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Ryan P. Freeman

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in Portland, OR, The United States

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Fantasy, Suspense, Young Adult

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George MacDonald, CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien, Patricia C Wrede, Ursula LeGu ...more

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Ryan was born in Portland, Oregon on February 24th, 1988. She's the (upper) middle child out of four (three sisters – how she survived them is a secret). Currently, she has family scattered all over the western states.
Ryan was always a big reader growing up. Ever since her second-grade teacher, Mrs. Yorth spent extra time after school helping her learn how to read, she's been devouring books (so to speak). Growing up in Oregon meant plenty of time for reading since there’s about 7.3 fully sunny days per year there.

To this day, she loves the smell of rain, the rumble of storms, and the scent of pine forests. Her favorite stories growing up were old tales with Robin Hood and King Arthur - along with a ginormous rambling list of other myths, l ...more

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	Rienspel (The Phoenix of Redd Book 1) by Ryan P. Freeman (Goodreads Author), Laura Faraci (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Trombonist of Munst by Ryan P. Freeman (Goodreads Author), Laura Faraci (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Sanity, Satisfaction, & Stories: J Drew Brumbaugh on Writing

As a kid I used to tell stories to my siblings, mostly scary stories to keep them awake at night.They loved my tales and encouraged me to keep telling them. They even had a favorite story and still ask me today when will I write that one.Probably never!But just telling stories wasn’t enough. I wanted to be in print. So, I began writing my stories down, putting words on paper and sending them out t Read more of this blog post »

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Walking the Bridgeless Canyon: Repairing the Breach Between the Church and the LGBT Community

by Kathy Baldock (Goodreads Author)

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Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century England

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Atlantis: The Antideluvian World

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“Humility is essential greatness, the inside of grandeur.”
― George MacDonald, A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare

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“This is in the very nature of things: obedience alone places a man in the position in which he can see so as to judge that which is above him.”
― George MacDonald, A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare

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“We spend a lifetime working hard to accumulate homes and possessions that we believe are vital for comfort and security, only to discover those material accumulations are quite meaningless in our darkest hour of sadness and need. Another”
― Paul V. Stutzman, Hiking Through: One Man's Journey to Peace and Freedom on the Appalachian Trail

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“It is easy to decide on what is wrong to wear to a party, such as deep-sea diving equipment or a pair of large pillows, but deciding what is right is much trickier.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Slippery Slope

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“It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

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