R W Owen
@iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social
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
https://forgottennewengland.com/portfolio/published-short-fiction/
Typewriters, writing communities, cats, photography, and hiking
Member of AWP, NHWP, Pen Parentis
https://forgottennewengland.com/portfolio/published-short-fiction/
November 21, 2025 at 10:04 AM
October 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The ink dries into these pages, breathing like woods before a frost. #5amwritersclub
October 15, 2025 at 5:53 AM
The ink dries into these pages, breathing like woods before a frost. #5amwritersclub
October 2, 2025 at 8:55 AM
September 29, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Good morning, #5amwritersclub! From 4,700 words to 10,000! I’m glad I listened to my critique group. #writingcommunity #amwriting
September 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Good morning, #5amwritersclub! From 4,700 words to 10,000! I’m glad I listened to my critique group. #writingcommunity #amwriting
September 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
September 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
If each sentence brings an inch of change, enough of them, together, can move the world.
#5amwritersclub #photography #writingcommunity
#5amwritersclub #photography #writingcommunity
September 13, 2025 at 5:57 AM
If each sentence brings an inch of change, enough of them, together, can move the world.
#5amwritersclub #photography #writingcommunity
#5amwritersclub #photography #writingcommunity
I go to the woods not to live deliberately, but to write where silence outpaces the feed.
#5amwritersclub #hiking #photography
#5amwritersclub #hiking #photography
September 12, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I go to the woods not to live deliberately, but to write where silence outpaces the feed.
#5amwritersclub #hiking #photography
#5amwritersclub #hiking #photography
“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
Kevin Arnold, The Wonder Years
#5amwritersclub #hiking #photography #1980s
September 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
“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
Kevin Arnold, The Wonder Years
#5amwritersclub #hiking #photography #1980s
"It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop." Confucius
#5amwritersclub #hiking #photography
#5amwritersclub #hiking #photography
September 10, 2025 at 9:16 AM
"It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop." Confucius
#5amwritersclub #hiking #photography
#5amwritersclub #hiking #photography
All those ideas for new short stories as I press on to finish this third draft of a novel
#5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #cats
#5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #cats
September 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
All those ideas for new short stories as I press on to finish this third draft of a novel
#5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #cats
#5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #cats
I got an acceptance for a flash fiction piece yesterday! Publishing later this month!
#5amwritersclub #typewriters #writingcommunity
#5amwritersclub #typewriters #writingcommunity
September 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I got an acceptance for a flash fiction piece yesterday! Publishing later this month!
#5amwritersclub #typewriters #writingcommunity
#5amwritersclub #typewriters #writingcommunity
September 4, 2025 at 9:27 AM
August 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Ink ribbon ghosts, inspiration for this morning’s writing session.
#typewriters #5amwritersclub #writesky
#typewriters #5amwritersclub #writesky
August 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Ink ribbon ghosts, inspiration for this morning’s writing session.
#typewriters #5amwritersclub #writesky
#typewriters #5amwritersclub #writesky
August 22, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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
#5amwritersclub #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #amquerying
August 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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
#5amwritersclub #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #amquerying
“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
Anne Lamott
Sometimes there’s real value in coming back to a draft after some time away.
#5amwritersclub
August 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
“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
Anne Lamott
Sometimes there’s real value in coming back to a draft after some time away.
#5amwritersclub
August 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
August 12, 2025 at 9:38 AM
“You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.”
John Irving
#5amwritersclub
John Irving
#5amwritersclub
August 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
“You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.”
John Irving
#5amwritersclub
John Irving
#5amwritersclub
July 31, 2025 at 8:58 AM
July 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM