Rachael Ritchey

Author: Rachael Ritchey

  • #BlogBattle 63 “Hero” Entries & Voting

    Originally posted on BlogBattle: Hello! Welcome to the new Blog Battle! If you haven’t already, check out the slightly altered rules and twice monthly story posting (there’s a calendar with all the dates on the rules page). We’ll call the next few months a testing phase to see if the new changes are worthy of…

  • Up in Flames #BlogBattle #ShortStory

    #BlogBattle Genre: Drama/Suspense THEME word: HERO The blood curdling screams of onlookers were punctuated by the cracking of super-heated crossbeams and the deafening crash of a ceiling no longer held in place. Stephen slammed his mask on as fast as he could, checked his gauges, and ran for the crumbling building. His truck was the…

  • B-Fest Author Spotlight 3: Guy L. Pace

    Guy L. Pace is a super grandpa, served in the Navy, and worked as a journalist as well as some other interesting jobs I’ll let him tell you about. And while we think all that is pretty cool, we are most interested in the fact that he’s an author. I posted about his books earlier,…

  • Fiction by Guy L. Pace

    With Barnes & Noble’s upcoming Teen Book Festival, B-Fest, I’ve been able to line up some great author spotlights this week with some local authors. Guy L. Pace will be at the other BN in our area, out in Spokane Valley, but you should definitely check out his books. I’ll be at our BN Northtown…

  • B-Fest Author Spotlight 2: Morgan Wylie

    This is our lucky week! I have another fabulous author from my hometown to interview in celebration of Barnes & Noble’s B-Fest Teen Book Festival! Today I’d like to introduce you to Morgan Wylie. I did a spot on her books last week. Please help me welcome Morgan Wylie to the blog today. We’re going…

  • Seeing Words #ShortStory #BlogBattle #photograph

    They say a photograph is worth a thousand words. That might be a cliché, but for me it is the truth. You see, I’m mute and deaf. I can’t speak or hear. I’ve got my eyes, though, and I see things in a photograph that the average eye cannot. The truth is, I only need…

  • B-Fest Author Spotlight: Jenny Elliott

    Today we’re welcoming a special guest to the blog. Please say hello to Jenny Elliott, author of the YA paranormal romance, Save Me. I posted about her book last week, which you can check out by clicking here. Jenny is an author from my neck of the woods, around Spokane, WA, and I’m thrilled that she’ll…

  • How to Add a Cool Image Widget to Your WP Sidebar or Footer

    A friend asked for directions on how to add a Blog Battle widget to their blog, and I figured since I’d already typed of the instructions I might as well share them on my blog too. This is a quick tip I just typed up. I might add screenshots later, but I think this is…