Sara Ryan

Hey, Internet. I’m going to be here for at least some of the time both tomorrow and Sunday, at the Mercury Studio table. With comics!

Recently, I deleted a lot of photos that I’d taken in my initial “OMG I have a CAMERA and it is on my PHONE” frenzy. These are a couple of the ones I kept. In fact, many of my favorite photos are of things I’ve seen on concrete or sidewalks. Hmmm. The rose that grew [...]

“But you can’t lead a heart until after a heart’s been played — and that’s called ‘breaking hearts.’” The Rules for Hearts, p.138 Courtesy of the lovely and talented Colleen Coover, here’s the seventh of seven icons based on different elements of The Rules for Hearts. Use them wherever you want! They also exist as [...]

That’s right. I just put up p. 196 to the end of Empress. It is all there, in sixteen podcasts. Complete with the occasional stumble over a word and a near-constant background hiss. I really enjoyed recording these. I hope you like listening to them. And heads up — More website changes are coming soon! [...]

So at the Goodwill today, I found a dress that I would have worn the hell out of in the late 80s and early 1990s. It was long, nearly ankle-length, light brown with a small repeating vaguely floral pattern in dusty rose. The sleeves hit just short of the elbow. It had a gigantic, amusingly [...]

I was so intrigued by that quote you mentioned that I had a friend in Cambridge (thanks de_gustibus!) track down the article to put it in context. Here’s a longer quote: ‘Love knows no superior or inferior’ Princess Anne, the future queen (1702-14), and her friend and Lady of the Bedchamber Sarah Duchess of Marlborough, [...]

I Have Been On A Book Tour. Clarifying and cautionary note: the “author” of the post above is Peter H. Cropes, aka Nice Pete. He is a character from the webcomic Achewood, which has many, many mature themes, despite the fact that it is ostensibly mostly about stuffed animals.

Overheard outside the gym, a cell phone conversation. Woman: Wait…why are you not at work? Pause. Woman: Well, we need to talk. About my hair. I swear that I do not try to overhear only these kinds of conversations.

There are two zippers on the tent flap, and I fumble for a few minutes before I figure out how to unzip them both. I crawl in. It’s a small tent. Is Meryl already asleep? “I lied,” Meryl says. “What about?” “I’m not exhausted.” The Rules for Hearts,p. 148 Courtesy of the lovely and talented [...]

Empress of the World, p.183-196. Dear Internet friends, I am just about done recording my DIY audiobook. What should I podcast next?* *N.B.: You will no doubt be shocked to learn that I have already thought of reading from Rules. Besides that, what should I podcast?