About Ryan

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1. Jack at

   I call dibs on the Alexander the Great vs. the bratwurst sandwich fight. And since I’m already Jack, been that way all my life, what are you going to rename me? 😉 Anything but Bob!

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   1. Katrina at

      “I’d say my geek and nerd friends and I have alywas thought of it the other way around. Nerds are the computer people, geeks are the scifi/fantasy people.”I’ll second that! Although “computer geek” is probably used more often than “computer nerd” these days, I’ve alywas seen “nerd” as a more mathematical- and science-oriented person, and a “geek” (myself proudly included) as someone with a particular fringe interest, such as The LotR, role-playing, or a particular genre of films. Clearly, there is some interchangeability and overlap here. Perhaps a Venn diagram is in order! (Now that’s nerdy!)

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2. Ryan Dalton Post author at

   I hereby name you Doublejack!

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3. Vikki Collier at

   so who would win a fight between a taco and a sandwich??? 😉

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   1. Ryan Dalton Post author at

      Depends on the day and the varieties of meat filling. They’re pretty evenly matched, otherwise.

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4. Natalie Aguirre at

   Hi Ryan,
   I’m an aspiring children’s fantasy writer and a blog partner of Casey McCormick at Literary Rambles. For the last four years, I’ve been spotlighting primarily debut and middle grade authors through interviews and guest posts and ARC giveaways. I’d love to have you do a guest post with an ARC giveaway of THE YEAR OF LIGHTENING. Mostly I post blog posts on Mondays. So we could do it a Monday that works for both our schedules. I have dates available in November.

   Please note that I do all my interviews and guest posts with ARC or book giveaways. I find authors get a much better response if there’s a contest with the interview. Usually with my stats and your help, you’re able to get an ARC for a giveaway. If not, I can’t afford to buy the books for the giveaways anymore because I already spend a ton on postage and I’m laid off as a result of my company closing in 2015. If we can’t get an ARC or book, I’m asking for a donation of a $5.00 gift card at Amazon that I’d use toward the purchase of an e-book for your interview giveaway. I’ll have you hold onto the ARC or book for the giveaway and I’ll try to read the ARC if it becomes available on NetGalley or Edelweiss if I have time.

   Literary Rambles has well over 4000 followers. We have increased our following by over 2000 followers in the first two years I’ve been blogging and spotlighting authors and giving away books. I average 40-60 participants in giveaways for popular books, especially for YA books.

   Here’s the link to Literary Rambles in case you aren’t familiar with it. http:/literaryrambles.com/

   Here’s a link to my interview with Marie Lu:
   http://www.literaryrambles.com/2013/01/marie-lu-interview-and-prodigy-giveaway.html

   And to an interview with Erin Bowman:

   http://www.literaryrambles.com/2013/04/erin-bowman-interview-and-taken-giveaway.html

   And to my Shower of Books Blog Hop Giveaway:

   http://www.literaryrambles.com/2013/04/shower-of-books-blog-hop-giveaway.html

   And to a Guest Post with Jessie Humphries and agent Sarah Davies

   http://www.literaryrambles.com/2014/06/agent-sarah-davies-and-jessie-humphries.html

   Please e-mail me back as soon as possible to let me know if you’re interested as I’m setting my interview schedule for 2015.

   Sincerely,
   Natalie Aguirre
   Literary Rambles

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   1. Ryan Dalton Post author at

      Natalie! I just sent you an email. I’m a huge fan of Literary Rambles, and am totally on board with doing a guest post and giveaway. Thanks for reaching out!

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