Bev Pettersen's Blog, page 29
June 7, 2018
Meet 2018 Golden Heart Finalist Elizabeth Chatsworth!
Elizabeth Chatsworth was born and raised in Yorkshire, England. After earning a Masters in Business Management, she left a career in corporate marketing to become a voice actor. She emigrated to the U.S., where she (barely) survived intensive comedy training with the Upright Citizen...
June 5, 2018
2018 Golden Heart Finalist Kate Belli on Overcoming Imposter Syndrome!
Kate Belli writes women’s fiction and historical fiction, including historical romance. A longtime Brooklynite, she recently relocated to the Deep South where she has learned to embrace football and biscuits, and to tolerate large insects. When not writing, Kate works as an art historian or a yogi, depending on the day. She is married t...
June 3, 2018
Meet 2018 Golden Heart Finalist Suzanne Turner
Suzanne grew up in Oregon (Go Ducks!) but has found herself living in Jacksonville with three too-energetic boys, an equally too-energetic husband, and a lot of mosquitoes. She’s a lawyer by training (Dad’s fault), a lover of books by raising (thanks, Dad!), and will argue to the death that a Bloody Mary is a legitimate vegetable...
May 31, 2018
Meet 2018 Golden Heart Finalist Alicia Anthony!
Alicia Anthony is a wanna-be full-time writer who splits her time between writing and teaching. She is ecstatic to have recently handed the baton back to her students’ parents for the summer. Now, it’s time to write! She lives in Jeffersonville, Ohio with her ever-tolerant husband and amazing teenage daughter. When not writing and teachin...
To Be A Writer or Not?
I officially started on this publishing journey twenty years ago last month. I’ve written millions of words before, just not for the public, but at some point (It was a sunny day), I pulled on my big girl panties and walked into a writers group meeting where there were other people who talked to the characters in their heads just like I did. They were the lost family I never knew existed and I was home. Since then, while the family I was born into (well, some of the family) supported my need...
May 29, 2018
Meet 2018 Golden Heart Finalist Melanie Edmonds
Melanie lives in the suburbs of Chicago with her Cardinals-loving husband and the three lovely daughters he’s ruined into being the same. When she’s not rooting for the Cubs alone*, she’s thinking about working her way through the alarmingly-high stack of books beside her bed, but really, she’s probably just re-reading The Hating Game.
*just...
May 28, 2018
The Fame Game
“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.” ―Henry David Thoreau, Walden
If you’ve met me or read any of my books, you’ve probably already figured out that fame fascinates me. The entire idea of celebrity culture is something I find bizarrely intriguing. I think it’s something about the dichotomy between image and truth – something that every human deals with, but now you’ve applied the magnifying glass of fame and everything is all out of proportion. The glittering pretty pe...
May 24, 2018
Meet 2018 Golden Heart Finalist Jeanne Oates Estridge!
Today we’re welcoming another Persister, Jeanne Oates Estridge, who is a finalist for Best Paranormal Romance with her manuscript THE DEMON’S IN THE DETAILS. Jeanne lives in Riverside, Ohio with her husband of 21 years and a geriatric Australian shepherd. Her house resounds with the sounds with the sounds of keys clicking, the occasional bark, and the pitter-patter of not-so-little grandkid feet. Her favorite thing to do, other than writing, is anything she’s never done before. Here’s a blurb...
May 22, 2018
Meet 2018 Golden Heart Finalist Alexandria Bellefleur
Alexandria grew up in the Pacific Northwest and still considers it home, despite now living on the opposite side of the country. When she’s not writing or reading, she can be found shipping fictional characters with a black cat curled up on her lap, and a strong cup of coffee or a glass of pinot noir in hand.
