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Ryder Islington

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Graduated from University of California, followed by law school, and then worked in uniform at a Sheriff's Dept in a major metropolitan city.

Now retired in a small town and happily reading, writing, gardening, and canning organic foods.

Love my family and my English chocolate Lab (how could I not love him--he's chocolate!)
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Ryder Islington I have at least six spiral notebooks, each of which represents a different story. When I am totally blocked as far as one story is concerned. I switch…moreI have at least six spiral notebooks, each of which represents a different story. When I am totally blocked as far as one story is concerned. I switch stories. Each is very different, and so it provides stimulus for new thoughts, new ideas.
The real secret to overcoming writer's block it to write, even if it's just recipes, or letters to friends. Write every day. If you can't figure out what to do with your suspense story, work on a time travel, or a love story, or an historical. Just write.(less)
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BOOK REVIEW: Weeping Women Springs by Tamara Eaton

Posted by Ryder Islington, author of Ultimate Justice, a Trey Fontaine Mystery


Weeping Women Springs is an historical literary novel about five women whose family members head off to fight in World War II. The women live in a small town called Hope Springs in New Mexico. There’s a mystery about the water that bubbles from a spring behind the general store, the town having been named Hope Springs fo

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Dale Thele Ryder, thank you for accepting my friend request :)


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