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Beth Barany

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Beth Barany has been making up fantasy and adventure stories all her life. She writes to empower girls and women with her kick ass heroines who have to save the world against great odds.

Beth likes to read books for kids and adults, mostly fantasy and science fiction, plus science fiction and paranormal romance, and mysteries and thrillers, too.

She’s been writing since she was a little girl, and wanted to be a writer. She also wanted to be a spy, detective, broadcast journalist, model, actress, or adventurer. She also wanted to be magic, go to outer space, travel to every continent and learn lots of languages.

Today she speaks fluent French, and so far has had adventures in three continents: North America, Europe and Africa.

While she hasn’t g...more


Say you have a jar full of rocks, pebbles, and sand. Each rock, pebble, and grain of sand represents a step you can take to being a bestselling author, a full jar. Some steps take more time than...



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Published on May 30, 2012 05:35
Average rating: 4.44 · 62 ratings · 20 reviews · 7 distinct works
Henrietta The Dragon Slayer
4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
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The Writer's Adventure Guid...
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The Writer's Adventure Guide
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Overcome Writer's Block
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“You know how you have a good meal and you got gravy left on the plate. The gravy was so good that you don’t want to leave it on the plate but you don’t want to be a pig about it? So you take your bread and use it to sop up the rest of the gravy. That guy is totally soppable!”
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“He reached out and intertwined our hands. Gently urging me forward he whispered, “Have I lost you love?”
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“I’m in the habit of employing either sharks or mice.”
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Melanie Nowak Thanks for the friendship!


message 6: by Rai

Rai Thanks for your friendship, Beth! Do write on!

~Rai


A. R. Beth, thanks for the add! I seem to remember you from the online writer's conference, no?


message 4: by Kris

Kris Neri Thanks for friending this mystery & paranormal author, Beth. It's good to connect with you here.

Kris

Kris Neri
Magical Alienation: A Samantha Brennan and Annabelle Haggerty Magical Mystery


Charlotte Liebel Thank you for your friendship at Goodreads, Beth. Believe I have an interest in a couple of your books.

~Charlotte


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Beth Barany Leon wrote: "Thanks for adding me as a friend,

Leon Shure"


Thanks Leon!


message 1: by Leon

Leon Shure Thanks for adding me as a friend,

Leon Shure


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