By Eric Thomas Ruthford
Voice From The Ladder
Religious concepts have a funny way of becoming physical and real at Camp St. Innocent, an Orthodox Christian summer camp. The impossible obstacle course is called the Hillside of Divine Ascent and each obstacle is named after a spiritual temptation. When an autistic camper cracks the code of how to get past them, the excitement of figuring it out first is too much for him. The ensuing outburst means he has to be separated from the group, but his counselor, Laura, is determined to calm him down, keep him in camp, and interpret the secret he’s trying to tell.
Author and speaker
Eric Thomas Ruthford
I live near Seattle, Wash., and have had a number of careers: newspaper reporter, Peace Corps volunteer in Ukraine, homeless shelter financial manager, non-fiction writer, preemie-parent advocate and fiction writer. These past few years I’ve been a stay-at-home Dad, which has given me the opportunity to write the Camp St. Innocent series, several YA novels about a summer camp. When I’m not writing, I like bicycling around Washington state and landscape photography.
Me announcing the release of Voice in the Ladder, Book 3 in the series, at a meeting of the Northwest Christian Writers’ Association.
I present a game of matching characters and their flaws for an audience at church.
Launch of A Voice is Born, the second book in my series. Press the cc button for the captions.
Other Writing
My first book
You love church but you wish there was someone your age in church you could love. This is a non-fiction collection of things you might try while you’re waiting to meet your special someone. Or, it might be just worth a few laughs.
Preemie-parent writing
In 2012, my wife and I had a baby who broke all sorts of rules from the get-go, like surviving after being born in the 22nd week of gestation. The attending physician said our son was below the threshold for what the hospital could try to save. We had some strong opinions about this and wrote about it.
Church humor blog, thedailypodvig.com
Here you can find fictional “news” stories to fit every awkward moment there is at coffee hour, liturgy or Sunday school. The characters in the stories are Eastern Orthodox Christians, but I hope there’s a laugh or two in there for everyone else.
My Writing Blog
Follow Along
A silly picture I must share
How to present weather data
Here's a blogpost on presenting data I found quite helpful and interesting. https://www.storytellingwithdata.com/blog/cold-and-context-lessons-from-the-polar-vortex
Libbie Hawker and a write-to-trend method she promotes
Back in September, I went to a seminar given by Libbie Hawker, the author of Take Off Your Pants, the most wonderful and most straightforward outlining book I've ever found. The talk was excellent. After the talk, I came home and wrote a post in the Facebook group 20...
