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Soul Screaming, a weekly newsletter about finding inspiration as the world spirals
You that never done nothin’But build to destroyYou play with my worldLike it’s your little toy -Bob Dylan, “Masters of War” *** 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, a weekly newsletter for writers going through it
“Comparison is the thief of joy.” – Theodore Roosevelt “Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” – Suzy Kassem “…imposter syndrome involves much more than just feeling fraudulent and that it presents itself in a long list of different … Continue reading
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Soul Screaming, a weekly newsletter
You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I’ll rise. “Still I Rise” – Maya Angelou (link: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46446/still-i-rise) *** Hi, I’m Christopher Ryan, a … Continue reading
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Soul Screaming in America
A weekly newsletter about being creative in the widening gyre Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide … Continue reading
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Soul Screaming Deep Dive
Ultimately, Stranger Things celebrates our love of story. We need more of all this in our lives By Christopher Ryan SPOILER WARNING: Yeah, I’m going to discuss details from the end of the Stranger Things finale. If you haven’t seen … Continue reading
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Soul Screaming
A weekly newsletter that today offers gifts for you In lieu of a newsletter this week, I humbly offer three gifts I hope you choose to enjoy over this holiday season: All the best to you and yours this holiday. … Continue reading
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Soul Screaming
Soul Screaming A weekly newsletter about writing fun stories while the world gets weirder America feels sort of like Charlie Brown right now, reluctant to run and kick that football that Government Lucy is holding the Epstein football in position. … Continue reading
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Soul Screaming #7
A weekly newsletter by perhaps the world’s oldest emerging author by Christopher Ryan “Be curious, not judgmental.” – Ted Lasso Is there any pop culture quote that seems more anachronistic these days? So much of what is happening in our … Continue reading
SOUL SCREAMING: A Weekly Newsletter by Perhaps the World’s Oldest Emerging Author
By Christopher Ryan It has taken a ridiculously long time to decide how to go about writing this newsletter. I used every excuse and considered a kaleidoscope of possible formats and content that ate up years. Yeah, years. Procrastination, anyone? … Continue reading
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
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