{"id":17,"date":"2015-01-14T23:59:34","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T06:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasp.ca\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2015-01-15T00:19:29","modified_gmt":"2015-01-15T07:19:29","slug":"laird-ryan-states","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theasp.ca\/?page_id=17","title":{"rendered":"Laird Ryan States"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"rhforweb1\"<\/a>Laird Ryan States<\/strong> is a pen name used for the sole purpose of being better Googled. \u00a0Google, apparently, is my master now. \u00a0I have forsaken my name for Google.<\/p>\n

Born with the much less Googleable name of Ryan States, I bought a Scottish Landholder title<\/a>. \u00a0(It’s for a great cause, and I feel no shame, nor am I under any illusions the title is valid, but it brings me small joy) \u00a0So, here I am, with a domain name of my own, and a name that can be easily searched.<\/p>\n

I was born in 1971 in Calgary, Alberta, and have been writing since childhood.<\/p>\n

I recently decided to try self-publishing as part of a collective called The Asp<\/a>. \u00a0I’m not averse to the traditional publishing methods, but they surely do seem unrewarding at present.<\/p>\n

I released my first book, Silver Bullets<\/em>\u00a0on January 15, 2015, and hope to publish one every six months or so for a few years. \u00a0I have a lot of completed manuscripts in progress, and I’m working hard to get them in shape for an audience.<\/p>\n

I live in Edmonton Canada with my fellow writer, and life-long friend, Gayleen Froese. \u00a0We have three adorable dogs, three lizards, and assorted small mammals. \u00a0I’m active on Facebook<\/a>, too active, frankly for my productivity. Feel free to add me. \u00a0I’m also active on Google Plus<\/a>\u00a0but I don’t check it as often. \u00a0It’s less pushy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Laird Ryan States is a pen name used for the sole purpose of being better Googled. \u00a0Google, apparently, is my master now. \u00a0I have forsaken my name for Google. Born with the much less Googleable name of Ryan States, I bought a Scottish Landholder title. \u00a0(It’s for a great cause, and I feel no shame, … Continue reading Laird Ryan States<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasp.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasp.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasp.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasp.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasp.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theasp.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30,"href":"https:\/\/theasp.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasp.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}