The Ryan Sallans Book Series

God's Land

Look to the sky, whenever one's in doubt. 
Look to the sky and wander all about.
 
In this episode, Ryan will read chapter 2, God's Land from his forthcoming book, Finding Me: Finding We. Get ready to smell like a camp fire after hearing this story. 

Love Spun Undone

In this episode, we are entering into chapter 3 "Love Spun Undone," from my forthcoming book Finding Me: Finding We. 
 
 

Things I Miss

In this episode, Ryan is taking you to the San Jacinto Mountain Range of Southern California. He went there to escape from heartache, but he is learning there is no escaping grief. 

Death By Scotch

It was death by Scotch.
By jeez, by gosh!
Yes . . . death by Scotch.
Multiple computer coroners thus professed.
 
The killing of Ryan's computer was just the start of things comically going further downhill after his break-up. 

The Start of Second Son

In this episode we enter into Ryan's current best-selling book, Second Son.
 
By age four, I was labeled a tomboy—a label
that made my dad happy, I think.
I became his shadow.
Everywhere he went, I followed.
I wanted to be his helper.
I wanted to be just like him.

My Origin Story

In this episode, take a step back into the mid-1960's in small town Nebraska where my parents first met. I am happy to share that their romance and love story is still strong, 60 years later. 

Superman Versus My Mom

“Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird. . . It’s a plane. . . It’s Superman!”
My seven-year-old body shot up, off the ground. My right arm lifted above my head as my feet, clad in red-trimmed sweat socks pulled up to my knees, darted mearound the room. My idol and mentor, like any other boy’s fantasy, was a superhero.

My Life Among the Awkward Adolescents

By my twelfth birthday I quit wishing to turn into a boy and started to wish that my body would just stop turning more female. With puberty I saw my breasts developing and my hips widening. The changes were taking away my androgynous build.