Hugh Ryan

Freelance writer

A Pot Farm Grows in Brooklyn

Published in the New York Press, 9/29/2007. Read the original (w/comments) here.
The problem with going to Puppy’s house was that I left smelling like a burned-out hippie who just stumbled off the last plane from Goa. It was a peculiar combination of pot, dirt, sweat, patchouli and God-knows-what else. It was a miasma that inhabited [...]

Rob Roth Profile

Published in City Magazine, April 2008.
“The rock goddess is the modern Goddess,” says visual artist Rob Roth, and he’s worked with enough to know – from Debbie Harry of Blondie to Theo Kogan of The Lunachicks/Theo & The Skyskrapers. Roth’s intricate performances almost always incorporate female or gender-bending heroines, live music and the limitless [...]

What Book Review Language Really Means

Published in Mediabistro.com, 2/3/2009. Read the original (w/ comments) here.
Self-publishing is a risky proposition that most writers would like to avoid. Many authors self-publish only after receiving numerous rejections from editors and agents. Others use these rejections as guides for rewriting their work, making it stronger and more saleable. As a former book reviewer for [...]

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