Want to do something terrifying for Halloween this year?
 Lift up your couch cushions. 

I have ONE kid and I consider myself neat.
HOWEVER, I was vacuuming today and decided to lift the couch cushions for a more thourough cleaning.

SHRIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is what I found:

4 socks
A Harry Potter wand
Countless Goldfish crackers
A Lollipop (still in its wrapper- thank god)
Some Lego figurines
Candy Wrappers (too many to list) 
Nutella to Go
A Knick-Knack that must have fallen off a shelf
Cat toys
An obscene amount of crumbs

But oddly - no money. 

#RYANRELAY
Carol - Lindsay - DawnMarie

Answer these 5 questions:
1. I plan on doing a puzzle this weekend. How many pieces is it?
2. I was part of one Anthology. What was the name of that Anthology? 
3. What TV show was I watching at 11:38?
4. I grew mini pumpkins in my yard this year. How many did I grow? 
5. Proceed with caution. Entering which room in my house can be dangerous?

That's it. Simple. First one to message me with all 5 correct answers WINS! 

*No guesses. 
*The answers are all out there. 
*No hints. 
*All five answers must be sent at once. Not individually. 
*Hope you found this because I am not sharing this post on Facebook. 
​*Evil laugh

*Invoicing is available for those who would like to order a signed copy directly. 
You can contact me at Ryanringbloom@gmail.com to place your order. 
$22.00 - US only. 

​Update 9/15 - **I am currently sold out of signed books.
There is a 2 - 3 week wait for anyone who places an order with me directly. 
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It is no secret that I am not a big fan of summer.
July is my least favorite month of the year. It just goes on and on and on.... 
I am always hot. Always sweaty.
I miss cool weather and wearing layers, pretending my bulky clothes are hiding all my extra pounds.
But mostly, I  miss my kid being in school. 
He is the love of my life. My one and only baby. My child. My son. My everything. 
But holy shit camp is just not enough!!! It's time for school to start again!!! 
He is only 10 but sometimes talks to me like a snotty disrespectful teenager.
About a week ago, I was OVER IT!!! I said, that's it - no phone tomorrow. And I meant it. He did not have his phone at all the next day. 
A few days later we once again had a moment where I gave him a warning saying -
keep it up and I will take away that phone.
 He replied with - here we go again with your blackmail. 
Blackmail.
 Is he freaking kidding me?  I can't even....
School. Please. Soon. 
  

Why do I never have a release date?
Why is it always fly by the seat of my pants with my releases?
I don't know. 
I just can never seem to pin point what day it's all gonna come together.

So - SURPRISE!!! It's today!!!!

The order of these books are Dick, Chick, Trick, Flick. 
Yes, they can all stand alone. But I think they're better when read in order, especially these last two. 
.99 each for a limited time and FREE with Kindle Unlimited. 
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**Stay Tuned - Tomorrow I'll do a GIVEAWAY in the group. 

Well, when an author loves a stock photo very much...
They save it to their favorites and send it to their cover artist! 
Below is the original photo that was purchased to become the cover for
The Two-Night One-Night Wedding.
I loved it. It was exactly what I was thinking for Matthew and Holly.
The cover artist trimmed, edited, cleaned, brightened and polished. 
​And magic happened.
A cover was born. 

As the final two books in the Whiskey Series are in the final stages of edits, I figured I would give a little backstory to the books. 

It all started with Remi Kay. She popped into my head one day. I knew her name and I thought I knew her story. I started writing and the original title was - Who the Fuck Is Remi Kay? It was a completely different direction. But as I was writing it, I hit a wall and realized it was not going to work out the way I planned. I shelved it.

Instead of returning to her story, I started her twin brother Jax's story, Whiskey Dick. A short, silly, fun romance. I contact my cover artist and as I'm discussing options with her,  it hits me, if Jax is dick, Remi can be chick. That's perfect. She makes me the two covers. I'm good to go. Great. 

Whiskey Dick is done and I return to Remi Kay's story, Whiskey Chick, with a new approach and new story line. I write and write and write.

WALL!

It is in no way, shape or form the right story. I'm basically half way through the book and I have no choice but to hit DELETE. 

I'm freaking out. This whole thing started because of this crazy character Remi and I have no freaking clue how to write her. 

We make a last minute decision to go to Niagara Falls. I obsess over her story the entire car ride there and back. I try and channel the energy of the Falls for some creative spark. But we return home and I'm left staring at a blank screen. 

I was going nutty. I'm like what the fuck is whiskey chicks story????? What did she do? What is the story of whiskey chick? Whiskey chick's story is....

Then it hit me, she needed an actual story. The legend of Whiskey Chick. There ya go. Awesome. 

As I write, I quickly realize she needs a BF, a partner in crime. The birth of Jenn. There also needed to be another brother - enter Henry. I loved them both. I knew I would def need to tell their stories too.

Henry's story came easy. Whiskey Trick. Fun and perfectly Henry. The idea for Jenn came easy too...at first. I knew her story would be Whiskey Flick. But the original flick I had in mind was completely different. 

I had a plan, even shared it with a few people but then one day while videoing with my author buddy, I had a slow motion epiphany - ooooohhhh-mmmmmmmmm-gggggeeeeeee. Her story was right in front of me the entire time. I hit the brakes and re-started it in a whole new direction. Yippeeeee! I loved writing it! 

And although all the Whiskey Books can stand alone, I really would love for readers to read Trick and Flick together, which is why I am waiting to release them both at the same time. 

The final two books are coming in June 2019.