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Tag Archives: #books
Soul Screaming, a weekly newsletter about pushing past fears to get to the other side of writing
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, A weekly newsletter about writing through the challenges
In a world that keeps pushing me ‘round I’ll stand my ground And I won’t back down. -Tom Petty *** 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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Soul Screaming, a weekly newsletter about writing in a weirder world
“When you’re born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you’re born in America, you get a front-row seat.” – George Carlin *** Hi, I’m Christopher Ryan, a hybrid author with forty years of experience in journalism, education, … Continue reading
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Soul Screaming – A weekly newsletter about going through it to write with renewed vigor
You that never done nothin’But build to destroyYou play with my worldLike it’s your little toyYou put a gun in my handAnd you hide from my eyesAnd you turn and run fartherWhen the fast bullets fly -Bob Dylan, Masters of … Continue reading
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Soul Screaming: Writing on instead of clutching my chest at the world
Sheer heart attackSheer heart attackReal cardiacI feel soInar-inar-inar-inar-inar-inar-inar-inarticulate -Queen, “Sheer Heart Attack” *** Hi, I’m Christopher Ryan, a hybrid author with forty years of experience in journalism, education, sketch comedy, indie film, unions, community service, parenting, public speaking, acting, podcasting, … Continue reading
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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 Pop Culture
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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Tagged #books, #horror, #Netflix, believe, believeinfiction, fiction, sci-fi, scyfy, stranger-things, strangerthingsfinale, writing
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