Rachael Ritchey

Author: Rachael Ritchey

  • How to Not Get Overwhelmed: The Editing/Editor Consideration

    I hadn’t really planned to cover editing in the How to Not Get Overwhelmed with Indie Publishing series–except to say that as far as I’m concerned, editing is a must–but a question arose that I didn’t want to gloss over. Trust me when I say I know that editing can seem like a lofty, unattainable…

  • How to Not Get Overwhelmed with Indie Publishing: Make Your Big Goal Manageable

    When we last discussed How to Not Get Overwhelmed with Indie Publishing we worked on setting a publishing goal, and today we’ll talk about the breakdown; we’ll get an idea of the separate parts which are easier to tackle. If you’ve decided to publish for more than yourself or a select few of your family members, then…

  • 7 Ways Blogging Makes You a Better Creative Writer

    Reblog from I Came for the Soup with Candice Coates! Escapades of an Indie Author & Publisher by Rachael Ritchey: 7 Ways Blogging Makes You a Better Creative Writer Excerpt: First off, I gotta say thanks to Candice for this chance to share on her blog! It’s not every day I get the opportunity, and she…

  • #BlogBattle 59 “Voice” Entries & Voting

    #BlogBattle 59 “Voice” Entries & Voting

    #BlogBattle 59 Story Theme: Voice (basic rules at the bottom of the post) *** Please, please don’t be afraid to tell me if I’ve missed adding your story! I don’t want to leave any out, and I’d rather you bopped me on the head than miss your contribution! Thanks. ***  Post your story by 11:59 PM…

  • How to Not Get Overwhelmed with Indie Publishing

    In the indie publishing world it doesn’t take much to feel overwhelmed, and for some this means giving up before ever truly starting. It doesn’t matter if you’ve barely written a page of your book or have finished it (even going so far as to have it edited and uploaded to your preferred publishing avenue),…

  • Beta What? Why Indie Authors Don’t Exist in a Vacuum

    As a writer, just starting out and afraid to tell anyone I was writing, I couldn’t imagine having anyone look at the title let alone the very essence of the story I had so painstakingly laid upon the altar of paper. I could have easily been living in a vacuum of space, a gap in…

  • It’s All Fun and Games

    #BlogBattle “Float” – It’s All Fun and Games Genre: Suspense/Contemporary Drama A spark of something orange flashed before my eyes, and I flinched back. A sulfur sort of smell burned my nostrils, but I couldn’t see anything after the flash. It was totally dark, and the cold damp of the sandy floor under my bare…

  • Week 58 “Float” Entries & Voting

    #BlogBattle 58 Story Theme: Float (basic rules at the bottom of the post) *** Please, please don’t be afraid to tell me if I’ve missed adding your story! I don’t want to leave any out, and I’d rather you bopped me on the head than miss your contribution! Thanks. ***  Post your story by 11:59 PM…