Aaron Ryan is a storyteller. His book, It Was The Write Thing To Do, is a memoir of sorts, a lifetime of stories just waiting to be told. It’s a personal journey that leads readers through several career and life changes, aspiring creative ventures, and hearing God’s call. None of his choices or life’s purposes were easy; many came with detours and disappointments. Life can be hard, often filled with difficult decisions, especially when the odds seem to mount up. Finding God and living in faith, there is a way to overcome these difficulties. Life is more than just living; it’s following the path God has chosen, no matter the cost, no matter the challenges.

Aaron Ryan’s It Was The Write Thing To Do: An Author's Memoir About Doing What's Right, Even When It Costs Him Everything is a personal journey through a life full of challenges, including faith, family, and ambition, not to mention the need to assess what the author was meant to do with his life. Beginning with an insightful introduction, the author leads the reader through his life, one within which he writes and another, a life he writes about. There is some humor in his storytelling, but the challenges are evident, and it’s amazing how he finds the perspective to carry on, to make it through yet another day, another writing experience, and all with the belief that God is calling him to write. After all, as the title suggests, it really was “the write thing to do.” I love the phonetic play on the word “write” in the title. This is a deeply spiritual as well as inspirational read. I thoroughly enjoyed it!

It Was The Write Thing To Do by Aaron Ryan takes the reader on a personal journey to becoming a writer/author, or simply a creator of words that fill books for the world to discover the joy of reading. Or to find how a person's journey with its struggles, fears, joys, and triumphs can be a stepping stone for the reader to continue on a difficult journey that they may have started. At a certain point, they may have become so despondent that they feel they are altogether on the wrong path or that they have been wasting their time. The reader is taken through the good, the bad, and the ugly; the author helps the reader realize that not everybody will be encouraging, but there is always one person who will always give them the right answer if they are prepared to listen.

In It Was The Write Thing To Do, Aaron Ryan opens up by admitting that he loves being a creator of stories, and now he writes for our Creator, Jesus, and what an exhilarating feeling of freedom it has brought him. The author writes openly about his life, his failures, his joys, and his successes. Each chapter starts with a quote from a famous person, which is encouraging in its own way. Still, the quotes from the Bible throughout the book are even more motivating, as they help the reader realize that the author is encouraging them to succeed in the field that they have chosen, even if it is not as an author. This is a book that a reader will keep and return to when the feelings of hopelessness start to get overwhelming. It has been an inspiration to me as well as an eye-opener. Thank you to the author for a wonderful book to help someone succeed at whatever they decide to do with their life. It is well worth more than one read.