Rachael Ritchey

Author: Rachael Ritchey

  • Interview with #BlogBattle “Pure” Winner: Natasha Roxby

    Everyone welcome Natasha Roxby to the #BlogBattle Winner Interview stage! Natasha is brand new to the battle, but her story really caught the attention of the readership, and she’s won “Pure” week. Her story for this theme is called Flight, and you really should go check it out if you haven’t read it yet. Natasha, we…

  • A Trace of Cologne

    #BlogBattle 51: Trace Terry is a rather clumsy woman in her early thirties whose career is confectionery. She’s about to go out on a business date with an old acquaintance named Luke Blaine who is next in line to take over his father’s huge candy-making and sales empire. He’s approached her with a secretive business…

  • Dr. Trace

    Dr. Trace by Bekah Detectives Mark Quadrant and Lucy Vogel entered the lab and started to get a close look around. They found a man sleeping in one room with his face on a stack of papers and drool dripping from his mouth. “Um excuse me, sir. . .?” Vogel asked and stepped closer towards…

  • #BlogBattle 51 “Trace” Entries & Voting

    #BlogBattle 51 “Trace” Entries & Voting

    #BlogBattle 51 Story Theme: Trace You know what this means, right? Next week will mark one year of #BlogBattle! I’m amazed and so thankful to everyone who participates and makes this writing thing happen every week. And to celebrate, we’ll be having a bit of a party next week. Participants, choose a favorite #BlogBattle story you’ve…

  • Texting Conversations in Writing: What’s the best format?

    I was reading a great post on Dan Alatorre’s blog today, “3 Ways to Show a Text Conversation” (that’s no longer available). It was talking about how to write text messaging in our manuscripts. He presented several ways of accomplishing it, but after some research and feedback he felt only one was a truly worthwhile way.…

  • Interview With Author Rachael Ritchey

    Originally posted on DAN ALATORRE: Your humble host Author and friend of the blog Rachael Ritchie is an enthusiastic writer who has spared a few moments from her day to sit down with us. It’s her birthday, by the way, so she’s giving readers a special offer. (Be sure to read to the end for…

  • Pure Confectionery

    #BlogBattle 50 “Pure” continuing from Lord of the Lollipops genre: drama-romance Where we left off last week: “Let me take you to dinner,” Luke said. Before she could protest he added, “At least hear me out.” Terry pursed her lips as he slipped his hands into the pockets of his trousers and rocked back on his heels. She…

  • #BlogBattle 50 “Pure” Entries & Voting

    #BlogBattle 50 Story Theme: Pure (basic rules at the bottom of the post) Post your story by 11:59 PM PST on Tuesday! I add them here throughout the day on Tuesday. Look for stories using #BlogBattle on Twitter, too! Wednesday, the poll gets added. Be sure to read them all. All the links will open in…