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Cinthia Ritchie

Author of "Malnourished: A Memoir of Sisterhood and Hunger" and "Dolls Behaving Badly"

Tag: Seward

New work up at 50-word stories

I tried my hand at a 50-word story and soon learned that it isn’t easy to write a full story in exactly 50 words. The original attempt was 140 words. I sliced it down to 100, which wasn’t that difficult. Cutting it to 50, however, was where I really struggled. My aim was to capture a… Read More New work up at 50-word stories

January 11, 2019 cinthiaritchie4 Comments

Eulogy for Beebs, the best damned dog in the world

I recently had to say goodbye to my dog, Beebs. She was almost 15 and had been sick on and off for weeks. She couldn’t walk well, I often had to hold her as she peed, and she had been pooping in the house for over a year. Her hair was falling out, she wouldn’t… Read More Eulogy for Beebs, the best damned dog in the world

February 6, 2015February 6, 2015 cinthiaritchie14 Comments

Louisa May Alcott, I love you

I’m hunkered down at the Loussac Library here in Anchorage, sitting at a table facing the windows. The sun is that deep blue that hits just before dusk and I feel restless and itchy, the way I always do at the end of the day (or at least, the end of the daylight), as if… Read More Louisa May Alcott, I love you

October 15, 2013 cinthiaritchieLeave a comment

Hanging out in Seward, Alaska

Seward, Alaska is a dream. Or at least it was when we were there this past weekend. Perfect blue skies, sunshine, temps in the mid-30s. What is it about small towns that are so enticing, that suck you in, cause you to slow down and savor each moment? That is what we did: We savored.… Read More Hanging out in Seward, Alaska

March 19, 2013 cinthiaritchieLeave a comment

Dreaming of Seward

Tomorrow we pack up the SUV, grab our running shoes and the dog and head down to Seward for a book signing at Cover to Cover bookstore. I was lucky enough to live down in Seward for almost two years, writing and editing The Seward Phoenix Log. It was a bittersweet time. I loved living… Read More Dreaming of Seward

March 15, 2013 cinthiaritchie1 Comment

Of Writing and Solitude

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

February 21, 2013February 21, 2013 cinthiaritchieLeave a comment

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My quirky Alaskan novel, optioned for film by actor Elizabeth Mitchell.

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Recent and upcoming publications

Running into Danger on an Alaskan Trail  in New York Times Magazine.

Sled dog love in Alaska Magazine

Crazy, I knew in Silver Birch Press

Anchorage–A Gift of Diversity, Alaska Dispatch News

“Ten Truths (and ten lies)” upcoming in Deaf Poets Society.

“Second to the last time,” “Beluga Point, Alaska” and “The Weatherwoman had a Boob Job” upcoming in Breath and Shadow.

“How She Lived” upcoming in Grayson Books Forgotten Women anthology

“Conversations before communion,” “Wild breaths / and this” in GNU journal.

Upon hearing that a writing friend had died in Anchorage Press

Paperdolls in Clementine Unbound

Savages in Panoplyzine

Stuttering in Barking Sycamores

Portland in Barking Sycamores

Dead Things in Postcard Poetry and Prose

Fucking a Fisherman in Seward, Alaska in Damfino Press

Milk in 100 Words

Running Trails, Alaska in The Skinny Poetry Journal

Portland II in 101 Words

“Mary With PMS” in Into the Void

“Mary Poppins: The Third Show” and “I’m not you’re baby” in Theories of HER anthology

Join me on my Alaska running adventures at: Cinthia Runs Alaska

Hatcher Pass Marathon race report

Hatcher Pass Marathon race report

It’s been a while. Okay, it’s been like over half a year. Maybe longer. I’m afraid to check. I need to get my ass in gear, I really do. I have three race reports to post, one from way back in April (you remember April, right?). I’ll start in the middle with the Hatcher Pass […]

Sled dog races

Sled dog races

This past weekend we pulled on our boots and warm coats and ventured out to the Campbell Tract trails to watch the Fur Rondy World Championship Sled Dog Races. We walked back into the woods and stood at the side of the trail, no one else around. Everything so quiet; we could hear snow fall […]

Still running, after all this time

Still running, after all this time

Holy, holy, I haven’t posted here in forever. How did that happen? How did time get so far away from me? The good news is that I’m still running. I never stopped running; I simply stopped writing about running and I’m not sure why. Maybe I didn’t have anything to say. Maybe I had too […]

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