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Heather Ryan
- Location
- Eugene, Oregon, US
- Birthday
- December 20
- Bio
- "Imagine," says writer TK Dalton, "a knocked up Bookslut, Salam Pax with a dead beat ex instead of Raed. That's Terrible Mother."
She's also a quick-thinking, smart-mouthed single mother to three kids. By day, she teaches writing to college freshmen and sophomores. By night, she cooks, cleans, parents and writes. She is, despite vehemently claiming to be one, not a hipster, but does have an MFA in Fiction from the University of Oregon, which she earned by duct-taping her children to chairs and feeding them bottles of Benadryl (not necessarily in that order). Terrible Mother still lives in Oregon, where she deals her snarky brand of parenting humor to her friends.
"Another single mother blog?" says novelist Roby Connor. "Someone get this lady some Jesus."
MY RECENT POSTS
- Oregon, Ye Olde Tax Collector
July 05, 2009 01:57AM - Oh, Serendipity
July 02, 2009 05:39PM - SFT: Single Female Traveler
May 27, 2009 08:24PM - The Tooth Fairy
April 28, 2009 11:08PM - The Flash Effect
April 13, 2009 08:28PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Welcome Jenn. Nice to
see you here.”
February 04, 2010 02:35PM - “I hadn't heard of this,
but it makes sense, RP. I will
say,
though, that my
doct…”
August 25, 2009 11:32PM - “Joan, I wish we were
coming through SF just so I
could see
Sadie (okay, I'd
like…”
July 06, 2009 12:47PM - “I totally stole that
line from you, Mike. Yes
indeed.
I'm looking
forward to th…”
July 03, 2009 03:20PM - “Best serious novel is
The Local News by Miriam
Gershow. I
will admit to
knowing…”
June 23, 2009 02:46AM
Heather Ryan's Links
- Editor’s Pick
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Just Passing
AUGUST 22, 2008 6:08PM EDT
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- 44 Comments
Am I Blue?
JANUARY 15, 2009 1:49PM EST
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Yes Thing Two, There Is a Purple Lightsaber
AUGUST 18, 2008 2:22AM EDT
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- 31 Comments
The Scenic Route to Portland
DECEMBER 30, 2008 5:35PM EST
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- 34 Comments
Top 10 Most Reasonable Excuses for My Not Blogging
DECEMBER 10, 2008 9:12PM EST
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In Which I Attempt to Make a Discussion of Taxes Interesting
SEPTEMBER 11, 2008 11:56AM EDT
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- 3783 Views
- 38 Comments
How to Age Gracefully, In a Manner of Speaking
DECEMBER 23, 2008 3:07PM EST
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- 22 Comments
The Problem with Narrative
DECEMBER 22, 2008 3:05PM EST
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- 1988 Views
- 23 Comments
Miscellany: The Electronic Communication Edition
DECEMBER 17, 2008 3:33PM EST
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- 16 Comments
Crazy Talk: The Friday Challenge
SEPTEMBER 12, 2008 4:31PM EDT
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- 19 Comments
SFT: Single Female Traveler
MAY 27, 2009 8:24PM EDT
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- 17 Comments
A Brief Examination of A Family’s Idiom
SEPTEMBER 2, 2008 4:50PM EDT
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- 7 Comments
Oregon, Ye Olde Tax Collector
JULY 5, 2009 1:57AM EDT
- 1448 Views
- 14 Comments
Oh, Serendipity
JULY 2, 2009 5:53PM EDT
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- 1294 Views
- 11 Comments
Much Ado About Tripping
APRIL 8, 2009 8:24PM EDT
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- 18 Comments
An Introduction of Sorts
JULY 28, 2008 3:01PM EDT
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- 1639 Views
- 8 Comments
The Tooth Fairy
APRIL 28, 2009 11:08PM EDT
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- 2387 Views
- 29 Comments
Two Romantic Malcontents Watch Little Women
JULY 31, 2008 1:49PM EDT
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- 8 Comments
A Study of Extremes
AUGUST 3, 2008 3:17PM EDT
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- 10 Comments
Amputate My Love
AUGUST 9, 2008 11:58PM EDT
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- 4 Comments
Poem of the Week
AUGUST 1, 2008 9:08PM EDT
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- 22 Comments
Miscellany: Conversations Loosely Related to Dating
AUGUST 18, 2008 1:41PM EDT
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- 1552 Views
- 8 Comments
The Flash Effect
APRIL 13, 2009 8:28PM EDT
- 2037 Views
- 6 Comments
Poem of the Week
JANUARY 5, 2009 1:12AM EST
- 941 Views
- 5 Comments
Poem of the Week
DECEMBER 28, 2008 7:12PM EST
Heather Ryan's Favorites
Updates
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Oso Remote Gallery - 5th Level - Puget Soundings
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Boring stories of... (OS)
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Breaking The Cycle And Building A Better World: #NONATO
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For the Old Gang
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How to Solve Traffic Congestion Without Taxes
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The Demon Within
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I Won't Vote for Romney But His Wife Works
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Announcing the Salon-Alternet Investigative Fund
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