Successful Book Signing in Silver City, Idaho

I completed a successful book signing in Silver City this last weekend. I hand-carried 24 books to this picturesque little ghost town, and sold (and signed) the last book on Sunday at 1:05 pm. This is the first book of Nor Things to Come: A Trilogy of the American West. The title is The Perilous Journey Begins. I hope to make it down again next summer after the second book is published. I should mention that I have written the entire trilogy, so I already know how it ends.

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.