ryan rae harbuck
@ryanraeharbuck.bsky.social
WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE A CHAIR memoir & PB (Barefoot Books, Spring '26) | Words in NYT, Huffpost, Newsweek, Insider | All things ♿️ rep | #SCBWI | Boy mom-Reluctant omnivore-Sitter of wheelchairs-Denverite-Underwater meditator
www.ryanraeharbuck.com
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I had no idea how emotional I would feel being able to share the cover of my debut picture book, yet here we are 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
You do your BEST work
In the shower,
While vacuuming,
Driving in rush hour traffic,
Doing dishes,
Just before you fall asleep.
You must be a writer.
In the shower,
While vacuuming,
Driving in rush hour traffic,
Doing dishes,
Just before you fall asleep.
You must be a writer.
January 22, 2026 at 3:43 PM
You do your BEST work
In the shower,
While vacuuming,
Driving in rush hour traffic,
Doing dishes,
Just before you fall asleep.
You must be a writer.
In the shower,
While vacuuming,
Driving in rush hour traffic,
Doing dishes,
Just before you fall asleep.
You must be a writer.
Less worrying and waiting.
More wondering and wandering.
❤️
More wondering and wandering.
❤️
January 21, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Less worrying and waiting.
More wondering and wandering.
❤️
More wondering and wandering.
❤️
Took our kids on a surprise birthday overnight in the mountains. Here's how they chose to spend it:
🥰😍🥰😍
🥰😍🥰😍
January 19, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Took our kids on a surprise birthday overnight in the mountains. Here's how they chose to spend it:
🥰😍🥰😍
🥰😍🥰😍
Writing is hard because we are supposed to follow our hearts AND the punctuation rules.
January 14, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Writing is hard because we are supposed to follow our hearts AND the punctuation rules.
I was stopped by a coworker today who said she's reading my memoir to her mom and sister-- she's practicing because she wants to be an audiobook narrator.
And if that wasn't enough, she said that her mom bawled her eyes out on the very first chapter. 🥲🙏❤️
And if that wasn't enough, she said that her mom bawled her eyes out on the very first chapter. 🥲🙏❤️
January 12, 2026 at 11:42 PM
I was stopped by a coworker today who said she's reading my memoir to her mom and sister-- she's practicing because she wants to be an audiobook narrator.
And if that wasn't enough, she said that her mom bawled her eyes out on the very first chapter. 🥲🙏❤️
And if that wasn't enough, she said that her mom bawled her eyes out on the very first chapter. 🥲🙏❤️
Shooting my shot today! Who's with me?!
✨🙏
New FREE contest for writers of Romance/Women's Fiction/Romantasy — tinyurl.com/wdwcontest7 — Judged by Agent Christine Gross of FinePrint Literary, via @writingdayworkshops. Winners get an agent critique of their work.
✨🙏
New FREE contest for writers of Romance/Women's Fiction/Romantasy — tinyurl.com/wdwcontest7 — Judged by Agent Christine Gross of FinePrint Literary, via @writingdayworkshops. Winners get an agent critique of their work.
First Page Contest #7: Romance / Women's Fiction / Romantasy -- Judged by Agent Christine Goss of FinePrint Literary
FREE CONTEST FOR WRITERS! Welcome to a First Page Contest . Contest #7 is for writers of Romance / Women's Fiction / Romantasy . If you write in this age category, keep reading and submit your...
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January 12, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Shooting my shot today! Who's with me?!
✨🙏
New FREE contest for writers of Romance/Women's Fiction/Romantasy — tinyurl.com/wdwcontest7 — Judged by Agent Christine Gross of FinePrint Literary, via @writingdayworkshops. Winners get an agent critique of their work.
✨🙏
New FREE contest for writers of Romance/Women's Fiction/Romantasy — tinyurl.com/wdwcontest7 — Judged by Agent Christine Gross of FinePrint Literary, via @writingdayworkshops. Winners get an agent critique of their work.
It's Monday, so let's
reset
refresh
breathe
hope
reach
wonder
smile.
reset
refresh
breathe
hope
reach
wonder
smile.
January 12, 2026 at 3:26 PM
It's Monday, so let's
reset
refresh
breathe
hope
reach
wonder
smile.
reset
refresh
breathe
hope
reach
wonder
smile.
Once upon a time, I wrote my memoir over the span of many years and on accident at first. Self-publishing it quite on purpose, I became swept away by a magical land of picture books and conquered a trad deal based on that book that started it all.
Coming this spring. 🥰🙏
Coming this spring. 🥰🙏
January 9, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Once upon a time, I wrote my memoir over the span of many years and on accident at first. Self-publishing it quite on purpose, I became swept away by a magical land of picture books and conquered a trad deal based on that book that started it all.
Coming this spring. 🥰🙏
Coming this spring. 🥰🙏
If we could all just use that energy we spend worrying about our writing and just write, then we'd all be
unstoppable.
unstoppable.
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
If we could all just use that energy we spend worrying about our writing and just write, then we'd all be
unstoppable.
unstoppable.
Your favorite book started out as that one story someone just couldn't get out of their own head. 🫶
January 6, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Your favorite book started out as that one story someone just couldn't get out of their own head. 🫶
New year. Now readers. 🙏👇
January 5, 2026 at 10:58 PM
New year. Now readers. 🙏👇
My best advice as a writer: Allow 3 min to fantasize your work--the full requests, the contracts signed, the final "The End"s, the late-night readers--every day.
I can't say it works, but it sure feels good to allow yourself that blip of positivity in an often dreary industry.🫶
I can't say it works, but it sure feels good to allow yourself that blip of positivity in an often dreary industry.🫶
January 4, 2026 at 4:46 PM
My best advice as a writer: Allow 3 min to fantasize your work--the full requests, the contracts signed, the final "The End"s, the late-night readers--every day.
I can't say it works, but it sure feels good to allow yourself that blip of positivity in an often dreary industry.🫶
I can't say it works, but it sure feels good to allow yourself that blip of positivity in an often dreary industry.🫶
I'm not one for resolutions.
I AM for each day holding the opportunity to refresh and reset. For new beginnings, an inspiration for change, a zest to be your best self.
We all deserve to have this feeling every day of the year, friends.
Happy NY to you and yours❤️
I AM for each day holding the opportunity to refresh and reset. For new beginnings, an inspiration for change, a zest to be your best self.
We all deserve to have this feeling every day of the year, friends.
Happy NY to you and yours❤️
January 1, 2026 at 8:08 PM
I'm not one for resolutions.
I AM for each day holding the opportunity to refresh and reset. For new beginnings, an inspiration for change, a zest to be your best self.
We all deserve to have this feeling every day of the year, friends.
Happy NY to you and yours❤️
I AM for each day holding the opportunity to refresh and reset. For new beginnings, an inspiration for change, a zest to be your best self.
We all deserve to have this feeling every day of the year, friends.
Happy NY to you and yours❤️
Writing non-fiction: revealing your strengths and vulnerabilities in words on a page.
Writing fiction: revealing your strengths and vulnerabilities in words on a page, and then plopping a lion in the middle of it.
Writing fiction: revealing your strengths and vulnerabilities in words on a page, and then plopping a lion in the middle of it.
December 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Writing non-fiction: revealing your strengths and vulnerabilities in words on a page.
Writing fiction: revealing your strengths and vulnerabilities in words on a page, and then plopping a lion in the middle of it.
Writing fiction: revealing your strengths and vulnerabilities in words on a page, and then plopping a lion in the middle of it.
I was just talking with 2 moms who were raving about this local bookstore where I just so happen to have had a book signing at a couple weeks back.
But do you think I told these moms??
I. Am. Such. A. Bad. Author. 😖
But do you think I told these moms??
I. Am. Such. A. Bad. Author. 😖
December 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I was just talking with 2 moms who were raving about this local bookstore where I just so happen to have had a book signing at a couple weeks back.
But do you think I told these moms??
I. Am. Such. A. Bad. Author. 😖
But do you think I told these moms??
I. Am. Such. A. Bad. Author. 😖
My 6yo called the roll-down windows in our 70s International "DIY windows" and now I will never be able to call them anything else!😂
December 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
My 6yo called the roll-down windows in our 70s International "DIY windows" and now I will never be able to call them anything else!😂
The last year I have been so focused on my adult novel...
The blood,
the sweat,
the anxiety.
The edits,
the rejections,
the heartache.
...and then all of the sudden I wrote 6 picture books. 😮💨💃
The blood,
the sweat,
the anxiety.
The edits,
the rejections,
the heartache.
...and then all of the sudden I wrote 6 picture books. 😮💨💃
December 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The last year I have been so focused on my adult novel...
The blood,
the sweat,
the anxiety.
The edits,
the rejections,
the heartache.
...and then all of the sudden I wrote 6 picture books. 😮💨💃
The blood,
the sweat,
the anxiety.
The edits,
the rejections,
the heartache.
...and then all of the sudden I wrote 6 picture books. 😮💨💃
I'm the president of the I-only-know-how-to-write-when-I'm-supposed-to-be-getting-something-ELSE-done club.
Looking for new members. 😅
Looking for new members. 😅
December 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I'm the president of the I-only-know-how-to-write-when-I'm-supposed-to-be-getting-something-ELSE-done club.
Looking for new members. 😅
Looking for new members. 😅
Whatever you do, do it with a little bit of grit and a whole lot of kindness.
December 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Whatever you do, do it with a little bit of grit and a whole lot of kindness.
To a writer, this might just be the next best thing to a Christmas miracle...
December 16, 2025 at 5:09 AM
To a writer, this might just be the next best thing to a Christmas miracle...
It's the week before Christmas and all through the house...
I've got 3 self-imposed sub deadlines, last-minute shopping, a newsletter, holiday swim, practice refinishing our laundry room floor, homemade ornaments, a PB critique, and teacher gifts to finish!
Tell me yours!
I've got 3 self-imposed sub deadlines, last-minute shopping, a newsletter, holiday swim, practice refinishing our laundry room floor, homemade ornaments, a PB critique, and teacher gifts to finish!
Tell me yours!
a man in a green elf costume with a white collar is laughing in front of a christmas tree
ALT: a man in a green elf costume with a white collar is laughing in front of a christmas tree
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December 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
It's the week before Christmas and all through the house...
I've got 3 self-imposed sub deadlines, last-minute shopping, a newsletter, holiday swim, practice refinishing our laundry room floor, homemade ornaments, a PB critique, and teacher gifts to finish!
Tell me yours!
I've got 3 self-imposed sub deadlines, last-minute shopping, a newsletter, holiday swim, practice refinishing our laundry room floor, homemade ornaments, a PB critique, and teacher gifts to finish!
Tell me yours!
I have a book signing this afternoon, but in typical form I'm cramming it all in and our fam is off to the mountains to cut down our Christmas tree first!
a judge is sitting at a table in a courtroom and pointing at someone .
ALT: a judge is sitting at a table in a courtroom and pointing at someone .
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December 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I have a book signing this afternoon, but in typical form I'm cramming it all in and our fam is off to the mountains to cut down our Christmas tree first!
The best thing
is when
I feel down about my writing,
but then open
a manuscript anyway
only to fall in love
with it
all over again.
You know what I mean🫶💪
is when
I feel down about my writing,
but then open
a manuscript anyway
only to fall in love
with it
all over again.
You know what I mean🫶💪
December 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The best thing
is when
I feel down about my writing,
but then open
a manuscript anyway
only to fall in love
with it
all over again.
You know what I mean🫶💪
is when
I feel down about my writing,
but then open
a manuscript anyway
only to fall in love
with it
all over again.
You know what I mean🫶💪