Rachael Ritchey's Blog, page 47

#BlogBattle One Year Anniversary

Battlers! It’s been a year of creative writing, and I’m thrilled to be celebrating this milestone with you! Thank you all so much for being a part of the first year of #BlogBattle. I wouldn’t have ever thought to host this weekly prompt meant to inspire creativity and friendship without the competitive prodding of Nicholas […]

How to Get Your Favorite Independent Bookstore to Host You

Or how not to do it . . . Honestly, I cannot guarantee this will work, so instead I’m going to tell you about my local independent bookstore and tell you how I ended up getting an invite to do a book signing at their store. Auntie’s Bookstore, open since 1978, has a long history […]

Interview with #BlogBattle “Pure” Winner: Natasha Roxby

Everyone welcome Natasha Roxby to the #BlogBattle Winner Interview stage! Natasha is brand new to the battle, but her story really caught the attention of the readership, and she’s won “Pure” week. Her story for this theme is calledFlight, and you really should go check it out if you haven’t read it yet. Natasha, we […]

A Trace of Cologne

#BlogBattle 51: Trace Terry is a rather clumsy woman in her early thirties whose career is confectionery. She’s about to go out on a business date with an old acquaintance named Luke Blaine who is next in line to take over his father’s huge candy-making and sales empire. He’s approached her with a secretive business […]

Dr. Trace

Dr. Trace by Bekah Detectives Mark Quadrant and Lucy Vogel entered the lab and started to get a close look around. They found a man sleeping in one room with his face on a stack of papers and drool dripping from his mouth. “Um excuse me, sir. . .?” Vogel asked and stepped closer towards […]

#BlogBattle 51 “Trace” Entries & Voting

#BlogBattle 51 Story Theme:Trace You know what this means, right? Next week will mark one year of #BlogBattle! I’m amazed and so thankful to everyone who participates and makes this writing thing happen every week. And to celebrate, we’ll be having a bit of a party next week. Participants, choose a favorite #BlogBattle story you’ve […]

Texting Conversations in Writing: What’s the best format?

I was reading a great post on Dan Alatorre’s blog today, 3 Ways to Show a Text Conversation . . .that was talking about how to write text messaging in our manuscripts. He presented several ways of accomplishing it, but after some research and feedback he felt only one was a truly worthwhile way. The […]

How to Get Excited About a Debut Book Signing

That’s it! I’m nervous. I’m excited. I’m pumped for tomorrow! I’m workin’ it like a boxer getting ready to enter the ring. Jab–jab–hook–jab! Yeah, baby! I ‘ma take you out! Oh wait. That might be going a little too far. I’d rather you just came, introduced your fabulous self, and bought my book. I’ll even […]

#Free Indie Friday: Leap Weekend Smash

Originally posted on The Little Star:
It only comes around once every four years… But you can bet the book deals live up to the hype! Spend the Weekend in AnotherRealm With the Chronicles of the Twelve Realms series by Rachael Ritchey FREE on Smashwords until 2/29! The Beauty Thief In the Twelve Realms there…

To Indie or to Query… that is the question!

My friend and fellow author, Erin Wissing was kind enough to interview me over a real cup of coffee and has posted her write up of our time together plus a great review of the first two books in Chronicles of the Twelve Realms without giving away all the good stuff! From Writer/Suspense AuthorErin Wissing: […]