I first met Nikki Jefford years ago, in a creative writing class at the University of Alaska Anchorage taught by Rich Chiappone, and I knew right away that she was the “real” thing. There was something about her voice and her characters, especially her dialogue, that stayed with me long after class was over. So it came as no… Read More Hello, Nikki Jefford, and a giveaway
I had two reviews of Dolls Behaving Badly pop in over the weekend, both much appreciated and both pleasant surprises. Michelle over at What is That Book About? totally “got” my book, which was so refreshing and heartwarming, since I wrote Dolls for women. I wanted a book that was realistic yet still left women with the feeling that… Read More What is That Book About, and Carl Brush
What a great way to start a Monday: Issue 3 of Cactus Heart Press released, with creative nonfiction from yours truly plus an awesome story from Jane Liddle and an array of incredible poems, including (my favorite) two by Diana Woodcock. Check it out here. I also have a semi-erotic creative nonfiction piece in The Foliate Oak Literary Magazine’s December issue.… Read More New work up (in two mags)
Michelle over at What is That Book About posted an awesome review of Dolls Behaving Badly today. It’s refreshing to know that other women “get” my book, that they understand and sympathize with my characters, that they identify with parts of them and think: She’s just like me. It’s one of the greatest compliments a writer can… Read More What is That Book About, and more dog pics
Today my partner and I went out by Campbell Airstrip Road to catch the second day of the Rondy World Championship Sled Dog Races. Years ago when my son was young we used to watch the sled dog races each year, and it was bittersweet to think of standing in the snow and holding his small hand as the… Read More Alaska sled dog races (and lots of pics)
There’s a lot of giveaways going on out there in bloggyland and here are a few of my favorites. Don’t be shy: You can’t win if you don’t enter. Dolls Behaving Badly, at Yet Olde Inkwell Dolls Behaving Badly, at Thoughts in Progress (last day, Feb. 23) Big Book of Bondage, at Bed, Body and… Read More Mucho giveaways (or books, books, books)
I love solitude, love being alone, love the way silence folds around my head and shuts out the world until nothing exists but my thoughts and the wind (if I am outside) or the cats purring (if I’m inside). I write best after being alone for a few hours, and in those hours I seemingly do… Read More Of Writing and Solitude
Today I have the pleasure of hosting Jamie Marchant, author of The Goddess Choice, which released April 2012 from Reliquary Press. Marchant lives in Auburn, Alabama, with her husband, son and four (four!) cats, and she teaches writing and literature at Auburn University. She’s presently hard at work on a sequel, tentatively titled The Soul Stone. Her short fiction… Read More Here’s ….. Jamie Marchant
Wow! Alaska writer Kris Farmen gave “Dolls Behaving Badly” a nice write-up in this week’s Anchorage Press. Here’s the part I like the best: Ritchie’s novel is by turns hilarious and moving, and among other things provides a raw and honest portrait of life in modern Alaska. “Not the wild parts,” Ritchie writes, “but smack… Read More Anchorage Press Review, ghosts and writing, and blue sunset
Today, I’m happy to profile romance writer Elizabeth McKenna. McKenna is a full-time technical writer/editor for a large software company who never read romance novels until she received a Nora Roberts bestseller from her sister one Christmas. She was hooked from page one (actually, she admits, she was hooked from the first love scene). McKenna always wanted to write fiction,… Read More Let’s get romantic with Elizabeth McKenna
Cinthia Ritchie 