Tag Archives: #amwriting

10 Questions about Tonight’s The Walking Dead Finale

Posted on March 29, 2015 by chrisryanwrites

I’ve been intrigued with this season of The Walking Dead. Kirkman and the boys have done impressive work making what we know as normal seem weird and unnatural and tension-filled in the TWD world.   And it worries me.   Yes, I’m … Continue reading →

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Schooling Myself: Podcasts as Independent Study

Posted on March 22, 2015 by chrisryanwrites

I have been getting progressively more serious about independent publishing as a career. I was a journalist a lifetime ago, then a teacher (still am) who wrote on the side (some comics, screenplays, short stories), and now that is flipping. … Continue reading →

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10 Steps for Organically Inserting a Character

Posted on March 15, 2015 by chrisryanwrites

I am heavily into production mode these days, rewriting no less than four new projects – CITY OF PAIN, the apparently long-awaited sequel to CITY OF SIN and CITY OF WOE, two YA novels, GENIUS HIGH and PERFECT, and a … Continue reading →

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This Cold Won’t Stop Me

Posted on January 14, 2015 by chrisryanwrites

Maintaining my secret identity as an author requires a cover identity. Mine has its challenges. Sure, being a high school teacher requires writing lesson plans and grading mountains of essays and teaching great new minds, but there is another, darker … Continue reading →

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Life Slam Dances With Itself: Ten Ways to Find The Time

Posted on January 6, 2015 by chrisryanwrites

From December 23 until January 4, I was on vacation, which translated to “free to write at all times during the day and night” and/or read about writing, listen to podcasts about writing, hang out with The Wife, watch The … Continue reading →

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More Writing in 2015

Posted on January 2, 2015 by chrisryanwrites

Things have been quiet on this blog for a long while, but my computer has been busy. Here’s what I have been doing: I have an anthology coming out early next week, BLACKJACK: SHOOTERS, in which I write a few … Continue reading →

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My Best Writing Advice: Let it suck

Posted on November 17, 2013 by chrisryanwrites

There seems to be an abundance of writing advice on twitter today, for which I am thankful. To return the favor, I wanted to offer the best writing advice I give my students, but this has proven impossible to do … Continue reading →

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