Author: Rachael Ritchey

  • Adventure Scifi/Fantasy Short Story Contest!

    Adventure Scifi/Fantasy Short Story Contest!

    *3/17/18 The ASF Short Story contest is now closed for entries. WELCOME! It’s time for the Adventure Scifi and Fantasy Short Story Contest It’s important to have an awfully long title for a short story contest, I think. Entries for this Short Story Contest are now closed. Thank you to those who submitted! You can…

  • How to Write Our Best Short Fiction: Using the MICE Quotient

    With the Adventure Writing Contest coming up, I want to make sure I provide you with easy, accessible tools and information to write the best short story you can! So, I’ve been digging around the internet for helpful advice, and I came across this great podcast that I’ve been missing out on. Seriously. Missing out!…

  • It’s Almost Time! Adventure Writing Contest

    It’s Almost Time! Adventure Writing Contest

    *addition: Click here to ENTER the Contest and to read Official Rules How’s your preparation for the upcoming Adventure Scifi and Fantasy Contest coming? Do you need any help or extra inspiration? Entries for this Short Story Contest don’t actually open until February 26th, 2018, so you’ve still got more time to write…or procrastinate. Whichever works…

  • 17 things you (probably) didn’t know about author Darlene Foster.

    Darlene Foster is the author of the fanciful tales of Amanda, a young girl from Canada who finds herself on the most extraordinary adventures. Amidst all Darlene’s writing, she finds herself on her own adventures, and there’s much more to this writer than meets they eye! Today, I am pleased to welcome Darlene Foster to…

  • The Last Motley has arrived! And you don’t want to miss this.

    I love Books. I love Treasure Hunts. I love Authors and Giveaways and Meeting New People! Welcome to the virtual book tour for The Last Motley by Grace Award nominated author DJ Edwardson. To celebrate the book’s release the digital version is being offered at the special discounted price of 99 cents, now through February 17th, 2018.…

  • 16 Things you (probably) didn’t know about…L.M. Nelson, Author.

    We’re here with L.M. Nelson, but before I finish off this fun interview we started on Monday, here are the most important links of the day: The Guardian as well as L.M. Nelson’s other titles can be purchased on Amazon Smashwords Now on to the weird, the odd, the fun that is today’s interview! Sixteen things…

  • When You Corner an Author: L.M. Nelson…An Interview

    Do you ever wonder about the people behind the books floating around out there? You know, the books in cyberspace. The ones crowding shop shelves and stacked on the floor beside your bed. Those books. Who are the people behind them? The ones we call writers, and dare I say…authors. Are they mind readers? Lofty…

  • Podcasts for Writers

    This is not an exhaustive list of podcasts. In fact, it’s only a few, and I’d love to know what writerly podcasts you listen to. I listen on Stitcher on my phone. So, this limits the ones I have access to, since I don’t have iTunes, and some podcasts haven’t expanded their reachability. Stitcher is easily…