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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 forgottennewengland.com/portfolio/p…

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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
New flash fiction in @crowkeys.bsky.social !
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Inspiration doesn’t strike. It lingers. It waits for you to stop dismissing the ordinary. What’s the most ordinary thing you wrote about recently? #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
A chapter can live forever during the editing process. #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #amediting
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Words, spoken to paper, will not wander lost. #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #typewriters
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
“In order to rise from its own ashes, a phoenix first must burn.” Octavia E. Butler #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #amwriting #writesky
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Coffee’s brewing. Bring ideas. #5amwritersclub #photography
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
The ink dries into these pages, breathing like woods before a frost. #5amwritersclub
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Writing in Fall #5amwritersclub #typewriters #phitography
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Even falling leaves can become story. #5amwritersclub #hiking #photography
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Good morning, #5amwritersclub! From 4,700 words to 10,000! I’m glad I listened to my critique group. #writingcommunity #amwriting
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
To whatever comes next in this story. #5amwritersclub #writingprompt #photography
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Through ink, the commonplace startles. #5amwritersclub #photography #hiking #fall
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
If each sentence brings an inch of change, enough of them, together, can move the world. #5amwritersclub #photography #writingcommunity
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
I go to the woods not to live deliberately, but to write where silence outpaces the feed. #5amwritersclub #hiking #photography
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
“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 #5amwritersclub #hiking #photography #1980s
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
"It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop." Confucius #5amwritersclub #hiking #photography
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
All those ideas for new short stories as I press on to finish this third draft of a novel #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #cats
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
I got an acceptance for a flash fiction piece yesterday! Publishing later this month! #5amwritersclub #typewriters #writingcommunity
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Holding onto summer while I edit drafts. #5amwritersclub #booksky #amediting #photography
A vintage fan next to a novel as the sunlight streams in.
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Getting through that third draft feels like… #5amwritersclub #photography #editing
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Ink ribbon ghosts, inspiration for this morning’s writing session. #typewriters #5amwritersclub #writesky
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Night edits stutter. At Mount Washington, a typewriter, still. #5amwritersclub #micropoetry #amwriting
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
So close. I’ve found a bit of an acceptance drought lately so I’ll celebrate a “good rejection” today. #5amwritersclub #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #amquerying
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
My new flash fiction piece published today in Scrawl Place! #writesky #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub scrawlplace.com/2025/08/19/v...
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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 · 17/08/2025
“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. #5amwritersclub
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Where will the words take you today? #WritingCommunity #booksky #5amwritersclub #typewriters #authors
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Editing. Back at it. (Does it ever end?) #5amwritersclub
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
“You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.” John Irving #5amwritersclub
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Building worlds. Writing Editing #5amwritersclub
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
With each dawn comes a new chance to do something great. #5amwritersclub #photography
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Muses wait everywhere if we remember to look. #5amwritersclub #toys #1980s #genx
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Before and after. A 1937 Royal O. A typewriter with a smooth, tactile action. #antiques #typewriters
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
“Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance.” Samuel Johnson #5amwritersclub
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Let’s do this. I’ll get the coffee. #5amwritersclub
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Monday morning comes early. #5amwritersclub #typewriters
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
“There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you.” Beatrix Potter #5amwritersclub #writesky
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Back at it, Thursday morning. Words. Coffee. And a fan because it’s summer. #5amwritersclub
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
"A word after a word after a word is power.” Margaret Atwood #5amwritersclub #photography
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
“If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” Martin Luther King Jr #5amwritersclub #amwriting #writersky
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
New words for a new week #5amwritersclub #typewriters
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
The cat’s not sure about my writing habit. #5amwritersclub #caturday
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
“Earth’s crammed with heaven.” Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh #5amwritersclub #writesky #photography
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
It’s Wednesday. Let’s build those worlds. #5amwritersclub #yypewriters #writesky #photography
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Writing gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are. - Adapted from a quote by Mason Cooley (1927-2002) #5amwritersclub #writesky
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Creating new worlds as we start a new week. #5amwritersclub #typewriter
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
New day, new words. #5amwritersclub
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Waking up to a morning of writing. Let’s see where the words take us. #5amwritersclub #cats
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
The sun sets on the longest day. #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #photography
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
The words will come. #5amwritersclub #typewriters
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R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
“The first draft is black and white. Editing gives the story color.” Emma Hill #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #editing
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