by Ryan | May 23, 2024 | Featured, Personal Notes
The Library Part Two I intended to write about something else today, but I returned to the Main Library here in Brownsville. Upon arriving, I decided I needed to talk some more about the incident that took place here and my brush with it. As I had talked about in a...
by Ryan | May 16, 2024 | Featured, Non Fiction, Personal Notes
Tranquilo At the start of 2020, a mere month and a half before the pandemic locked us all down, my family and I moved from the middle of the country to Brownsville, TX. For those who don’t know, Brownsville is located at the bottom of Texas, where the Gulf of...
by Ryan | May 12, 2024 | Featured, Personal Notes
The Library This piece is going to be a bit different than my usual post. As I’ve discussed before, I’m a big supporter of libraries. A library is more than just a place to check out books. A library is a community center where people from all walks can...
by Ryan | May 9, 2024 | Featured, Non Fiction
Let Them Talk… How many times have you been in the following situation? You sit down to write a chapter in your latest Work In Progress, only to find you can’t come up with anything that doesn’t read as slightly more interesting than paint drying....
by Ryan | May 2, 2024 | Featured, Non Fiction, Personal Notes
Mariposa When I was young, I was lucky enough to spend most of my time exploring the wilderness. While other kids played in their rooms or backyards, I explored miles of creeks, hills, fields, and gullies. While other kids were watching Raiders of the Lost Ark, I...
by Ryan | Apr 25, 2024 | Featured, Fiction
Work in Progress Last year, I cranked out two novels, The Delicate Art of Death, released in April 2023, and The Firefly Collective, released in August 2023. I planned to take a short time off, start the plotting process for the next novel in October, and finish...