I am deviating a little from the norm here and am going to talk about something I never really talk about and that is music. I never really talk about music because it is the one thing I love that I am really self conscious about because I know so many people who are musicians,… Continue reading Turn Down That Music You Darn Kids!
Category: Bloggy
Manners, Manners!
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear my friends, it really seems as if we have lost touch with some basic manners these days and it's awfully disconcerting. I understand that we all forget from time to time to be polite, to consider the feelings of others and some of the other simple things that, in… Continue reading Manners, Manners!
The Fear of Success
As hard as it is to consistently motivate yourself to keep pushing forward when you are working in the arts it makes it all the harder to know that your own community isn’t always pulling for you. I can understand and appreciate the competitive spirit that is inherent in all of us, and can also… Continue reading The Fear of Success
Hooray for Awards
I don't really get much notice for my writing so any time that I do it's a pretty special thing. This past week I was beset and accosted by two friends who came to my apartment with a camera and shocked me with a crazy impromptu podcast with me having to improv like crazy and… Continue reading Hooray for Awards
And So It Begins…
This is a pretty momentous day for me. Today is the day I sent my novel A Shadow Over Ever off to a friend to be edited. This is the first big step I have taken with the novel in quite some time and it feels great. This is a novel that began as… Continue reading And So It Begins…
Play Nice
When it comes to doing arts shows and conventions there are a lot of things that can bring down the whole feel of the thing and that throws cold water on things. There is a real big one that has of late begun to nag at me and that is the bitterness between shows… Continue reading Play Nice
Giving Back
The road to where I am today has had more twists than I care to remember but maybe that is the nature of passion - to take you wherever it is that you will find it. When you stop following that passion, when you stop following your heart you lose sight of what it was… Continue reading Giving Back
Getting To Know You…
Interviews, I am horrible at them, let’s just get that out there. Horrible. I owe so much to the people that take the time to interview me, that take the time to get to know something about me so they can ask questions but man, I just feel like I am horrible at talking… Continue reading Getting To Know You…
Chris Ringler and the $1,200 Alien
So, if you have ever met me in person then you know that aside from my dashing good looks and rapier wit that I am a storyteller. The problem here is that while I have a lot of stories I only have like, four that are classic, hands down great stories. The real stuff that… Continue reading Chris Ringler and the $1,200 Alien
Ooops!
So, sometimes you just have to admit that ya mucked up. I mean, it happens, and if you are a writer especially you are bound to boo-boos. For me it comes in the editing of my books. From time to time I miss some things as I am fixing and expanding the stories and darn… Continue reading Ooops!
RED DREAMS Book Release Party
If there is something you should do when you are able to release a book it’s have a book release of some sort. For Red Dreams I wanted to celebrate with friends and family so I had people come over to where I live and we invaded my friend and neighbor’s apartment for some delicious… Continue reading RED DREAMS Book Release Party
Perseverance
If there is one thing that a writer (and any artist but I need to shrink the net here) needs to have, even more than talent, it is perseverance. You can gain talent, you can create drive, but without the willingness to keep at it against all odds then you are doomed right out of… Continue reading Perseverance
And THEN…
Well, now that Red Dreams is out and I have had the book release party - which was amazing, by the way - what comes next? Next is the long running over the big hills. Now I need to plot out the course for the year and beyond. I need to start figuring what conventions,… Continue reading And THEN…
The Spooky World of Chris Ringler 