Rachael Ritchey

Author: Rachael Ritchey

  • Guest Paul Andruss: Oh You Pretty Things…

    Don’t give up. Press on. And you might surprise yourself. Oh! You Pretty Things A Guest Post by Paul Andruss   David and Angie with new son Duncan (1971) Despite the chart success of Space Oddity during the Apollo moon-landing, David Bowie feared he was doomed to remain a one hit wonder. His second song…

  • Gift of the Gryphon

    #BlogBattle 4: Iridescent (Fairy Tale) Fairy tale – story about fairies or other magical creatures Gift of the Gryphon His eyes itched under the bandage. At least what was left of them did. The intensity of the pain had diminished over the last few weeks, but it did not remove the horror of losing his sight.…

  • The Elite Guardsmen Series: Ahmad

    I’ve taken the basic character interview put together by K.M. Weiland, pared it down a bit, and decided to use it for a fun series here on my blog called The Elite Guardsmen where I will give a spotlight to each of the twelve guardsmen of High Prince Theiandar. It’s just a fun way to…

  • The Warehouse #BlogBattle 3 Air. Suspense/Thriller short fiction

    #BlogBattle 3 WORD: AIR GENRE: Suspense/thriller – fiction about harm about to befall a person or group and the attempts made to evade the harm The Warehouse I couldn’t breathe over the thrashing of my heart beating an erratic rhythm up in my throat. Calm down, I mumbled in thought as I attempted to take in slow…

  • Proposal #BlogBattle 2 #fanfiction #JaneAusten

    #BlogBattle 2: Thorn (Fan Fiction) Proposal A Pride & Prejudice Fan Fiction Tale   Elizabeth and Jane stood by the rose bush, trimming off dead heads and gathering stems for a fresh bouquet. Their mother was in an uproar over some slight given by Lady Lucas, but they’d been able to quash the tantrum with…

  • How to Not Get Overwhelmed: ISBNs

    Sorry there’s been such a delay in getting on to the next chunk of this indie publishing break down! Life has been full. But you might be struggling with this whole ISBN business. I want to help you as much as I can. Here in the US, we have to buy our ISBNs (International Standard…

  • Guest Nicholas Rossis: You’re a SUCCESS!

    I’m so excited one of my favorite authors has agreed to be a guest on my blog.  Today I’d like to welcome Nicholas Rossis to our little corner of the wide web of the world. Nicholas is from Athens, Greece (this alone is “‘nough said” 🙂 ). He’s an author, web designer, and author services specialist.…

  • What I’ve been drawing . . .

    I’ve got this idea, and I’m not done with it yet, but I wanted to see if what I imagined in my head is going to work. And I think once I’ve finished the project it will be just what I wanted, but it might take some time. And then, I got this idea for…