Stephanie Ricker's Blog

The Goodreads blog format is so clunky that I almost never post here, but this story was worth redirecting you to my Wordpress blog:

Backpacking in Linville Gorge and almost dying from dysentery (probably)

Have you been chipping away for a manuscript for what feels like ages, but you're just not sure what else it needs to reach a publishable form?

If you're thinking about getting an editor but aren't quite sure what type of edit your manuscript needs, consider requesting a sample edit. For $20, you'll receive a manuscript critique, line edit, and copy edit of the first five pages of your manuscript. Learn more on my website at www.stephaniericker.com!

December is already chock-full of adventures. One of the biggest ones for me is that I quit my job at an association management company after six years! The travel schedule was murder, and I had been planning for a couple years to make a change once I hit the six-year mark. I've accepted a work-from-home position as a virtual executive assistant, and I'm really looking forward to the change.

Even more exciting than that, my new position will allow me the freedom to expand my freelance editing work! I've created a brand new website, www.stephaniericker.com, which outlines the editing services that I offer and also serves as an author page. I'm thrilled to be able to dive deeper into the editing world! I was so busy with my day job this past year that I had to turn down some manuscripts, and I'm glad that will no longer be the case.

Whether you have a fiction manuscript that needs polishing or a nonfiction document that needs to be typo-free, send it my way! I'd love to work with you. Check out www.stephaniericker.com for my rates and information.

I'm hooked. Giving books is almost as fun as getting them. This time I'm offering a free autographed paperback copy of The Battle of Castle Nebula, volume I in The Cendrillon Cycle! Click here to enter the Goodreads Giveaway.

At last, the third installment of The Cendrillon Cycle has launched today! You can now buy your paperback or ebook copy of The Star Bell on Amazon. I hope you enjoy the voyage!

Here’s what an advance reviewer has to say about The Star Bell:

“Ricker knows how to end a chapter with a good cliffhanger. Expect to read for longer than you intended.”

Are you a procrastinator? (If so, hello, fellow brethren.) Good news, though: It’s not too late to enter the Goodreads Giveaway for a FREE autographed copy of The Star Bell!

If you don’t win this giveaway, put The Star Bell on your Goodreads shelf to be notified the next time a giveaway is listed.

It’s also not too late to get your ebook copy of The Battle of Castle Nebula on sale for only $0.99. Don’t wait too long, though–this deal ends the first week of June.

Happy reading!

We’re coming up on the release of The Star Bell! Interested in a FREE autographed paperback copy? Enter the Goodreads Giveaway below!



If ebooks are more your style, go ahead and pre-order your Kindle copy of The Star Bell on Amazon for instant delivery on May 27th. And of course, The Battle of Castle Nebula is still on sale for $0.99 on Kindle!

Hello, everyone! We’re now only two weeks away from the launch of The Star Bell , and I’m incredibly excited. In celebration of the event, I’ve put The Battle of Castle Nebula , Volume 1 in The Cendrillon Cycle, on sale for only $0.99 on Kindle. If you haven’t read it yet, this is your chance!

As we get closer to the launch, there will be other exciting opportunities, like a Goodreads giveaway of an autographed paperback copy of The Star Bell (assuming I can get the darned giveaway feature to work–we have not been getting along). Remember, you can preorder your Kindle copy of The Star Bell any time you want, so it’ll magically appear in your Kindle on the 27th. You can also add it to your Goodreads shelf.

Life has been jam-packed and then some for what feels like an eternity, but I’m shoveling the commitments into a pile out of sight for a while to take a break. It’s my June goal to return to blogging weekly again on www.quoththegirl.wordpress.com, with fun stuff like book reviews (remember when I used to post those?) and other cool things, not just spamming you with promotional news. Stay tuned for the return of the good old blogging days!

This is not an April Fool's joke; I just have terrible timing. At long last, the next volume in The Cendrillon Cycle is available for pre-order! The Star Bell will launch in Kindle and paperback formats on May 27, and you can pre-order your Kindle copy now on Amazon. Go ahead and add it to your Goodreads shelf too!



Elsa Vogel has left her cinder’s life behind to sail with her companions aboard the Sovereign as it embarks on an exploratory mission. The crew’s destination is past the star bell, the last marker of civilization, into uncharted territory.

Elsa is determined to find out what lies beyond the star bell or perish in the attempt. But life aboard a Fleet frigate isn't at all how she dreamed, and old ties to the Tremaine Mining Company—and to her past on Anser—are not so easily severed.

Pick up the story where A Cinder's Tale, published in the internationally best-selling anthology Five Glass Slippers, left off! And don't miss the first volume in The Cendrillon Cycle, The Battle of Castle Nebula.

You may be wondering, why Volume III? What happened to Volume II? You've probably already read it. Here's the lineup:

The Cendrillon Cycle
Volume I: The Battle of Castle Nebula

Volume II: A Cinder's Tale
(published in the Five Glass Slippers anthology)

Volume III: The Star Bell

Clear as mud, no? But I thought it would be less confusing than someone reading The Battle of Castle Nebula and hopping straight to The Star Bell without knowing what happens in A Cinder's Tale.

Either way, I'm so excited for the upcoming launch of The Star Bell , and I hope you enjoy the story!

Great news! The Battle of Castle Nebula, Volume 1 in The Cendrillon Cycle, is now available for sale in paperback! The ebook is of course still available in Kindle and Nook.

I’m so excited to see this volume in tangible form, and I love how the wraparound cover turned out. Catching my first glimpse of that Quoth the Girl brand on the back was thrilling!

Unfortunately, the less-great news is that Volume 2 in The Cendrillon Cycle has been pushed back to a spring 2016 release. However, my goal is to simultaneously release Volume 2 on both Kindle and paperback.

The time has finally come! I’m thrilled to announce that my novella, The Battle of Castle Nebula, (The Cendrillon Cycle, volume I), makes worldfall today, the first day of winter. If you enjoyed the world of A Cinder’s Tale in the Five Glass Slippers anthology, explore that universe further in The Battle of Castle Nebula:

She has nothing left, not even her dreams. But Elsa Vogel still has her duty, and she will do it, no matter the peril, no matter the anguish in her heart as she leaves her ravaged home planet, perhaps never to return. And the same tragedy that tore Elsa’s life to pieces also transformed the lives of others. Others who may need a reason to go on living, after the cataclysmic Battle of Castle Nebula…

The Battle of Castle Nebula ebook is available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Don’t have an e-reader? Not a problem. Amazon offers a free Kindle app for almost every device.

Click here to enter to win a print copy of Five Glass Slippers, the anthology containing the first story set in the Cendrillon universe!