Category Archives: love

Advice to a young artist

Posted on October 17, 2015 by chrisryanwrites

(I wrote this to a former student and musician who posted on FB a cool bit of music video of him playing a work in progress. He called it “trash” and, well …. This happened.) Stop calling your contributions to … Continue reading →

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Favorite Joke, ever

Posted on January 4, 2015 by chrisryanwrites

I participated in the last of the holiday get-togethers this evening. Talk about holding on. And I was reminded of a great moment in my life. The moment involved my all-time favorite joke. What’s the joke? Not yet. The reason … Continue reading →

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Neil Young – The Troubling Duality of “Everybody Knows This is Nowhere”

Posted on May 11, 2014 by chrisryanwrites

It is impossible to pick the definitive Neil Young album because he has put out so many classics. Some will say the easy choice is Decade but I am working with a rule that anthologies and greatest hits and live … Continue reading →

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Music Mondays: Lost Classic – Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes’ I Don’t Want to go Home

Posted on April 20, 2014 by chrisryanwrites

While reading One Way Out a really strong, engaging oral history of The Allman Brothers Band, I began thinking about all the great music I grew up with, and how so much of it is now being relegated to fading … Continue reading →

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Music Mondays: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Posted on April 6, 2014 by chrisryanwrites

While reading One Way Out a really strong, engaging oral history of The Allman Brothers Band, I began thinking about all the great music I grew up with, and how so much of it is now being relegated to fading … Continue reading →

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Use Whatever You Have to Help Others

Posted on January 12, 2014 by chrisryanwrites

Okay, I am an independent author with some modest sales numbers, but if I am honest, I know James Patterson and Stephen King are not shaking in their boots about the new competition on the block. I am fine with … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year, and one Last Look Back

Posted on December 31, 2013 by chrisryanwrites

It has been a great year for me creatively, and I thank all those who helped make it happen, and those who shared in the experience. Here’s what happened: I won two awards for my debut novel, CITY OF WOE… … Continue reading →

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My “Best Blogs 2013” Series continued: I’ve become Polonius!

Posted on December 30, 2013 by chrisryanwrites

Continuing my year-end best blogs 2013 series, today we get personal. I wrote this when my twin sons were going off to college last August. Since then, one son converted from dorming to commuting and about a week later, found … Continue reading →

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On Marriage: 27 Years later, it is Still About The Girl

Posted on November 30, 2013 by chrisryanwrites

Twenty-seven years ain’t a drop in the bucket, brothers and sisters, unless you are Cher, Joan Rivers, or Bill Cosby. Being married for 27 years, well, not everyone makes it this far. Doesn’t make me better or worse (yes, I … Continue reading →

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Thank you all

Posted on November 28, 2013 by chrisryanwrites

Over the last few days, I took a risk that scared the Hell out of me. I gave away writing I worked so hard to give quality. I gave it away on three days leading up to Thanksgiving, as a … Continue reading →

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