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R W Owen

@iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social

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Writer. Fiction in Literally Stories, Five on the Fifth, In Another Time, etc. Typewriters, writing communities, cats, photography, and hiking Member of AWP, NHWP, Pen Parentis https://forgottennewengland.com/portfolio/published-short-fiction/

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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 8h

The ink dries into these pages, breathing like woods before a frost. #5amwritersclub

R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 13d

Writing in Fall

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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 16d

Even falling leaves can become story.

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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 18d

Good morning, #5amwritersclub! From 4,700 words to 10,000! I’m glad I listened to my critique group. #writingcommunity #amwriting

R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 22d

To whatever comes next in this story.

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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 28d

Through ink, the commonplace startles.

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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · Sep 13

If each sentence brings an inch of change, enough of them, together, can move the world.

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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · Sep 12

I go to the woods not to live deliberately, but to write where silence outpaces the feed.

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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · Sep 11

“Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.”

Kevin Arnold, The Wonder Years

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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · Sep 10

"It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop." Confucius

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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · Sep 9

All those ideas for new short stories as I press on to finish this third draft of a novel

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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · Sep 7

I got an acceptance for a flash fiction piece yesterday! Publishing later this month!

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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · Sep 4

Holding onto summer while I edit drafts.

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A vintage fan next to a novel as the sunlight streams in.

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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · Aug 29

I think I like the Underwood 3-bank more than the Corona.

R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · Aug 29

Getting through that third draft feels like…

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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · Aug 24

Ink ribbon ghosts, inspiration for this morning’s writing session.

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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · Aug 22

Night edits stutter.
At Mount Washington,
a typewriter, still.

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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · Aug 20

So close. I’ve found a bit of an acceptance drought lately so I’ll celebrate a “good rejection” today.

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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · Aug 19

My new flash fiction piece published today in Scrawl Place!

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Vosotras - Scrawl Place

SEGOVIA, Spain — A story by Ryan Owen, inspired by cold night on the town. Read it on Scrawl Place.

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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · Aug 17

“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you."

Anne Lamott

Sometimes there’s real value in coming back to a draft after some time away.

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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · Aug 15

Where will the words take you today?

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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · Aug 12

Editing. Back at it.

(Does it ever end?)

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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · Aug 1

“You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.”

John Irving

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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · Jul 31

Building worlds.

Writing

Editing

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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · Jul 26

With each dawn comes a new chance to do something great.

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