E. M. Ritchie

Where Every Page Opens A New World

  • Competition – Win a Signed Book

    I’m currently holding a competition to win a signed copy of The General’s Captive (signed only by me, E.M. Ritchie).

    If you’d like to be in with a chance of winning, please follow the instructions in this picture.

    Here’s the link to my Facebook page: Facebook

    Good luck!

  • Signing at Spellbound

    On the 8th of November, I had the honour of signing books at Spellbound in Thurso, Caithness. Spellbound is my favourite shop in the whole of Caithness, with it’s witchy vibes and amazing staff, there’s seriously no better place.

    The book signing was a success – meeting locals, potential readers, and selling 15 books.

    I would LOVE to do another signing at Spellbound soon.

  • Book 2 of the Rift Series is Now Available

    The King’s Betrayal, which is the 2nd book of the Rift Series by me and Stephanie Hudson is now available on Kindle and Paperback!

    If you’re in to urban fantasies, monster, alpha’s and slow burns then this is for you!

    Available now at https://geni.us/TheKingsBetrayal

  • I published a book… like 3 month’s ago

    I published a book with co-author Stephanie Hudson, and I didn’t share the news with you all. I don’t know what it is about me, perhaps it’s that ADHD brain of mine, but I regularly forget some websites exist – including this one!

    I’ll try and do better, but I can’t promise anything!

    So, yes, The General’s Captive is now available on Kindle and in Paperback. It was released on the 30th August 2025.

    We managed to get it to number 1 in a couple of categories, which was an absolutely fantastic achievement for my debut novel.

    Reviews are showing that the majority of readers are enjoying it, but I know the book or the series will not be everyone’s cup of tea. That’s ok though – it would be boring if we all liked the same thing.

    Is this your cup of tea?

    This is available now at: https://geni.us/TheGeneralsCaptive

  • Popular Books I Haven’t Yet Read – But There’s A Reason…

    Since having my baby, memories have fallen out of my head and disintegrated into nothingness, never to be found again. But that brings some positives – I can now read all the books I read pre-baby like it was the first time I have read them and I might do a post about the books I’ve rediscovered another time.

    On the negative side, re-reading books I’ve already consumed once in my life means I don’t have time to read any new books. The reality is, I’m not getting much reading in at all! Why not, you ask? Well, being a mum is taking up a lot of time, I work and I’m also due to bring out three of my own books (co-authored) over the next few months.

    Once my books are released, I am going to reward myself by reading a few of the popular books I’m seeing all over BookTok and my Facebook newsfeed, and I’d love to know your opinion. If I can only read one of the books below, which would you recommend?

    The Fourth Wing Series by Rebecca Yarros

    ACOTAR Series by Sarah J Maas

    TOG Series by Sarah J Maas

    Quicksilver by Callie Hart

    Are there any others you would recommend? Let me know which you’d choose out of the above!

  • A Tough Decision…

    Back in 2013, I had an idea for a book series I just couldn’t stop obsessing over. So of course, as writers do, I opened my laptop and went to town. Within days I had around 50k words. I’ll admit – they were good, but they weren’t great. It is true that creativeness like art and the written word are subjective, but I knew my story as a whole was good, there was just something missing.

    I left it alone for a few years, revisiting it only occassionally to change sentences here and there but still something told me, it’s no good.

    Back in 2020, when Covid hit, I was furloughed for a month. Between episodes of Buff the Vampire Slayer, which I should have watched many years earlier, I took my story apart and created a similar world but this time with older characters and more darkness in the world. But still, it wasn’t right.

    This weekend, with that tightness in my chest I so often get when I want to be productive but I don’t know how, I opened the story yet again. It was obvious. Cliche after cliche. An orphan FMC, and a tyrant king (though i’ll never not love this cliche) to name but a few. I even had the first chapter start off in a tavern for crying out loud.

    But this is the thing about being a writer. If you write, and write, and you guessed it, you write some more, then you learn from it all. Those hours I dedicated to this story have not been a waste. If anything, they’ve been the most important of all the hours combined even after I’ve completed the triology, because I know that without all of that dialogue that doesn’t quite flow and the predicatable storyline, this story would be forgotten about.

    It’s allowed my story to evolve, and though I am starting a fresh, starting with a blank page, I have never been so excited to get this story out there.

    Watch this space.

  • An Author’s Introduction

    I’m E.M.Ritchie aka Elizabeth or Liz, and right now, I’m co-authoring a trilogy with Author Stephanie Hudson.  Then I’ll be jumping straight into working my way through a never-ending to-be-written list packed with magic, mayhem, and the occasional morally questionable love interest.

    I’ve got enough book ideas bouncing around my head to fill a small library. Everything from dark fantasy and romantasy to reverse harem and even tentacled-alien erotica. Genre commitment? Never heard of it.

    Academically, I’ve collected degree’s in bioveterinary science, wildlife conservation, and I’m currently halfway through a STEM degree with the Open University — because apparently, I enjoy punishing workloads and high stress situations!

    In between writing and studying, I read like my life depends on it, explore the Scottish Highlands I’m lucky enough to call my home, and practice archery just in case I ever get dropped into a fantasy novel myself. I’m also constantly chasing after my two rescue dogs, and a boyzone/minion obsessed 15-month-old daughter who together, get up to so much mischief I worry for my sleep-deprived future.

    Talking about the future, I am super excited for the next couple of years ahead. Not only will I be bringing out all those stories swimming around my head, but I’ll be attending as many book signing events as possible. Watch this space for updates and more!