by Ryan R. Campbell | Jan 25, 2022 | Scambait
It’s never easy, but it can get easier. At least that seems to be the trend; in the last week alone, I’ve completed revisions for the final draft of Scambait, have begun to work on the back cover copy, and I’ve initiated conversations with book cover...
by Ryan R. Campbell | Jan 11, 2022 | On Writing, Scambait
It’s been just over a week since I announced you’ll be getting a new book from me this year, and, perhaps more pressingly, that you’ll be getting it as I ease back into the swing of all things authorly. Emphasis on ease. New Places, New Phases, New...
by Ryan R. Campbell | Jan 1, 2022 | News
Days grew long, then short, then long again. And all that time, the keys—their clacking during early morning hours, steam billowing from mugs like so many smokestacks. All the while, the screen filled, but not with chapters and characters and calamity—but with code,...
by Ryan R. Campbell | May 15, 2021 | News, On Writing
It started—or maybe I should say ended—in early April. I’d wake up, stare at the manuscripts I’d been grinding on ever since completing a serviceable draft of Scambait, and nothing would happen. By which I mean I couldn’t make myself make anything...
by Ryan R. Campbell | Apr 18, 2021 | And Ampersand, Publicity
Earlier this year, Lisa Lewis Miller invited me to join her on her Career Clarity podcast. During our conversation, we had the chance to discuss how a trip to Brazil gone awry led me down the path to becoming an author. Lisa conducted a really wonderful interview, and...