About…

Known for complex characters and unapologetic genre-bending, Ruthanne writes in and around Seattle. She belongs to a husband, a housemate, and a cat, respectively.

Manifesto: 1. If it hurts, you’re doing it wrong. (Thank you, Holly Lisle.) 2. There’s no such thing as coasting. You’re either going uphill… or you’re going down.

Twitter: @ruthannereid
Facebook: ThisReidWrites

Coming Soon: The Sundered

A young man fights for survival in a world of water that kills, but the “fix” may demand the death of an entire species – either the enslaved Sundered, or his own.

Read chapter one here!

Latest Posts…

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I write because of this man. Recognize him? That would be J. R. R. Tolkien. I still have this memorized: “In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an ozzy smell. Nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing [...]

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How Many?

01/25/2012

Heh. Well, this will make it easier when I’m published. HowManyOfMe.com There is person with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?  

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SOPA Strike

01/17/2012

Don’t forget to strike using your website on January 18th. This link will tell you how: http://sopastrike.com/#how-to-strike Seriously, sign up and do this. Let’s send as strong a message as we can about internet censorship!

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