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After being a professor of history for over 30 years, I am now retired and writing full time. My first book, Maids of Misfortune, was actually written over twenty years ago, based in part on my dissertation research on women who worked in the Far West at the end of the NIneteenth Century. However, a full time career of teaching and an active family life left me little time to do what was necessary to achieve success in traditional publishing.

When I cut back on my teaching several years ago, I began to investigate the new opportunities in ebooks and independent publishing, and I decided from my research to self-publish Maids of Misfortune. For anyone interested, my blog details the reasons for that decision, and the ups and downs of being a...more


At the Digital Minds Conference held before the 2013 London Book Fair, Neil Gaiman made a speech where he asked the question: “How do we make ourselves heard in a world of too much information?” His answer: We rely on becoming dandelions.


626px-Dandelion_seed_dispersalGaimen went on to say: “…the model is try everything. Make mistakes. Surprise ourselves. Try anything else. Fail. Fail better. Succeed in ways we would never...

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Average rating: 3.60 · 1,311 ratings · 295 reviews · 4 distinct works · Similar authors
Maids of Misfortune (A Vict...
3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 821 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions
Uneasy Spirits (A Victorian...
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 306 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions
Dandy Detects (A Victorian ...
3.39 of 5 stars 3.39 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
The Misses Moffet Mend a Ma...
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions

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message 3: by Peggy

Peggy Randall-Martin Louisa, It is a pleasure to 'meet' you. Never stop writing! I can hardly wait to read your next book.

I have started a new book, "Deconstructing Mary," and have posted the prologue on Goodreads. If you have time, I would love for you to read it and let me know what you think of it:
http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/2...


message 2: by M.

M. Locke Dear Beth,

Thanks for reaching out. Looks like your mysteries are doing well. I am right now completely immersed in trying to finish my sequel, so I am feeling a bit like a hermit, but look forward to checking out your work when I come up for air.


message 1: by Beth

Beth Thanks for befriending this fellow mystery author on Goodreads!


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