls are still around. That’s how it feels anyway. I keep thinking of this one Halloween front yard display … Continue reading
Posted in #AmericanSpirit, #dividedAmerica, #hardtruths, #inspiration, #MAGA, #POTUS, #WeThePeople, America, Faith, healing, Health, racism, America, Religion, SNAP
Tagged #MAGA, #news, american-spirit, donald-trump, food-banks, food-pantries, helping-neighbors, ice, politics, small-actions, SNAP
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America at the Crossroads, Again
We at the abyss, again. Yesterday a 20-year-old kid tried to assassinate a presidential candidate. Ripped his ear. Killed an innocent person and critically injured two others. That young American also traumatized his fellow Americans. All of us. Republicans. Democrats. … Continue reading
Posted in #Trump, #voting, #WeThePeople, America, politics, Sunday reset, writing
Tagged #America, #assassinationattempt, #Biden, #Dystopian, #Historical, #Trump
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January 3, 2023 – Fussing Comes to an End and a Project is Complete
by Christopher Ryan I should have been editing Soul Scream. Or completing the uploading of Genius High. But opportunity called and I dove back in to … poetry. Dark horror crime poetry about the most modern of monsters. And I … Continue reading
Posted in #amwriting, #community, #inspiration, #productivity, America, Bukowski, crime poetry, fiction, horror fiction, horror poetry, Jim Carroll, narrative poetry, poetry, pop culture, wife, writing
Tagged #amediting, #America, #AmRevising, #amwriting, #author, #authorlife, #crime, #crimepoetry, #EditGoal, #EditingGoal, #horror, #horrorcrimepoetry, #horrorpoetry, #modernmonsters, #Mystery, #publishing, #Storytelling, #Suspense, #WIP, #WriteGoal, #writerslife, #writestuff, #WroteToday
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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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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
WTF Wednesday: He’s Back, Uninvited
By Christopher Ryan I agree with the often expressed notion that it shouldn’t be this hard to talk about things. But it is. Let’s talk anyway. Somebody declared his intention to run for the office of the President of these … Continue reading
Posted in #community, #election, #inspiration, #POTUS, #voting, #WeThePeople, America, healing, horror fiction, Oil, POC,, politics, racism, America, writing
Tagged #America, #bipartisan, #cablenews, #crime, #Democrats, #election, #GenZ, #government, #IdeaofAmerica, #January6, #news, #newsoutlets, #POTUS, #Republicans, #socialmedia, #vote, #WriterWednesday
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Bono and The Idea of America
by Christopher Ryan U2’s Bono spoke at the 23rd annual New Yorker Festival last night. Well, first he riled up the crowd, and sang, and recited new poetry, and sang some more. And then he ignited my soul. During his … Continue reading
Posted in #amwriting, #community, #reading, #U2, #WeThePeople, America, Bono, Book lovers, digital publishing, ebook publishing, Faith, fiction, horror fiction, Music, New Yorker Festival, politics, pop culture, self-publishing, Spirituality, writing
Tagged #Amazon, #America, #AmericanSpirit, #amreading, #amwriting, #author, #authorlife, #Bono. #U2, #BookBuzzr, #books, #Dystopian, #ebook, #ePubChat, #eReaders, #getcaughtreading, #IndieAuthor, #IndiePub, #Kindle, #music, #publishing, #selfpublishing, #Storytelling, #theideaofamerica, #WriteMotivation, #writerslife, #WriterWednesday, #writestuff, #WroteToday, writing
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The Seductive Lie of Karli Morgenthau
Marvel is pushing the limits of superhero entertainment, asking difficult questions about who gets power and a voice in the world, and they are making the argument excellently well, offering an intriguing range of views for us to consider at … Continue reading
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