Ruth Emmie Lang's Blog

Hey guys! It's been a while... In fact, I'm a little ashamed to admit it's been over a year since I updated this blog, but today, I have a very good reason:I'm excited to announce that BEASTS OF EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE is now available on paperback and was chosen as the Target Book Club pick for the month of December! This edition features a letter from the author (me!) and a reading group guide for your book club. And if you get there early, you can snag a signed copy.I LOVE Target. It's...

I can't believe I finally get to share BEASTS with the world. The last three years have been crazy for me and not just because of my publishing journey. This time two years ago, I could barely walk due to a series of chronic health issues. My goals in the months and years that followed were two-fold: 1. Publish my book and 2. Recover to the point where I could climb a mountain. I’m happy to say that this month, I did both.Thank you to everyone who helped me get to this point, to my family, fr...

To celebrate next week's release of BEASTS, I’m giving away 3 prize packs with all sorts of goodies themed around the book! To enter, post a picture of your favorite “beast” and tag it with the hashtag #BeastsBoxGiveaway on Instagram, Twitter, or Litsy. It could be a picture of your pet dog or cat (or pig!). It could be a picture of an animal from the zoo, or get creative and draw your own! As long as there is an animal somewhere in the post, you will be entered into a drawing to win one of t...

Look at what I got in the mail today! This last week has been crazy. Book of the Month Club picked Beasts as one of their October selections, and the response has been amazing. I'm truly honored by how many people are excited to read the book. Four years ago, when I was sitting on the couch in my pajamas writing the first draft, I could have never imagined it would end up here. Thank you to Book of the Month Club and judge Steph Opitz for including me in a line-up with such amazing female aut...

On Tuesday, August 15th, I'll be kicking off the Beasts Giveaway Challenge! To play, log in to your Litsy, Instagram, or Twitter account and post about a book that fits the day’s prompt along with the hashtag #BeastsGiveawayChallenge and be entered to win one of 10 advanced reader copies of my book, Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance, plus a bookmark! Each post earns you one entry into the contest, so the more challenges you complete, the better your chances of winning! I'll be playing alon...

Before I started writing "Beasts," I had this weird image in my headof a beekeeper standing over a glowing bee box in the middle of the night. It was that image that inspired me to write "Beasts," so I thought it would be the perfect scene to include in my book trailer. Columbus Metro Parks was nice enough to let us shoot at one of their parks on a beautiful May evening. I used to work on indie films, so it was fun to get to do that again and hang out with people I used to be on set with. Luc...

Summer is an awesome time to be a reader. You can go to the pool and pretend you’re there to swim, but you actually spend the whole time laying on a deck chair reading a book (or two). I’m pretty excited about my summer reading list this year. I mostly kept it pretty light (it is summer, after all), but I’ve heard really good things about Exit West so I had to throw that in the mix. Here it is! Ruth’s Summer Reading List 2017:1. The Bees by Laline Paull2. Mr. Penumbra’s 24-hour Bookstore by R...

“People are like plants: they grow toward the light.”Author:Hope JahrenGoodreads Description:Acclaimed scientist Hope Jahren has built three laboratories in which she’s studied trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Her first book is a revelatory treatise on plant life—but it is also so much more.**note: this post contains content that could be considered spoiler-y**As the daughter of a scientist,Jahren’s story struck a special chord with me. Like her, I also used to visit my dad’s lab as a kid. I...

Do you like wolves?Hopefully, you do, because my book has a lot of them.And fireflies.And pigs.Everyone likes pigs.How about spiders?No?Well, you can skip those chapters if you want to.If you like these things (or most of these things), you might want to consider entering my first Goodreads Giveaway(enter here) for an advanced copy of my novel Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance.We're giving away a whopping75 copies,so your odds of winning are pretty good! It opens today and you have until A...

Author:Joshua FoerGoodreads Description:Equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura celebrates over 600 of the strangest and most curious places in the world.If you’ve ever been to their website,you’ll know how awesome Atlas Obscura is. It’s basically a catalogue of every strange and obscure roadside attraction on the planet, ranging from crystalized skeletons to hair museums to gardens made entirely of poisonous plants. In their first ever print book, they highlight the best oddities th...