@RussellRicard

Writer. Author of The Truth About Goodbye. Certified Health & Wellness Coach. Veteran Theatre Performer.

 NYC
russellricard.com
Joined November 2012
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The Truth About Goodbye explores love, loss, self acceptance, and renewal; the power of friendship & romantic love set in NYC’s theater world. #TheTruthAboutGoodbye #literaryfiction #LGBTQ❤️ itascabooks.com/the-truth-ab…
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If you missed this, you should find it. It easily illustrates how long @ChrisBohjalian has been brilliant. Thought provoking and heart wrenching, you can see why it was turned into cinema. Can’t wait for #TheJackalsMistress.
Chris Bohjalian@ChrisBohjalian27 Jan 2025
Continuing the countdown of my books, from 1st to 25th, THE JACKAL’S MISTRESS. Today it’s my 5th novel, a 1997 tale of a midwife on trial for manslaughter. The novel would become my second movie, an Oprah's Book Club selection, and a #1 New York Times bestseller. @doubledaybooks
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You’ll get there. ♥️ ~ Nanea
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Emma Woolf@EJWoolf25 Jan 2025
Happy Birthday to my great-aunt Virginia 💜 born on this day 143 years ago #VirginiaWoolf
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So there you are. ✅
The Paris Review
@parisreview17 Jan 2025
“I tell people, Make a list of ten things you hate and tear them down in a short story or poem. Make a list of ten things you love and celebrate them. When I wrote ‘Fahrenheit 451’ I hated book burners and I loved libraries. So there you are” —Ray Bradbury buff.ly/3KFbIxh

Ray Bradbury, The Art of Fiction No. 203

“A book has got to smell. You have to hold it in your hand and pray to it.”

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Anything else is just a bonus. ♥️ ~ Nanea
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@RetroNewsNow8 Jan 2025
📺DEBUT: 'Fame' premiered 43 years ago, January 7, 1982, on NBC
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NY Public Library
@nypl6 Jan 2025
It's a snowy day at The New York Public Library 🥰
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Now available for preorder! “Readers will be glued to the page.” — Publishers Weekly @doubledaybooks
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"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it." The film, To Kill a Mockingbird, was released in the US 62 years ago today on Dec 25, 1962... #otd
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The New Yorker
@NewYorker23 Dec 2024
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Joe Dator. #NewYorkerCartoons newyorkermag.visitlink.me/iG…
A princess looks down at a prince from atop a tall stack of mattresses and says, “I’m not sure if the pea kept me awake, or just everything else in the world.”

ALT A princess looks down at a prince from atop a tall stack of mattresses and says, “I’m not sure if the pea kept me awake, or just everything else in the world.”

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Henri Cole@ColeHenri20 Jul 2016
"I have always thought of poems as stepping stones in one's own sense of oneself." --Seamus Heaney
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Sweatpants & Coffee@SweatpantsCafe18 Dec 2024
Your next steps will become clear. In the meantime, be good to yourself. ♥️ ~ Nanea
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Thank you, @PublishersWkly ! On sale March 11. Preorder wherever you buy books! @doubledaybooks
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"Leave room for downtime, self-care, and flow." ~ A solo writing retreat: why every writer needs one and how to do it #Writing #WritingCommunity #Focus
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🎁 HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY ALERT! 🎄 ✨ Win a personalized advance copy of The Jackal’s Mistress! 📚Head over to my Instagram page to enter! @doubledaybooks
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We're back! 📚 No agent? No published book? Our editors can’t wait to hear from you! Our submission period for debut novels will take place next month, Jan 11–12! Learn more about what we are looking for and how to submit your work: tinhouse.com/book-submission…
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“A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination—any two of which, at times any one of which—can supply the lack of the others.” —William Faulkner buff.ly/3P8LBBu

William Faulkner, The Art of Fiction No. 12

“Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Be better than yourself.”

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Love this👇❤️
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The courage to be yourself – Virginia Woolf on how to hear your soul themarginalian.org/2023/09/1…

The Courage to Be Yourself: Virginia Woolf on How to Hear Your Soul

“Beyond the difficulty of communicating oneself, there is the supreme difficulty of being oneself.”

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Catch You Later. How guilt plays into navigation of loss. I’m wholeheartedly invested in stories that explore the ebb & flow of friendship & familial dynamics. This novel delivers. Your best friend goes missing, what do you do? Brava @jessicastrawser #psychologicalsuspense
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