Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I’ve been getting SO MANY of those recently. It suuuuucks. 030
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026No visible facial scars. Several scars in less visible places. And emotional scars. Lots of those. 011
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I created and shared a "Why AI is harmful" video last week for my school, and have been encouraged to post it more broadly. So... If you like puppets & doodle-animation & telling students not to let robot butlers to do their thinking for them... enjoy! youtu.be/p4jvWJtEvKMyoutu.beMr. Ritter: AI in SchoolsYouTube video by R William Ritter 112
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026In the waiting room at the dentist, and just overheard a kid ask his parent “What does ‘grande’ mean?” “It means medium,” she answered. And to be clear—her answer was probably RIGHT in the context of the question, which only makes my brain hurt more. Thanks, Starbucks. You did this to us. 010
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I’m working on a project that’s part words and part pictures… so when I’m tired of writing words I can draw pictures, and when I’m tired of drawing pictures I can write words. …OR, as it turns out, I can just be tired ALL the time and make less progress than I’d like on EVERYTHING all at once. 😅 020
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Short answer: readers can decide. Long answer: Jackaby lived before modern labels & doesn’t love labels in general. That said, he cares less about the outside and more about inner truth. He’s happy in a relationship with limited physical intimacy—so one could easily read him as Panromantic-Ace. 010
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 03/08/2026As an author: baffling. As a teacher whose admins do this: MADDENING. Did you really just brag about using AI to make slides… for a building full of teachers? Did you really just cite AI as your source… to an English department? If I said “read the room,” would you make AI summarize it for you? 020
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I remember years before the AI boom, having conversation with other authors about how much we love the em-dash, even though it’s a rarity in academic prose. It’s almost as though AI companies used OUR writing without consent to train their models. (Looking forward to my Anthropic lawsuit check). 000
Reposted by Will Ritterseven🎨⊬ @sevey7.bsky.social · 28/06/2026the eyes of the seer fanart for @willritter.bsky.social’s wonderful jackaby series 111
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 · 28/02/2026Lish McBride is the author you’re looking for. She’s awesome. Very similar paranormal-adventure vibes with marvelously developed characters… but also *spice.* Try *Hold Me Closer Necromancer* for horror/action or *A Little Too Familiar* for more cozy paranormal romance. 👍 000
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 · 08/01/2026Hi, Seven. I am hard at work on a writing project that has been quietly growing for several years. I did love Algonquin, and I am sad about it closing—but I will find a good home for my next story eventually. 110
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 01/12/2025OMFG!!! What an awesome gig!!! Those pages are going to be 🔥. 110
Reposted by Will RitterTrudy Ludwig @trudyludwig.bsky.social · 22/10/2025You can find powerful #truths in literature—like this one in Book 4 of @willritter.bsky.social ‘s wonderful Jackaby series. #empathy #emotionalresilience #kindness #leadershipskills #compassion 111
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 · 20/06/2025Fully drafted, you say?media.tenor.coma man is sitting in front of a computer and eating popcorn while saying i 'm listeningALT: a man is sitting in front of a computer and eating popcorn while saying i 'm listening 110
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 20/06/2025If you have not discovered these books, they are AMAZING. 130
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Oh, really?media.tenor.coma man in a hoodie says go onALT: a man in a hoodie says go on 000
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 · 27/08/2024I loved the second season. Lots of loose ends seem bonkers but DO tie together at the end—very satisfying emotional arc—great classic Norse homage in the final episode. (In mythology, all stories are the trickster god’s stories—because what is a story if not a clever lie with a glorious purpose?) 040
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 06/08/2024Having flashbacks to the time I commented on the bird site that writing MG was, in some ways, even harder than YA, and YA, in some ways, even harder than Adult… and got the most vitriolic hate (from non-writers) for claiming that writing for children could ever be as hard as writing REAL books.😐 000
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 · 19/07/2024media.tenor.comYou Go Girl GIFALT: You Go Girl GIF 010
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 17/07/2024media.tenor.comThe Office Steve Carell GIFALT: The Office Steve Carell GIF 010
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 16/07/2024News is out: Algonquin Young Readers (home to all of my original books for ten years) is shuttering. Little Brown YA will absorb existing projects, so thankfully books won’t be orphaned—but good people are losing their roles and an era is coming to an end. Proud and grateful to have been part of it. 092
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 15/07/2024I'm just...media.tenor.comCool B99 GIFALT: Cool B99 GIF 030
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 15/07/2024Me: (Prepping a pitch a bit outside my norm.) I can do this. I've spent the past decade building connections & supports. Agent: I'm no longer representing your category of books. Editor: I'm retired from editing. Publishing House: We no longer exist moving forward. Random passing stranger: 🖕 391
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 08/07/2024OMFG. For the third time, Scrivener, there is no “Desmond.” I promise. This book is about actual, literal hell-monsters. Please. Just let me type “demons.” 010
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 17/05/2024I am in DC! Made it at last! Woo! If you’re in town, I’m excited to be chatting at the Ogden Nash pavilion on Saturday with Kim Johnson about her new book INVISIBLE SON at 3:15-4:05, followed by a signing. 010
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 · 16/05/2024If Corey can grow a mustache at Will, then Will can grow one at Corey. BAM! Mustached! How do YOU like it? 120
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 28/04/2024Our neighborhood is the coolest in the multiverse. 😎 Also, apparently I’m going to need to add the Elatsoe books to my TBR! Congrats to @littlebadger.bsky.social on the new release, BTW! The reviews are positively glowing, and the story sounds marvelous. :) 230
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 24/02/2024Link: t.co/0yF0qNrFiwt.cohttp://tinyurl.com/rookaudio 000
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 · 22/01/2024Happy Update: POWER IS BACK AT MY HOUSE!!! Eight days dark, but it’s finally up and running! Woohoo! 🎉 Utility crews have replaced more than EIGHTY downed poles, and they’re still working. It’s wild. Super grateful! 110
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 · 17/01/2024Update: day four, ice is still so bad. Woke up to 18 degrees. We finally called uncle. (Thankful that I bought emergency tire “snow-socks”.) We JUST made it to a hotel a few cities north before the freezing rain started again. Waiting it out with heat & warm water. Stay safe! 000
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 · 21/11/2023Hey, bookfolk! Hachette is offering 25% off through the 28th—and free shipping for orders over $25—so if you were thinking about gifting ROOK (or any of the other JACKABY or ODDMIRE books), now’s the time! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/willi... 011
Will Ritter @willritter.bsky.social · 03/11/2023Hey, I just met you And your dad’s Zeus, huh? His daughter cursed me. Call me Medusa. 020
