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B.W. Conway | Author

@bryanwconwayauthor.substack.com

Happy Veterans Day to the departed soldiers who inspired me to serve! 🪖

#VeteransDay #HonorOurHeroes #ThankAVeteran #MilitaryService #USArmyVeteran #SupportOurTroops #VeteransDay2025 #writingcommunity #author

November 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM

B.W. Conway | Author

@bryanwconwayauthor.substack.com

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"The author’s vivid depiction of the fight scenes was truly commendable and kept me engaged throughout the story."

🔥Sandusky Burning🔥🏕️🚙🍺🍷

##BookLovers #Bookish #AmReading #BookCommunity #BookRecommendations #MustRead #booksky

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November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM

B.W. Conway | Author

@bryanwconwayauthor.substack.com

"Those who contemplate never escape the doubt."
― Henning Mankell, Before the Frost (2002)

#AmWriting #WritersLife #WritingCommunity #AuthorLife #SciFiWriter #BookLovers #IndieAuthor #Bookish #author #HenningMankell #KurtWallander

November 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM

B.W. Conway | Author

@bryanwconwayauthor.substack.com

Buck Rogers had Twiki (biddi-biddi-biddi), feathered hair, and laser tag energy. It only lasted two seasons (1979-81) but left quite an impression on Gen X! 🤖👽🚀

#BuckRogers #GenX #RetroSciFi #author #fyp #WritingCommunity

November 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM

B.W. Conway | Author

@bryanwconwayauthor.substack.com

"A great civilization is not conquered from without, until it has destroyed itself from within" -Historian Edward Gibbon

#EdwardGibbon #FallOfEmpires #HistoryRepeats #CivilizationDecline #LessonsFromRome #InternalCollapse #CulturalDecay #HistoricalPerspective #RiseAndFall #EchoesOfHistory

November 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM

B.W. Conway | Author

@bryanwconwayauthor.substack.com

Weekend kickoff song:

Tracy Bonham - Mother Mother

youtu.be/2Xi8NvSetZc?...

#music #TracyBonham #weekend #MotherMother #rock

November 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM

B.W. Conway | Author

@bryanwconwayauthor.substack.com

As a young teenager, I managed to purchase this by mailing cash in an envelope. It was an actual knife that came with a compass, matches, fishing hooks, and a garrote. Strangely, my parents didn't seem to be worried at all...

#Throwback #BackInTheDay #SurvivalGea #80sKid

November 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM

B.W. Conway | Author

@bryanwconwayauthor.substack.com

Loy Krathong is observed tonight across Thailand—an annual ritual of release, gratitude, and quiet reckoning.

#LoyKrathong #LoyKrathong2025 #Thailand #FestivalOfLights #RiverRitual #author #writingcommunity #garmin #garminbadge

November 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM

B.W. Conway | Author

@bryanwconwayauthor.substack.com

"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." H. L. Mencken

#politics #democracy #AmWriting #WritersLife #WritingCommunity #AuthorLife #Bookish #author

November 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM

B.W. Conway | Author

@bryanwconwayauthor.substack.com

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐" A new genre has been created: Campground Suspense Thriller!"

🔥Sandusky Burning 🔥

#SanduskyBurning #SanduskyDarkness #BookLovers #Bookish #AmReading #BookCommunity #BookRecommendations #MustRead #IndieAuthor #BookDiscussion #booksky
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November 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM

B.W. Conway | Author

@bryanwconwayauthor.substack.com

"The greater the artist, the greater the doubt; perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize." Art critic and writer Robert Hughes

#AmWriting #WritersLife #WritingCommunity #AuthorLife #SciFiWriter #BookLovers #IndieAuthor #Bookish #author

November 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM

B.W. Conway | Author

@bryanwconwayauthor.substack.com

“It will do you no harm to find yourself ridiculous.” ―T.S. Eliot

#AmWriting #WritersLife #WritingCommunity #AuthorLife #SciFiWriter #BookLovers #IndieAuthor #Bookish #author #tseliot

November 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM

B.W. Conway | Author

@bryanwconwayauthor.substack.com

Halloween playlist:

The Conjuring - Megadeth

youtu.be/MF0CrgncaFM?...

#music #TheConjuring #Megadeth #Halloween #Halloween2025 #metal #rock

November 1, 2025 at 3:59 AM

B.W. Conway | Author

@bryanwconwayauthor.substack.com

Halloween playlist:

Metallica - Creeping Death

youtu.be/QaMySFc-Rec?...

#music #Metallica #CreepingDeath #Halloween #Halloween2025

November 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM

B.W. Conway | Author

@bryanwconwayauthor.substack.com

Halloween kickoff song:

Twist Of Cain · Danzig

youtu.be/h-hFg9XiBpA?...

#music #TwistOfCain #Danzig #weekend #rock #grunge #halloween

November 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM

B.W. Conway | Author

@bryanwconwayauthor.substack.com

"Monsters are real, ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win" - Stephen King

#AmWriting #WritersLife #WritingCommunity #AuthorLife #SciFiWriter #BookLovers #IndieAuthor #Bookish #author #StephenKing #Halloween #Monsters

October 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM

B.W. Conway | Author

@bryanwconwayauthor.substack.com

Garmin Halloween badge earned! 🎃 🏃

#Garmin #running #AmWriting #WritersLife #WriterWednesday #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #BookLovers #IndieAuthor #halloween

October 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM

B.W. Conway | Author

@bryanwconwayauthor.substack.com

When Is the Witching Hour?

Is there a certain hour of the night when witches are more active? When should you be watching for broomstick activity? It depends on who you ask.

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#AmWriting #WritersLife #WritingCommunity #AuthorLife #author #Halloween #Monsters