Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Sometimes I use “raccoon” as a verb. To raccoon is to dive in with reckless, enthusiasm. (“WHY did you raccoon into the SIDE of this loaf of bread!?”) It sounds negative—but replacing self doubt with occasional reckless enthusiasm… actually super healthy. Raccoon your art, peeps! PS: new tattoo! 031
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 21/02/2026We’re in the silent era currently, but I’m prepping units ahead of time—and the golden era is gonna be LIT. In addition to film analysis each unit, they’ll also do a synthesis assignment—AKA “do it.” Just finished putting together light boxes for them to practice achieving noir lighting with toys. 040
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 21/02/2026A LOT of heaviness this year, so I am trying not to miss appreciating the positives along the way. Teaching a FILM AS LIT 🎥 class for the first time, and I am loving it. Yesterday was Buster Keaton… and students are actually engaging & having FUN. (Also, made my classroom a blockbuster. 📼) 120
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 04/07/2025I've had Denzel's up in my classroom for the past decade. It's so charming. :) 120
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Oregon 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! 082
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 26/07/2024Okay… 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. 020
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 17/05/2024So 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! 100
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 17/05/2024This is the title of a Lish McBride book, and it is AMAZING. 😄 The sequel, NECROMANCING THE STONE, is also killer. 020
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 24/02/2024Audiobook sale alert! My follow-up to the Jackaby series, ROOK, is going for $4.99 until the 29th. /end shameless self promotion. 111
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 21/01/2024Ice 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.) 010
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 15/01/2024We 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.) 120
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 16/09/2023ROSE 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! 011
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 18/08/2023There'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. www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/364… 011
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 18/08/2023ROOK 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: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/364… 111
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 11/08/2023The 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? 122
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 11/08/2023WitWCon would be LIT. (Like… as in “literature”). 000
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 08/08/2023The 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! 😄 000
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 03/08/2023Repost 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.) 010
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 03/08/2023Whoops—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 010
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 03/08/2023I 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!!! 🥺😭😍 152
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 26/07/2023Self portrait. It's me.* *But also it might be you. **But probably it's all of us. 😰 #DumpsterFiresAllTheWayDown 020
