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
Today I was lucky enough to snag Olivia Martinez for an author interview. Martinez, the author of the Mistfall series, is a veteran and mother of a little girl named Grace. She’s a native of the Chicago suburbs and spends her time dreaming of warmer places to winter over (I hear you, Olivia!). In her… Read More Hello, Olivia Martinez
The Chick Lit Plus review is up! It’s pink, with polka dots in the background. Can’t beat that, no? Also, don’t forget to enter the Thoughts in Progress giveaway. There are two copies of Dolls Behaving Badly up for grabs. Tomorrow I’m pleased to guest host Olivia Martinez, author of the Mistfall series. Stop in a… Read More Chick Lit Plus and don’t forget the giveaway
I’m not much of a baker yet I became one while writing my first novel, Dolls Behaving Badly. Maybe it was because my main character following the recipes of her late Polish grandmother (whose ghost often visits her in the book, leaving hilarious yet heartwarming advice). Or maybe something about the writing process caused me… Read More Baking and writing
The big debate among writers latest is: Which is best–Traditional publishing with a book contract through an established publisher or setting your own terms through self-publishing? Honestly, I don’t think there’s a right or wrong answer. There are so many variables when it comes to publishing, so many individual problems and nuances, so many chance happenings that… Read More Traditional vs. Self-Publishing: What’s best?
An eagle just flew past the living room window. It soared and dipped over the trees and disappeared. While I often see eagles out in the mountains I rarely see them so close to town, so this was a special treat. Wish I could have gotten a photo but sometimes it’s nice to simply sit… Read More Wild Alaska ramblings, and an eagle
I’m a writer today because my high school English teacher, Clair Blakeslee, spit on me. He became so excited talking about books that he forgot to swallow, and he spit on me. At that very moment, I knew I would grow up to become a writer. Read more about it at The Quivering Pen’s My First Time… Read More Quivering Pen, Kristy Centeno and eggs
I spent the day at Fireside Books out in Palmer, and guess what I did? I got to sign more books. David Cheezem invited me for an early afternoon of signing books in his cozy and wonderful store, and I had such a good time that after we ate lunch, I returned for the rest of… Read More Second book signing, and “Dolls” giveaway
What a rush. My first reading/discussion/signing took place earlier tonight at Barnes & Noble. It was an awesome experience. I cried about four times. I couldn’t help it. I worked so hard to publish a book and dreamed so many times of sitting in front of readers talking about my book that when the time… Read More My first booksigning
Cinthia Ritchie 