Author Archives: IngridRicks
About IngridRicks
Ingrid Ricks is the author of Hippie Boy: A Girl’s Story, a New York Times memoir bestseller that was recently acquired by Berkley, a division of Penguin Random House. The book is scheduled for nationwide paperback release January 2014. She is also the author of Focus, a memoir about her journey with the blinding eye disease Retinitis Pigmentosa. She is currently working on a memoir about her yearlong quest to heal her eyesight, and is blogging about her journey at www.determinedtosee.com-
Register Now – Five Week Writing to Heal Workshop Kicks Off May 1st
Posted on April 6, 2023 by IngridRicks in FeaturedDo you have an emotionally hard story you need to write and release from inside? In this transformative five-week workshop offered in partnership with RevelEleven, I’ll help you tap into the healing power of personal narrative in a safe, intimate online space with other supportive writers. You’ll learn how to identify and structure the deeply […]
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Focus Now Available as an Audiobook
Posted on September 14, 2022 by IngridRicks in FeaturedMy memoir about my early journey with RP is finally available as an audiobook and I was given 25 free promo codes for anyone who is interested. I wanted to share it here because I know my journey will resonate with a lot of you. My next book is going to end with me getting […]
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Leveraging Your Mind and the Power of Now to Transform Your Life
Posted on July 23, 2022 by IngridRicks in FeaturedMy eyesight loss three years ago had me so crippled with grief and fear I was paralyzed. Determined to pull myself out of the abyss, I took a deep dive into every self-help and self-healing book I could find. The takeaways always boiled down to the same overall message: It’s our thoughts and beliefs that […]
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Catching a Ride on the Gratitude Train
Posted on September 19, 2021 by IngridRicks in FeaturedI was rocking it – thinking I had grief completely under wraps when it crashed down on me a few weeks ago. It happened when I learned that I had been shut out of a clinical trial for a new optogenetics drug I was convinced would give me back my eyesight. Somewhere in the recesses […]
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Back in the Game
Posted on July 28, 2021 by IngridRicks in FeaturedI was in a full downward spiral after getting news I had been blocked from a groundbreaking optogenetics clinical trial that could give me back my eyesight. Then I received a text message from former NFL Coach Golden Pat Ruel admonishing me to put on my hurdle-jumping shoes. “Remember that it’s often the second mouse […]
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Summer of Self-Love: Rewriting the Stories We Tell Ourselves
Posted on June 8, 2021 by IngridRicks in FeaturedI know all about the soul-destroying power of the toxic stories we feed on because mine nearly did me in. Two years ago, I was curled in a fetal position on my living room floor, so paralyzed with grief and despair over my recent eyesight loss that I couldn’t move. But it was the fear-induced […]
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Chemically Induced Retinal Cells Offer Vision Restoration Hope for RP
Posted on April 15, 2021 by IngridRicks in FeaturedI’ve been in hiatus for a couple of years because—between breast cancer and a sudden, dramatic drop in vision that now hovers around light perception—I felt like I had been smashed in the face with a two-by-four. But like all of you who are determined to see your family’s faces and the world around you, I’ve […]
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New Anthology Captures Stories of Hope, Resilience from Aging LGBTQIA+ Community
Posted on October 7, 2020 by IngridRicks in FeaturedIf you want to experience the life-changing power of personal storytelling at work, Unmuted is a must-read. Over the past year, I’ve had the gift of teaming with GenPRIDE Executive Director, Steven Knipp, and the amazing GenPRIDE community to offer an ongoing writing workshop that has resulted in this incredible anthology. I’m honored to have played a […]
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Write Your First Chapter Course Kicks Off via Zoom September 27th
Posted on September 14, 2020 by IngridRicks in FeaturedIf you have a memoir you need to write, check out my Hugo House course that starts September 27. In this intensive five-week course, I’ll teach you how to structure and outline your memoir and then develop your first chapter in a way that grabs readers and lays the foundation for your book. I’ll also help […]
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