67. Ryan David Gerard (author of The Baptist and Born Again)

Ryan David Gerard is the author of 8 novels, includingthe Baptist trilogy and the Born Again trilogy, as well as thestandalones Wildmen and The Things that are Not. We talk about his writing, his journey as an author, questions of staying in your lane with regards to genre, and the struggles of trying to marketing in an online space—Ryan produces these hilarious Instagram reels satirizing the AI-generated marketing messages he gets, which I can certainly relate to. We had some very very minor technical difficulties during our recording, and I think one of his answers gets cut off for a brief moment.Reading at 1:20Ryan’s website: www.Gerardtheauthor.comIG: @ryandavidgerardJason Shannon is an indie Canadian author of science fiction and more. His seventh novel, Tiger Blues, is available now: “A plucky crew of mercenaries must keep a doomsday weapon from the Maoists in alt-history 1948 Tibet.”Upcoming events: Angus Comiccon Feb 15Courtice Book Bazaar February 28– IG @bookbazaarcanadaStratford Comiccon March 29Cambridge Comiccon March 30Barrie Comiccon April 11Sudbury Comiccon April 25Huntsville Comiccon May 3Audiobook for The Moon Panther coming soonFollow my social media @harujinshounds