Britt Ringel's Blog

Well, it’s been a long, long time since I last updated and if you’re somehow reading this, thank you. Thanks for sticking with me. I’ve enjoyed retirement with my wife, moved states, switched from suburban living to very, very rural … Continue reading →

Dystopian novels feature reimagined worlds that, while sharing some similarities with our own, have been fundamentally changed. Maybe the world was impacted by a natural disaster, or the aftermath of war, or the existence of some phenomenon that changes the … Continue reading →

Smashwords has created a special Authors Give Back event, that allows writers who sell through their site to offer their ebooks free or deeply discounted.  You can find the sale here and it runs through April 20th.  This Corner of Continue reading →

I’ve blogged before about how a number of scenes scattered in This Corner of the Universe are inspired by real events in military history. (For a summary of those posts, check out Best of the Blog – Military History). Well, … Continue reading →

With today’s release of Tempered, I’ve now put ten novels out into the world. In that time I hope I’ve grown as a storyteller (only readers can be the judge of that), and I’ve learned a lot about what matters … Continue reading →

Just a quick note to announce that the release date for Tempered is official now.  It’s April 5th, just in time for some weekend reading!  You can pre-order if you’d like, or just find the ebook on these various pages … Continue reading →

We’re less than a month away from the release of Tempered, the second book in the Scorched trilogy.  Fans of This Corner of the Universe know I’m a “map guy”… the TCOTU galaxy is well over 100 worlds and will … Continue reading →

Yvonne at Art4Artists outdid herself with all three of the new covers for the Scorched trilogy. Without further ado, I’m very proud to reveal the cover for Book 2, Tempered: If you compare this to the cover for Scorched in … Continue reading →

In 2016 I wrote my only book not set in the This Corner of the Universe galaxy. Scorched was (and is) a dystopian story, definitely still science fiction but not my usual setting. I was inspired to write about a … Continue reading →

‘Tis the Season for curling up by the fire with a good book.  For all of December, I’ve put my best “happily ever after” story on sale wherever ebooks are sold.  You can read the first chapters right here and meet … Continue reading →