It is strange to stand where I am today, on a hill, not a high hill, but a hill just the same, and to look down into the valley where I started writing when I was a teenager. I started with a pencil and pen and paper, writing in those Mead notebooks, writing and writing… Continue reading Cranking it out…
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THIS BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS is available for purchase NOW!
The new book is for sale now via my E-Store. The book is ten dollars and features thirteen dark short stories. https://www.createspace.com/3386414
Thank You…
Having finished the new book (This Beautiful Darkness), I can honestly say that, for me, the hardest part came at the end, with the thank yous. Sure, it takes some time to write the stories and edit them, but that comes naturally, flowing from me without much effort. Writing is a matter of seeing a… Continue reading Thank You…
This Beautiful Darkness
I am very, very proud to announce the upcoming release of a new short story collection entitled This Beautiful Darkness. It is being proofed right now then will be up for sale on Amazon. The book will be ten dollars and features thirteen stories. All stories, interior pictures, and the cover is by me. The… Continue reading This Beautiful Darkness
10 years…
In our lives there are always going to be places, people, things, and events that mean more to us than to anyone else. Sure, people will appreciate these things but they will not mean as much as they do to us. One of those things for me is BACK FROM NOTHING, my book of short… Continue reading 10 years…
Secrets
Can I tell ya a secret? I am awful at keeping secrets. It isn't so much that I like giving people details they don't want, need, or are privy to so much as I just say too much sometimes. I guess it's having a big mouth. Ha, a writer with a big mouth, imgine that!… Continue reading Secrets
Art With a "Message"
I can be called many things but an elitist is not one of those things. I grew up a dork, and remain a dork to this day. That is who I am. And having not done art since I was a teenager, I am a self taught artist, so any ego I have about my… Continue reading Art With a "Message"
The Ones That Get Away
Twice I can recall times where writing just broke my heart. The first time was I was still a teenager and had been working on a story called Road Kill for what must have been weeks. It was the longest piece I had written I was really proud of it. I had a notebook I… Continue reading The Ones That Get Away
Ten Years Gone…
Today is one of those days in life where it is important for me, means something to me, but which no one will really care about. For me, today marks the tenth anniversary of my first book signing, which was at the Borders Books and Music in Flint, Michigan. The anniversary though is more for… Continue reading Ten Years Gone…
Motor City Comic Con 2009
I have been doing comic conventions off and on since 1994. I started going when a magazine I did with some friends got picked up by a publisher and we went to start promotions for the thing. I have since been going to promote my writing and to sell books. This year I was there… Continue reading Motor City Comic Con 2009
Who I Am…(for those of you just discovering me)
Hey there, my name is Chris, and you are? Great, great, great. Thanks for coming by________. It's great to see you again/for the first time. Super. Yeah. So, what's that, who am I and what do I do? Why ______________ I am glad you asked. My name is Chris Ringler and I am a writer… Continue reading Who I Am…(for those of you just discovering me)
My Flint…
So recently a video was posted online at http://www.thisaintflint.ca that was produced to show how swell Ottawa, Canada is. Now, while I am always for showing how great the place where you live and work is, but this campaign uses Flint (circa 1989) as a counterpoint to how great Ottawa is, which I tend to… Continue reading My Flint…
It ain't good, it's great…
Sometimes I think we get too caught up in the whole greatness game. Sure, sure, we all wanna be good, great, or just pretty darn decent, and forget why it is we do what we do. With writing, I have always had the sense to just do it, and not worry about where I will… Continue reading It ain't good, it's great…
The Spooky World of Chris Ringler 