Category Archives: #community

Bob and Grace

Posted on August 11, 2026 by chrisryanwrites

Bob and Grace is in an occasional comic strip aimed at providing light, topical humor about current events. Continue reading →

Posted in #AmericanSpirit, #comedy, #community, #dividedAmerica, #humor, #POTUS, current-events, writing | Tagged #comedy, #humor, #president, America, Brave, currentevents, Iran, Journalists, NATO Summit | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in #amwriting, #community, #DCU, #dogs, #inspiration, #MCU, #NonFiction, #productivity, #reading, Bobby Nash, Book lovers, ebook publishing, fiction, horror fiction, horror poetry, JamesGunn, Marvel Cinematic Universe, pop culture | Tagged #amwriting, #author, #authorlife, #books, #publishing, #Storytelling, #writerslife, #writingtips, fiction, writing | Leave a comment

The work isn’t affecting me at all…

Posted on July 18, 2026 by chrisryanwrites

Posted in #amwriting, #community, #productivity, Book lovers, fiction, horror fiction, horror poetry, independent publishing, poetry, pop culture, self-publishing, writing | Leave a comment

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 →

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 | Leave a comment

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 →

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 | Leave a comment

Jan. 2, 2023 – Making Wee Hours Wandering More Productive

Posted on January 2, 2023 by chrisryanwrites

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 | Leave a comment

WTF Wednesday: How Did This Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Gem Stay Hidden So Long?

Posted on December 1, 2022 by chrisryanwrites

When I first stumbled onto today’s topic in the morning, my plans for this particular blog were completely different. Then I hit play. After a startling 72 tracks shimmying across more than four hours (including banter) I am convinced that … Continue reading →

Posted in #community, book recommendations, Music, partying, pop culture, self-publishing, The Waitresses, TomPetty&TheHeartbreakers, writing | Tagged #America, #classicrock, #LiveatTheFillmore1997, #music, #recordreview #TomPetty, #rockalbumoftheyear, TomPetty&TheHeartbreakers | Leave a comment

WTF Wednesday: He’s Back, Uninvited

Posted on November 17, 2022 by chrisryanwrites

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 | Leave a comment

Satanic Panic Novel Feels Timely in Our Divisive Times

Posted on October 9, 2022 by chrisryanwrites

by Christopher Ryan Clay McLeod Chapman is currently on what looks like a fun book tour for Ghost Eaters and more power to him. While that intriguing book is on the ever-growing TBR list, his 2021 novel Whisper Down the … Continue reading →

Posted in #community, #reading, #WeThePeople, America, Book lovers, book recommendations, fiction, horror fiction, lying, pop culture, satanic panic, writing | Tagged #America, #amreading, #amwriting, #author, #BookBuzzr, #books, #ClayMcLeodChapman, #getcaughtreading, #horror, #Kindle, #Mystery, #readmorebooks, #satanicpanic, #Storytelling, #Suspense, writing | Leave a comment

Bono and The Idea of America

Posted on October 8, 2022 by chrisryanwrites

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 | Leave a comment

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