Book Signing in Silver City, Idaho

Greetings my friends. If you happen to make it to Silver City, Idaho on the weekend of September 17 to 18, I will be available to sign copies of The Perilous Journey Begins at the Fire & Rescue Store. I will donate all profits to the store. You can find more information by following this link:

Book Signing Silver City

And here is a nice photo of Silver City to convince you to make the trip. Don't forget to bring a four-wheel-drive vehicle (with good ground clearance) and sufficient drinking water.

Rich Ritter Facebook Page

Good evening my reading friends. I would like to direct you to my Facebook page. Please take a look when you get the chance. You can find it here:

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A One-Line Fountain Pen Doodle

It appears that I can't help myself. Now that I've rediscovered my thirty-year-old fountain pen, I have this peculiar itch to doodle with it. I created this doodle yesterday with only one line. See if you can find both end points in less than 10 seconds.

An Old Fountain Pen and a New Doodle

I found my old Montblanc fountain pen earlier this week. I also discovered seven ink cartridges hiding in a tattered box near the back of the drawer. After fiddling with the pen for several days, I finally decided to find out if the darn thing still worked (I think I last used it in the late 80s). I loaded a cartridge, uncapped the pen, got ink all over my hand, grabbed a sheet of paper from the recycling bin, and...doodled. I probably should have written a poem or short story, but I couldn't think of a good first line. No worries: the doodle tells a rather poetic story without words.

Free eBook Giveaway of Toil Under the Sun: A Novel

Good morning my friends,

I'm currently offering a free eBook giveaway on Amazon of my first novel: Toil Under the Sun. Check out the photo montage in my last post. You can find the link to the giveaway on my website blog:

          Rich Ritter Books Blog

You can also read a Kirkus review of the book by following the link to the right. The first 14 people win a free copy and the giveaway runs through Tuesday night, so please make haste.

Toil Under the Sun Photo Montage

Just for fun, I created a photo montage for my first book.

Toil Under the Sun is a novel of the Korean War and an adopted son who does not believe he is worthy of love. My wife, who is a talented architect and graphic artist, designed the cover. Both the canteen and Chinese helmet were brought back from Korea by my father, who served in the U.S. Army as a first lieutenant. Unfortunately, he departed this world several years ago and never had the chance to read the novel. Please let me know what you think. I'd love to hear from you.

Please follow this link to purchase a copy of the novel:

Toil Under the Sun: A Novel (eBook)