Ryan Haggerty
@ryanhaggerty.bsky.social
Nebraska-based scientist, author, gamer
My Google Scholar profile: https://tinyurl.com/rhgscholarp
My Amazon Author profile: https://tinyurl.com/hgtauthor
My YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@ryguyplaysgames?si=S1qQf9dJDJNo6hdZ
My Google Scholar profile: https://tinyurl.com/rhgscholarp
My Amazon Author profile: https://tinyurl.com/hgtauthor
My YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@ryguyplaysgames?si=S1qQf9dJDJNo6hdZ
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Hello everyone,
It was time to make an account for myself, and I’m also aggregating secondary socials onto here. Here is where to check out my work depending on your interests:
It was time to make an account for myself, and I’m also aggregating secondary socials onto here. Here is where to check out my work depending on your interests:
Had a wonderful weekend at Lincoln Nerd Fest. Despite its infancy, this was the best-selling con for me all year!
November 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Had a wonderful weekend at Lincoln Nerd Fest. Despite its infancy, this was the best-selling con for me all year!
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Vendor Shout-out: Henry G. Taygar Books
Henry G. Taygar is the pen name of Ryan Haggerty, a science fiction author from Lincoln, NE. Proud Husker and proudly self-published, he creates thrills, laughs, and heartaches with the written word. His adventures take readers, young and old alike, to the…
Henry G. Taygar is the pen name of Ryan Haggerty, a science fiction author from Lincoln, NE. Proud Husker and proudly self-published, he creates thrills, laughs, and heartaches with the written word. His adventures take readers, young and old alike, to the…
Vendor Shout-out: Henry G. Taygar Books
Henry G. Taygar is the pen name of Ryan Haggerty, a science fiction author from Lincoln, NE. Proud Husker and proudly self-published, he creates thrills, laughs, and heartaches with the written word. His adventures take readers, young and old alike, to the farthest reaches of the universe and the closest corners of our hearts. No matter your genre of choice, his books will be right up your alley! See the full line-up here!
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August 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Vendor Shout-out: Henry G. Taygar Books
Henry G. Taygar is the pen name of Ryan Haggerty, a science fiction author from Lincoln, NE. Proud Husker and proudly self-published, he creates thrills, laughs, and heartaches with the written word. His adventures take readers, young and old alike, to the…
Henry G. Taygar is the pen name of Ryan Haggerty, a science fiction author from Lincoln, NE. Proud Husker and proudly self-published, he creates thrills, laughs, and heartaches with the written word. His adventures take readers, young and old alike, to the…
My best day of sales peddling my books so far this year. Feeling very lucky to live in a city that stills supports its local artists!
A very cool spot for my books in front of the historic Creamery Building in the Lincoln Haymarket today!
August 24, 2025 at 3:28 AM
My best day of sales peddling my books so far this year. Feeling very lucky to live in a city that stills supports its local artists!
A very cool spot for my books in front of the historic Creamery Building in the Lincoln Haymarket today!
August 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
A very cool spot for my books in front of the historic Creamery Building in the Lincoln Haymarket today!
Writers are so fascinating. Instinctively this feels like terrible advice since I love writing and despise editing. You can take my first drafts out of my cold dead hands, elf
hi this is my favorite writing advice, it's from former simpsons writer john swartzwelder (i think about the crappy little elf all the time) www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
August 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Writers are so fascinating. Instinctively this feels like terrible advice since I love writing and despise editing. You can take my first drafts out of my cold dead hands, elf
I’m sorry but no way anyone alive remembers this technology
Dear youngs,
That wire thing on top of the tv was called an antenna, and you'd often have to move it all around to catch the signal for the channel you wanted to watch.
Signed,
An old
That wire thing on top of the tv was called an antenna, and you'd often have to move it all around to catch the signal for the channel you wanted to watch.
Signed,
An old
August 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I’m sorry but no way anyone alive remembers this technology
I just went through the Amazon profile of an author who’s put out 151 full-length novels since April. What’s your excuse?
…oh, you’re actually writing yours? And not using AI to generate everything down to the title and cover? Yeah, that’s fair, actually.
…oh, you’re actually writing yours? And not using AI to generate everything down to the title and cover? Yeah, that’s fair, actually.
August 16, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I just went through the Amazon profile of an author who’s put out 151 full-length novels since April. What’s your excuse?
…oh, you’re actually writing yours? And not using AI to generate everything down to the title and cover? Yeah, that’s fair, actually.
…oh, you’re actually writing yours? And not using AI to generate everything down to the title and cover? Yeah, that’s fair, actually.
I’ll push it one further: you should actually ENJOY the act of writing. Way too many people who write because it’s How You Produce a Book. And whether good or bad, you can always tell if a book was loved by its author.
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 6336675: You have to actually WANT to write. The world is filled with would-be writers fantasising about lunch with agents, foreign tours, prizes, six-figure book deals, meeting movie stars. But that’s all mostly fiction. None of it makes you a writer.
August 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I’ll push it one further: you should actually ENJOY the act of writing. Way too many people who write because it’s How You Produce a Book. And whether good or bad, you can always tell if a book was loved by its author.
To be clear, any meaningful amount of success is largely pay to play, even in trad publishing…but only after you’ve actually written an excellent novel. Money has nothing to do with the quality of an author themselves
Saw a post recently about what makes someone a "serious" writer. It included studying writing at university, partaking in multi-day workshops, attending conferences, attending awards ceremonies.
Sounds a lot like pay-to-play, to me.
Sounds a lot like pay-to-play, to me.
August 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
To be clear, any meaningful amount of success is largely pay to play, even in trad publishing…but only after you’ve actually written an excellent novel. Money has nothing to do with the quality of an author themselves
I keep reading articles about how GPT-5 is “thinking” and it makes me want to white guy wall-punch the nearest structure
August 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I keep reading articles about how GPT-5 is “thinking” and it makes me want to white guy wall-punch the nearest structure
Weirdly I disagree with a lot of this discourse because I don’t understand the point of arguing with someone like this.
I say let them try and fail. It’s strange to try and gatekeep writing itself if they’ll never make it past the gates of publication anyway.
I say let them try and fail. It’s strange to try and gatekeep writing itself if they’ll never make it past the gates of publication anyway.
This week, I had a long chat with yet another person who wants to be an author. Has "written a fanfic novel" and now wants to "write my own and sell it to publishers".
OK, name the last 5 novels you've read? Problem.
OK; what's the last non-fanfic thing you've written? Nothing.
OK, name the last 5 novels you've read? Problem.
OK; what's the last non-fanfic thing you've written? Nothing.
August 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Weirdly I disagree with a lot of this discourse because I don’t understand the point of arguing with someone like this.
I say let them try and fail. It’s strange to try and gatekeep writing itself if they’ll never make it past the gates of publication anyway.
I say let them try and fail. It’s strange to try and gatekeep writing itself if they’ll never make it past the gates of publication anyway.
This is just blatantly untrue. That is also what the About the Author section is for
The blank pages at the back of books are for you to tear out and eat
August 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
This is just blatantly untrue. That is also what the About the Author section is for
For me, this is always on my morning runs!
July 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
For me, this is always on my morning runs!
Been reading a collection of short stories by another local author, and in one supernatural creatures live peacefully with others, except vampires still eat humans. At first I thought it was bad writing because there’s no way people would accept getting killed by their rulers, and then I realized…
July 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Been reading a collection of short stories by another local author, and in one supernatural creatures live peacefully with others, except vampires still eat humans. At first I thought it was bad writing because there’s no way people would accept getting killed by their rulers, and then I realized…
First farmer’s market in the books (hah!) Feeling incredibly grateful/tired/entreprenuerialish!
July 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
First farmer’s market in the books (hah!) Feeling incredibly grateful/tired/entreprenuerialish!
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![3-panel comic. (1) PERSON WITH SHORT HAIR to Person 2: Shining laser pointers at planes is a federal crime. It’s incredibly dangerous. PERSON 2: Oh, because it can blind the pilot? SHORT HAIR: That’s one reason… (2) [Laser pointed at flying airplane] (3) [Cat close to the size of the plane pouncing on airplane and taking it down]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicdr4m3a7s2i232wlvcu7dkwytnrh3tlqfbojtmyg3pzr7a6ibxra@jpeg)
July 1, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Just finishing watching Inglorious Basterds for the first time at the encouragement of my fiancée. Wow, if watching Nazis get brutalized in 2025 isn’t still so satisfying.
June 14, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Just finishing watching Inglorious Basterds for the first time at the encouragement of my fiancée. Wow, if watching Nazis get brutalized in 2025 isn’t still so satisfying.
I saw a for sale sign in our neighborhood that said “NOT HAUNTED” underneath. Like…??? Now I’m only thinking it’s haunted
May 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I saw a for sale sign in our neighborhood that said “NOT HAUNTED” underneath. Like…??? Now I’m only thinking it’s haunted
A new video is out! Did you know you can play the hit tabletop game Heroscape online? Check it out!
youtu.be/qcBfZKthEII?...
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How to Play Heroscape Online! (OHS App Tutorial)
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May 27, 2025 at 12:31 PM
A new video is out! Did you know you can play the hit tabletop game Heroscape online? Check it out!
youtu.be/qcBfZKthEII?...
youtu.be/qcBfZKthEII?...
Wow, it’s finally here! The last book in my sci-fantasy series released today. Find it on Kindle and Paperback on Amazon: www.amazon.com/Kyanite-Leag...
To celebrate, the first five books in the series are on sale for just 99 cents! www.amazon.com/dp/B07QWNKQGT
To celebrate, the first five books in the series are on sale for just 99 cents! www.amazon.com/dp/B07QWNKQGT
May 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Wow, it’s finally here! The last book in my sci-fantasy series released today. Find it on Kindle and Paperback on Amazon: www.amazon.com/Kyanite-Leag...
To celebrate, the first five books in the series are on sale for just 99 cents! www.amazon.com/dp/B07QWNKQGT
To celebrate, the first five books in the series are on sale for just 99 cents! www.amazon.com/dp/B07QWNKQGT
Very excited to share this. New book and series finale drops this May.
April 24, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Very excited to share this. New book and series finale drops this May.
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sometimes I feel like people who freak out about keeping science fiction and fantasy separate and distinct are like that little kid who doesn't want the peas and carrots to touch on their plate.
It's all imaginative fiction, folks.
It's all imaginative fiction, folks.
March 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
sometimes I feel like people who freak out about keeping science fiction and fantasy separate and distinct are like that little kid who doesn't want the peas and carrots to touch on their plate.
It's all imaginative fiction, folks.
It's all imaginative fiction, folks.
Heroscape, the cult 2000s board game classic, is now virtual! I’ve released a tutorial to get started on Vassal: youtu.be/UECEFAbxrmo?...
The New Way to Play Heroscape Online (Vassal Tutorial)
YouTube video by Ryguy Plays Games
youtu.be
February 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Heroscape, the cult 2000s board game classic, is now virtual! I’ve released a tutorial to get started on Vassal: youtu.be/UECEFAbxrmo?...
Lincoln Seasonal VIII was a success! Heroscape is alive and well in Nebraska!
January 13, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Lincoln Seasonal VIII was a success! Heroscape is alive and well in Nebraska!
Hello everyone,
It was time to make an account for myself, and I’m also aggregating secondary socials onto here. Here is where to check out my work depending on your interests:
It was time to make an account for myself, and I’m also aggregating secondary socials onto here. Here is where to check out my work depending on your interests:
January 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Hello everyone,
It was time to make an account for myself, and I’m also aggregating secondary socials onto here. Here is where to check out my work depending on your interests:
It was time to make an account for myself, and I’m also aggregating secondary socials onto here. Here is where to check out my work depending on your interests: