Ask the Author: October Ryan
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October Ryan
The original idea for The Book of Monahan came from a dream and it evolved into a story filled with the LGBTQIA representation sorely missing from most content.
October Ryan
Strong feelings inspire me, whether they're painful ones from recalled trauma or hopeful ones from therapy.
October Ryan
I just published The Book of Monahan and am currently promoting it. After that, I've got my next book and my next album about halfway done.
October Ryan
I don't feel like there's a great generic answer to this question. Everyone's goals and lives are dramatically different.
October Ryan
Having complete control of a fictional world helps me cope with the non-fictional world around me. I've also found writing non-fiction about my life to be very therapeutic and rewarding.
October Ryan
Being transgender in America feels like a horror story right now. Politicians are the real monsters.
October Ryan
I honestly look to my dreams for a little subconscious motivation if I feel stuck. My latest novel, The Book of Monahan, actually originated from a dream I had about being a crime fighter in the old west.
October Ryan
The one I created in my first novel, The Beginning of October. It isn't a perfect world, but the possibilities and support for trans people it contains is much better than these hateful and discriminatory times we're currently in.
October Ryan
The Last Podcast on The Left. I'm obsessed with everything those guys do.
October Ryan
I've finally answered the mystery of why it took me 40 years to come out as transgender, but my god the twists and turns I took would make a better book than any fiction I could write lol.
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