Jonathan Ryan's Blog, page 74
August 18, 2014
Against Her Will….and what I Will or Won’t Do as an Agent.
My writing adventure on both sides of the fence continues. As I write and rewrite my own projects and read/review my clients’ manuscripts, I’m amazed at how the time flies by. I stare at the screen until my rear end hurts and then realize I haven’t gotten up to pace in a couple of hours. [Read More...]
August 11, 2014
Robin Williams, the Canary Prophet
The news of Robin Williams’ apparent suicide yesterday hit the Internet with blinding speed. People are pouring out their grief and utter disbelief. How could someone who brought so much joy and beauty end their life? How could he do something so contrary to what he brought to others? While no one will say [Read More...]
August 8, 2014
Successful People are Weirder – Right?
Her ideal man is handsome but doesn’t know it, brilliant but unassuming, successful and kind. So says Rita (Andie MacDowell) to Phil (Bill Murray) in one of the greatest movies of all time, Groundhog Day. But don’t we humans tend to get weirder the more successful we get? Whatever our field of work is, [Read More...]
July 31, 2014
Horror Writers Association Admits Me Through Blood Ritual
Artists are very weird people. On one hand, we talk loudly at smart parties how we don’t care if anyone “gets” our work. We claim we write for “its own sake” and our own personal satisfaction. That is a lie. Artists are artists because we want to communicate. We want to say something and have [Read More...]
July 26, 2014
San Diego Comic Con Decides to Bully Salt Lake City Comic Con
In the midst of the festivities surrounding the San Diego Comic Con, they decided to bully the folks who run the Salt Lake City Comic Con by sending them a “Cease and Desist Order”. This is kinda interesting, considering that cons all over the country use Comic Con in their names. You know what this [Read More...]
July 23, 2014
Big Ole Announcement: Ave Maria Press Wants Me as an Editor.
The past few days, I’ve been in South Bend, Indiana. Many of you asked why. Now, I can tell you. As of August 11th, I’ll be taking a new position at Ave Maria Press as their new Acquisitions Editor. What will I be doing? I’ll be searching, finding, developing and launching new writing talent. Plus, [Read More...]
July 18, 2014
Earth 2.0: Alien Life as Humanity’s Reset Button
In 1996′s Independence Day, President Whitmore, played by Bill Pullman, definitively declared that “the question of whether or not we’re alone in the universe has been answered.” This line was both chilling and gripping because, well, the aliens started blowing stuff up. A few days ago, however, Pullman’s famous cinematic quote was nearly repeated when [Read More...]
July 16, 2014
Eve Ain’t What She Used to Be…..Shattering the Hollywood Woman
In the beginning, Hollywood created women… as the fainting ingénue in the arms of a mustache twirling villain or the Mata Hari seductress using sexuality as a way to exploit men and gain power. Women were the love interest, the comic relief, the damsel in distress to make the hero look good. Then came the [Read More...]
The Rise of a Fledgling Gamer
Ten months ago I wrote an article about being a “newb” at video games. While my other geek credentials are worthy of praise, I neglected this chapter in the geek pantheon. I have a hundred excuses as to why, but none of them are valid. I was a young single mother. I had a career, a [Read More...]
July 10, 2014
The Isolation of the Self Righteous in Ivory Towers
I’ve never been one to open up about my journey of faith. Notwithstanding the two and a half decades (give or take a few tough years) it would take to recount the lifelong tale, but I’ve always felt that my faith, like so many things in my life was my personal choice – I didn’t [Read More...]
