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Continue reading →: The Secret Garden: The Stories We’re Told Become the Stories We Tell OurselvesThis made me think about the stories we’re told from an early age about ourselves, and how quickly we adopt those stories and make them our own. It’s made me realize how cautious we need to be about not putting labels and stories on kids, because it doesn’t take long…
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Continue reading →: A Note on Messages from Ursula K. Le GuinHer piece “A Message About Messages” offers a pointed and humorous rebuttal (of which only Le Guin was capable of) to those who insist on strangling messages out of the fiction they read
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Continue reading →: Progress
Didn’t get a lot of writing or revising done tonight, but I did crack open a plot point I’d quagmired myself in. A tiny victory, but I’ll take it. Be well, good people. Heaps of huzzahs to you. -Purdy
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Continue reading →: Notes from the Basement: MarchEvening and huzzah, goda människor, from a basement out here in central Minnesota. I hope this missive finds you all safe, sound, hearty, and hale. Nearly bedtime around these parts, but I wanted to hop and post something before hitting the rack.
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Continue reading →: Hej KompisaThe first day of February delivered warmer weather with the sun sticking around long enough to melt some of the snow build-up. After settling a bellyful of pancakes and coffee, we ventured out to brave the perils of Saturday Costco. The town of Anoka lies on the way to the…
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Continue reading →: Short As Fictober
Writing is a strange and giant beast, that I sometimes lose sight of the simple fact that it’s supposed to be fun. I’m looking forward to what kinds of stories will happen over the next 31 days. Who’s with me?
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Continue reading →: Summer Reading: Christina Henry’s THE GIRL IN REDFinished up The Girl in Red by Christina Henry last week. Fun retelling of the Red Riding Hood narrative set in an apocalyptic, plague-ridden United States. Cordelia, or Red as she prefers, is walking to Grandma’s house, and doing her best to avoid, outsmart, and overcome the military, ruthless militias,…
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Continue reading →: Remembering David BermanBecause my car up and died shortly after moving to the Pacific Northwest, I’d ride my bike to and from work, which generally meant a commute home around one o’clock in the morning. On the ride, Berman’s musical vehicle, The Silver Jews, would keep me company in my headphones.
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Continue reading →: PBS American Masters: Worlds of Ursula K Le Guin
Just finished watching PBS’ excellent documentary on Ursula K. Le Guin, and would highly recommend checking it out when you get a chance.
Greetings,
I’m Ryan
I’m an E-12 Data Integrationist, amateur pasty-crafter, and sporadic storyteller. I hang my hat in central Minnesota with my wife, our three children, a labradoodle, and a couple of cats.
I earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Augsburg University, and my fiction has appeared in Talking Soup, Barstow & Grand, and Volume One.
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