Tag: fiction

• “The Antidote” EXTRACT #BlogBattle Entry by Sue Denym

  Here’s to a fun entry by a new-to-BB-budding writer! She doesn’t have a blog of her own, so she’s here on mine to share her story today. 🙂 Enjoy! #BlogBattle word prompt for May: EXTRACT The Antidote by Sue Denym Dark clouds rumbled ominously. Rain pounded anything unhappy enough to be out in the storm.…

  Rachael Ritchey

  May 15, 2023

  #BlogBattles, guest post

  Blog Battle, blogbattle, fiction, short story, Story

• Roanoke Project #BlogBattle JURY Entry by B. O.

  Here’s a guest post from Bror for April’s JURY Blog Battle! Roanoke Project By Bror Orgenthorp “We have found the accused, Mr. William James Hagglesburth, guilty of crimes against the Galactic Coalition and therefore fit for the sentence of death by firing squad,” Juror Number 8 said calmly and slowly as to let my ears…

  Rachael Ritchey

  April 20, 2023

  Other Authors

  Blog Battle, blogbattle, fiction, flash fiction, guestpost, short story, Story

• New Book! New Interview! Meet Emily Hayse & The Rivers Lead Home (& Other Stories)

  Here the year 2020 is coming nearer its close, and I’ve had the privilege of sharing some great new books with you over the months! That trend is not stopping yet! This has definitely been a good year for books, if nothing else. Wouldn’t you agree? Well, Emily Hayse, author of Seventh City & The…

  Rachael Ritchey

  November 21, 2020

  featured, My Writing Journey

  book, emily hayse, fantasyfiction, fiction, newbook, shortstories

• New Release Review: Oath of the Outcast by C. M. Banschbach

  It is HERE!!!! I have been looking forward to this book ever since the first time I heard mention of this mysterious Mountain Baron with a rocky past. Here’s the synopsis (it screams: READ ME!) A lost brother.  An unwilling outlaw.  A rising enemy.  An unusual alliance.  Years ago, Rhys MacDuffy was brutally cut off…

  Rachael Ritchey

  July 27, 2019

  I think it’s neat, Other Authors, review

  C. M. Banschbach, cairns, celtic fiction, Claire M. Banschbach, familial love, family, fiction, historical fantasy fiction, New Adult, young adult

• “The Forever Door” Prologue Bonus

  This is a special preview prologue to my story “The Forever Door” in The Crux Anthology, a book of adventure science fiction and fantasy short stories by sixteen different authors. Official Release Date: November 26th, 2018 Available Now Enjoy this prologue to my story! History has seen its share of violence and the conquest of…

  Rachael Ritchey

  November 3, 2018

  Adventure Story Contest, short stories

  featured, fiction, short story, the crux anthology

• The Binding Moon Festival

  #BlogBattle is a monthly one-word writing prompt that I started a few years ago with some writer friends. Well, we’ve reinvented it and brought it back for our writing pleasure and your reading enjoyment! I hope you’ll find this MOON flash fiction short story both curious and worthwhile. Feel free to comment your thoughts! The…

  Rachael Ritchey

  August 25, 2018

  #BlogBattles, short stories

  Blog Battle, blogbattle, choice, featured, fiction, marriage, monthly writing prompt, Moon, short story, Story, Writing Prompt

• 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…

  Rachael Ritchey

  February 26, 2018

  Adventure Story Contest, featured

  action, adventure, anthology, book, contest, fantasy, fiction, rules, science fiction, scifi, short story, story contest, winner, writer, writing, writing contest

• 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!…

  Rachael Ritchey

  February 16, 2018

  I think it’s neat, Writing Tips

  adventure, Answer, Ask, Character, contest, Event, fantasy, featured, fiction, main character, Mary Robinete Kowal, mice, MICE Quotient, Milieu, Orson Scott Card, scifi, short fiction, short story, WIP, write, writer, writing, writing contest, Writing Excuses