Will Ritter
@willritter.bsky.social
Author, teacher, husband, dad, exhausted human.
I've had Denzel's up in my classroom for the past decade. It's so charming. :)
July 4, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I've had Denzel's up in my classroom for the past decade. It's so charming. :)
Oregon readers! I am so excited to be joining @rosieethor.bsky.social for the launch of FIREFLY: AIM TO MISBEHAVE tomorrow! Don't miss it if you will be in the area of Beaverton on Friday!
November 15, 2024 at 12:09 AM
Oregon readers! I am so excited to be joining @rosieethor.bsky.social for the launch of FIREFLY: AIM TO MISBEHAVE tomorrow! Don't miss it if you will be in the area of Beaverton on Friday!
Okay… so my feed is full of couch jokes right now. Tell me why—today of all days—this is the DAD JOKE of the day. The universe is in on it.
July 26, 2024 at 4:44 AM
Okay… so my feed is full of couch jokes right now. Tell me why—today of all days—this is the DAD JOKE of the day. The universe is in on it.
So excited to be on my way to the Gaithersburg Book Festival!
(LESS excited to have gotten up at 3AM, and to have sat on the tarmac in a middle-seat for an hour while my 2nd plane turned into a sauna because they couldn’t get the engine started and eventually just deplaned.)
… But YAY BOOKS!
(LESS excited to have gotten up at 3AM, and to have sat on the tarmac in a middle-seat for an hour while my 2nd plane turned into a sauna because they couldn’t get the engine started and eventually just deplaned.)
… But YAY BOOKS!
May 17, 2024 at 4:55 PM
So excited to be on my way to the Gaithersburg Book Festival!
(LESS excited to have gotten up at 3AM, and to have sat on the tarmac in a middle-seat for an hour while my 2nd plane turned into a sauna because they couldn’t get the engine started and eventually just deplaned.)
… But YAY BOOKS!
(LESS excited to have gotten up at 3AM, and to have sat on the tarmac in a middle-seat for an hour while my 2nd plane turned into a sauna because they couldn’t get the engine started and eventually just deplaned.)
… But YAY BOOKS!
This is the title of a Lish McBride book, and it is AMAZING. 😄 The sequel, NECROMANCING THE STONE, is also killer.
May 17, 2024 at 11:24 AM
This is the title of a Lish McBride book, and it is AMAZING. 😄 The sequel, NECROMANCING THE STONE, is also killer.
Audiobook sale alert! My follow-up to the Jackaby series, ROOK, is going for $4.99 until the 29th. /end shameless self promotion.
February 24, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Audiobook sale alert! My follow-up to the Jackaby series, ROOK, is going for $4.99 until the 29th. /end shameless self promotion.
Ice storm update: Day 8.
Ice is mostly gone, lots of down trees. STILL no power at my house OR my school, but they’re making progress.
(The district has not YET declared school cancelled Monday, so just hoping they don’t make me go back to my ice house to work in the morning.)
Ice is mostly gone, lots of down trees. STILL no power at my house OR my school, but they’re making progress.
(The district has not YET declared school cancelled Monday, so just hoping they don’t make me go back to my ice house to work in the morning.)
January 21, 2024 at 11:46 PM
Ice storm update: Day 8.
Ice is mostly gone, lots of down trees. STILL no power at my house OR my school, but they’re making progress.
(The district has not YET declared school cancelled Monday, so just hoping they don’t make me go back to my ice house to work in the morning.)
Ice is mostly gone, lots of down trees. STILL no power at my house OR my school, but they’re making progress.
(The district has not YET declared school cancelled Monday, so just hoping they don’t make me go back to my ice house to work in the morning.)
We are day three into a blackout here. Everything is coated in multiple inches of ice. Trees up and down the street have come crashing down. (Everyone in the house is safe, albeit very chilly.)
January 15, 2024 at 5:13 PM
We are day three into a blackout here. Everything is coated in multiple inches of ice. Trees up and down the street have come crashing down. (Everyone in the house is safe, albeit very chilly.)
ROSE CITY COMIC CON is NEXT WEEKEND!
I am so excited to be joining the Powells Books "BOOK FAIR" at RCCC in Portland. If you'll be at the con, be sure to visit E145-146—I'll be taking part in panels with other awesome authors from Sept 22-24 & doing signings directly after each!
I am so excited to be joining the Powells Books "BOOK FAIR" at RCCC in Portland. If you'll be at the con, be sure to visit E145-146—I'll be taking part in panels with other awesome authors from Sept 22-24 & doing signings directly after each!
September 16, 2023 at 5:27 PM
ROSE CITY COMIC CON is NEXT WEEKEND!
I am so excited to be joining the Powells Books "BOOK FAIR" at RCCC in Portland. If you'll be at the con, be sure to visit E145-146—I'll be taking part in panels with other awesome authors from Sept 22-24 & doing signings directly after each!
I am so excited to be joining the Powells Books "BOOK FAIR" at RCCC in Portland. If you'll be at the con, be sure to visit E145-146—I'll be taking part in panels with other awesome authors from Sept 22-24 & doing signings directly after each!
There's a simultaneous giveaway for JACKABY (all dressed up in its new cover by @coreybrickley.bsky.social). You can still enter BOTH Goodreads Giveaways in the next 12 hours.
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/364693-jackaby
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/364693-jackaby
August 18, 2023 at 7:24 PM
There's a simultaneous giveaway for JACKABY (all dressed up in its new cover by @coreybrickley.bsky.social). You can still enter BOTH Goodreads Giveaways in the next 12 hours.
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/364693-jackaby
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/364693-jackaby
ROOK is coming out on Aug 22, and my publisher is giving away THIRTY free copies through Goodreads. The deadline's TONIGHT at midnight... so I though maybe I should actually promote it just a tiny bit before time runs out:
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/364721-rook
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/364721-rook
August 18, 2023 at 7:21 PM
ROOK is coming out on Aug 22, and my publisher is giving away THIRTY free copies through Goodreads. The deadline's TONIGHT at midnight... so I though maybe I should actually promote it just a tiny bit before time runs out:
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/364721-rook
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/364721-rook
The newest Covid variant is “Eris.” As in—goddess of discord & strife who caused a decade long war that cost countless lives because she was slighted. That Eris. The Iliad?
Just saying… if something’s really bad, is it a good idea to name it after a deity? Are we TRYING to invoke wrath?
Just saying… if something’s really bad, is it a good idea to name it after a deity? Are we TRYING to invoke wrath?
August 11, 2023 at 5:24 PM
The newest Covid variant is “Eris.” As in—goddess of discord & strife who caused a decade long war that cost countless lives because she was slighted. That Eris. The Iliad?
Just saying… if something’s really bad, is it a good idea to name it after a deity? Are we TRYING to invoke wrath?
Just saying… if something’s really bad, is it a good idea to name it after a deity? Are we TRYING to invoke wrath?
WitWCon would be LIT. (Like… as in “literature”).
August 11, 2023 at 4:04 AM
WitWCon would be LIT. (Like… as in “literature”).
The last time my kids dressed up together for Halloween (probably the last time they ever will 🥺) was years ago—Pokémon costumes with paper maché heads. They were so cute.
Anyway—found the old heads & spent some quality time together mounting them like grim trophies! So happy with the results! 😄
Anyway—found the old heads & spent some quality time together mounting them like grim trophies! So happy with the results! 😄
August 8, 2023 at 10:46 PM
The last time my kids dressed up together for Halloween (probably the last time they ever will 🥺) was years ago—Pokémon costumes with paper maché heads. They were so cute.
Anyway—found the old heads & spent some quality time together mounting them like grim trophies! So happy with the results! 😄
Anyway—found the old heads & spent some quality time together mounting them like grim trophies! So happy with the results! 😄
Repost two pics 10 years apart
Me & the fam at Nago Pineapple Park (living in Okinawa, had just sold my FIRST book, the kid was going on 3.)
Me & most of the fam at the County fair. (Living in Oregon, working on book TEN, the same kid just turned 13.)
Me & the fam at Nago Pineapple Park (living in Okinawa, had just sold my FIRST book, the kid was going on 3.)
Me & most of the fam at the County fair. (Living in Oregon, working on book TEN, the same kid just turned 13.)
August 3, 2023 at 2:54 AM
Repost two pics 10 years apart
Me & the fam at Nago Pineapple Park (living in Okinawa, had just sold my FIRST book, the kid was going on 3.)
Me & most of the fam at the County fair. (Living in Oregon, working on book TEN, the same kid just turned 13.)
Me & the fam at Nago Pineapple Park (living in Okinawa, had just sold my FIRST book, the kid was going on 3.)
Me & most of the fam at the County fair. (Living in Oregon, working on book TEN, the same kid just turned 13.)
Whoops—should have included that PREORDERS can still get free art prints of the whole cover set. It’s a whole thing. Corey’s artwork is stunning. Check it out:
tinyurl.com/2vypa7mz
tinyurl.com/2vypa7mz
August 2, 2023 at 11:09 PM
Whoops—should have included that PREORDERS can still get free art prints of the whole cover set. It’s a whole thing. Corey’s artwork is stunning. Check it out:
tinyurl.com/2vypa7mz
tinyurl.com/2vypa7mz
I just opened a box with the fished editions of ROOK (Aug 22!) AND a full set of the JACKABY series with their new @coreybrickley.bsky.social covers. THEY ARE SO BEAUTIFUL!!! 🥺😭😍
August 2, 2023 at 11:02 PM
I just opened a box with the fished editions of ROOK (Aug 22!) AND a full set of the JACKABY series with their new @coreybrickley.bsky.social covers. THEY ARE SO BEAUTIFUL!!! 🥺😭😍
Self portrait. It's me.*
*But also it might be you.
**But probably it's all of us. 😰
#DumpsterFiresAllTheWayDown
*But also it might be you.
**But probably it's all of us. 😰
#DumpsterFiresAllTheWayDown
July 26, 2023 at 8:34 PM
Self portrait. It's me.*
*But also it might be you.
**But probably it's all of us. 😰
#DumpsterFiresAllTheWayDown
*But also it might be you.
**But probably it's all of us. 😰
#DumpsterFiresAllTheWayDown