Ryley Kennedy
Lover of romance novels. Aspiring romance novelist. Fulltime dreamer and fan of unicorns and sparkles.
Hi there and welcome to my website! My name is Ryley Kennedy and I’m an aspiring romance novelist, a Food Network fan, a casual chef, a lover of Disneyland and frequent trips to the spa. In my “real” life, I run my own marketing company, go on weekly date nights with my husband of 20+ years and love to read.
This website is a gonna be an odd hodge-podge of stuff for now: a little bit lifestyle blog, with recipes and recommendations, book reviews, and maybe even the random scene posting or creative writing effort thrown in. Since no one is visiting my site anyway, I’m going to use this time to freely explore what it is I want to talk about and share with the world before any one actually notices and passes judgement!
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A Day in the Writing Life – Day #1
Craft time: 25 minutes I read the Introduction and Chapter One of Writing a Romance Novels for Dummies (2023 version). I’m not exactly sure what I’m looking for but maybe I just want to pretend I am coming at this exactly like a brand-new wannabe writer. And a Dummies book seems like the perfect introduction…
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No Apology Required
So I didn’t get to my creative me time today. I started writing up a lot of excuses about why I didn’t for this post but the truth is I was feeling a bit tired and unfocused and I didn’t make it a priority. And I’m going to be ok with that because not every…
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What’s in the Box? (or how I am discovering creative freedom)
Raiders Lost GIFfrom Raiders GIFs NOTE TO THE READER: You’ll need to forgive me for meshing references from 2 completely different movies in this post (Seven and Raiders of the Lost Ark) but this is just how my brain works. If you can see the connection between the blog title and the GIF above, great. If not,…
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NaNoNoMore and the Writing Landscape
Today is November 1st and it’s weird to me that NaNoWriMo is no longer a thing. Because it was such a huge thing for so long and it makes me a bit sad that so many people won’t get a chance to try and push themselves to write 50,000 words in a month along with…
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A Study in Plot versus Character – NaNoWriMo Day #3
Unfortunately it’s late and I don’t feel much like writing a super in-depth blog post (my pajamas and a nice glass of red wine are calling my name) but I did want to check in and talk a little bit about what I focused on today. Instead of filling out the scene cards from All of…
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NaNoWriMo Day #2 and the Craft of Writing
So today is Day #2 of NaNoWriMo and my progress is still slower than I’d like it to be. I’m working my way through this week’s worksheets but I ran into a bit of a snag. It’s been a long time since I’ve really thought about the craft of writing. What exactly makes something in…
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