User:LizPaige/"Lois Ryan"

Lois Ryan (born June 09, 1965) is an American free-lance author of both fiction and non-fiction. She first became interested in writing at the age of fifteen. She has written one fantasy novel, several short stories and over one hundred how-to articles. She currently is living in Binghamton, New York. Born Lois Elliott, she is the ninth out of ten children. She lived the first seventeen years in Oakdale, New York, which is located on Long Island. Lois went to a catholic School from first to eighth grade. Then she attended Connetquot High School. It was when she was in tenth grade when she got the desire to write. She loved to read books. While fantasy was her favorite genre, she read others as well. Because she got a pleasure from reading, she wanted to write for others. When she was not running for the track team, Lois was always seen with a book or a journal of some sort in her hand. Lois went to college at SUNY Brockport. While there she helped write plays and skits for a local children’s theatre. She also wrote small articles for the campus paper. In 1989, Lois finished a fantasy novel called “The White Knight.” After a few failed attempts of trying to get it published, she did not give up. She decided to keep writing, knowing that one day she would get published. In 1990, Lois joined the New York Army National Guard. At that same time, she started working full-time for a Fortune 500 company. While she was in the Army, she met her future husband, Thomas Ryan. They got married and had two daughters. With her busy lifestyle, Lois had to put aside her writing for a while. However, she wrote a story once in a while for her children. In 1998, Lois started surfing the net. She learned how to build web pages and realized that with the millions of people going on the Internet, she could share her work with them. She realized that making money by writing was not important. She wanted to provide something free to people. She understood with the rising costs of living, people would rather read a free story or book. She wanted people to get lost in a book and forget about problems for a while. Therefore, she started publishing her stories to various writing web sites. “The White Knight” was finally published. In 2008, Lois began a career in writing non-fiction self-help articles. She wants to help people. If somebody learns something from one of her articles, she is satisfied that she helped him. Even though Lois writes part-time, she wants to be able to write full-time. In 2009, Lois rewrote “The White Knight.” She noticed several parts in the original story that were inconsistent. Plus, the ending was abrupt. She had been planning on writing a sequel. However, there was not much of a storyline for a second book. The final third of the book is totally different from the original.

•	1998 The White Knight •	1999 The Tales of Antares-Bard’s Quest •	2000 Future Gazette •	2000 Princess of the Dolphins •	2000 Unicorn’s Blood •	2001 Cosmos •	2001 The Amazing Talking Tree •	2001 The Flying Myron •	2002 A Letter to My Husband •	2003 The Uniform Told the Story •	2009 The White Knight (rewrite) •	2008 Spiritual Travels •	2008 Summer Love Stories:  Finding Love at Fort Drum •	2008 Preparing for Death:  A New Beginning With God •	2008 God’s Forgiveness and Love •	2008 Keys to Functioning Businesses:  Systems Thinking and Performance •	2008 10 Ideal Father’s Days Gifts:  Tools to Gift Cards •	2008 Training to Improve Business Performance:  Systems Thinking and Performance Measurement •	2008 A Letter From a Friend •	2008 Auditing L.A. Gear:  Analyzing a Company’s marketing Strategy •	2009 The White Knight (Rewrite) •	2009 How to Choose a Field Hockey Stick •	2009 Excellent Coaching Drills for Field Hockey •	2009 International; Hockey Federation Rule changes for 2009 •	2009 The Best Place to Buy a Field Hockey Stick •	2009 How to Tackle in 2009 •	2009 A Brief History in Field Hockey •	2009 Preventing Injuries in Field Hockey •	2009 A Successful Field Hockey Formation •	2009 Dangerous Play in Field Hockey •	2009 basic Rules of Field Hockey

External Sources

http://www.helium.com/users/528794 http://writing.com/authors/lulu13903 http://luluryan65.tripod.com/thewhiteknight http://littleluluwrites.wordpress.com/