And Baby Makes 6

Guess what day it is! (No, it’s not hump day. This is not that commercial.)

It’s launch day! Another book birthday. For another book baby I adore so much! And this one is, perhaps, the most special of them all. Why? Because I didn’t just write this book for entertainment or for the love of writing. I wrote it to send a message to the kids like me, the anxious teens who don’t know how to deal with the world around them or the world within them.

I could write a whole blog post about it, but I’ve already said it again and again. Slip was born of the desire to empower increasingly anxious kids in a world that demands so much. I want teens with anxiety to know they don’t have to hide their disorder from the world, that having an anxiety disorder is not a fault, and that sharing their fears and worries with people who love them actually makes them stronger individuals.

I’ve spent a good portion of my life trying to figure out why my anxiety hits the way it does, how to prevent it, how to deal with it, how to avoid it, how to run away from it, and through it all, I found the only way to combat my own anxiety was to face it head on… and to do so with friends and loved ones by my side.

So Slip is about more than just a teenager falling in first love. It’s about learning to nurture healthy relationships and trust others. It’s about learning to forgive yourself. It’s about knowing that sometimes it’s okay to not know the answers. And I’ve been delighted to see that Slip has hit ARC readers & bloggers just as I’d hoped. Turns out anxiety is pretty universal. I’m hoping the connection is, too.

What the bloggers have to say:

https://roshreviews.blogspot.com/2025/04/slip-l-ryan-storms.html https://sophiebranford.blogspot.com/2025/04/slip-by-l-ryan-storms.html https://occultlibraryco.wordpress.com/2025/01/07/slip-by-l-ryan-storms/https://subakkastuff.wordpress.com/2025/01/18/𝐒𝐥𝐢𝐩-book-review/https://www.eaterofstories.com/post/drc-review-slip-by-l-ryan-storms http://www.crossroadreviews.com/2025/01/bookreview-slip-by-l-ryan-storms.html And more!

Happy birthday, Slip! Welcome to the world.