Ask the Author: Ryan Pote
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Ryan Pote
I'm so very sorry I missed this! By now, THE GHOST CITY (book 2) is out. Book 3 will be out some time in 2027 but will be slightly off schedule, so it may be a fall release instead of summer? The publisher is moving things around. But I am releasing three of my own books (one Ethan Cain unpublished prequel novel) and an Ethan Cain origin short story all in January 2027 so help satiate readers until book 3 comes along. Book 3 does have a title: ORDER OF THE BLACK DRAGON! Thank you so much for your support! Enjoy!
Ryan Pote
Ideas form for me when information or things I read or experience crossover. For Blood and Treasure, the stars aligned after I read the Sign and the Seal by Graham Hancock!
Ryan Pote
My career was over— I couldn’t do my job anymore. I was very good at it and I’d dedicate my life to it. Struggling with PTSD, a trauma therapist recommended journaling my experiences to discuss in a group setting. They were classified, so she recommended I just fictionalize them. Not only did it help heal me, but I found my passion and my second chance at life.
Ryan Pote
A TV show, book 3 in blood and treasure series, and a spinoff speculative thriller
Ryan Pote
Don’t stop writing. You’re already a writer, not an aspiring one. Don’t wait. Finish the story and move on—write the next one immediately. Keep honing your craft and try something new in each book, whether device or technique. Be bold. Write big. Take big chances. Getting to know other published authors is the path into the industry. Don’t waste your time with blind agent queries—that’s not how you find a good agent. You find a good agent through networking.
Ryan Pote
That someone will read and want to discuss what I’ve written with me with genuine enthusiasm.
Ryan Pote
I’ve never had it. Think. Outline. Prepare. If you’re writing and you don’t know what to do or where to go, you haven’t thought through and baked the story long enough in your head. Before you write, always know where the story is going and you’ll never meet with the myth of writer’s block.
Ryan Pote
Blood And Treasure
Ryan Pote
My prior life combating transnational criminal organizations is a mystery and is the backstory for my protagonist Ethan Cain, and the focus of investigative journalist character Lana Foster
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