Category Archives: #amwriting

Adventures in Indie Publishing!

Posted on August 14, 2026 by chrisryanwrites
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Soul Screaming, A weekly newsletter about creating amid the chaos and dreaming through the dread

Posted on August 12, 2026 by chrisryanwrites

I’m late, I’m late! For a very important date! No time to say “hello,” “goodbye” ! I’m late, I’m late, I’m late!” —White Rabbit, from Alice in Wonderland, 1951, written by Sammy Fain and Bob Hillard *** Hi, I’m Christopher … Continue reading →

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Soul Screaming, A weekly newsletter about creating in a time of destruction

Posted on August 6, 2026 by chrisryanwrites

You call that love French, but it’s just Frenchette I’ve been to France, so let’s just dance —David Johansen *** Hi, I’m Christopher Ryan, a hybrid author with forty years of experience in journalism, education, sketch comedy, indie film, unions, … Continue reading →

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Finally…

Posted on August 3, 2026 by chrisryanwrites
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Letting my Bronx out in defense of Supergirl

Posted on July 26, 2026 by chrisryanwrites

I get feisty about all the naysayers doing their worst to negate the value of DC’s Supergirl. And trigger warning, my Bronx comes out (most colorful language of our entire 425 episode run so far). But mostly, we examine what … Continue reading →

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The work isn’t affecting me at all…

Posted on July 18, 2026 by chrisryanwrites
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Soul Screaming, a weekly newsletter about pushing past fears to get to the other side of writing

Posted on June 4, 2026 by chrisryanwrites

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt. – William Shakespeare *** Hi, I’m Christopher Ryan, a hybrid author with forty years of experience in journalism, education, sketch comedy, indie … Continue reading →

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Soul Screaming Pop Culture

Posted on January 1, 2026 by chrisryanwrites

Non-Spoiler Review: Stranger Things finale was perfectly imperfect by Christopher Ryan Last night was a Nerds Holiday unlike any other New Year’s Eve I can remember. The finale of this elaborate sci-fi/horror/comic book/80’s movies/childhood-teen-adult adventure banquet of hell yeah that … Continue reading →

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January 3, 2023 – Fussing Comes to an End and a Project is Complete

Posted on January 3, 2023 by chrisryanwrites

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 →

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Music Monday – Wandering YouTube Yields a Moving Tom Petty Documentary

Posted on January 2, 2023 by chrisryanwrites

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 →

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