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January 31, 2025
2025: A Year of Baking Adventures for the Bold and Bready
In 2025, I’m embarking on an adventure to bake more difficult or new-to-me things. One adventure per month is the aim. Care to join me? Here’s a tentative schedule:
JANUARY
Cornish cream scones
FEBRUARY
Challah
MARCH
Galette des Rois
APRIL
English muffins
MAY
Profiteroles
JUNE
Brioche
JULY
Macarons
AUGUST
Peach butter (not a bake, I realize, but still requires a skill I haven’t mastered)
SEPTEMBER
Apple tart (I struggle with getting a goo...
January 10, 2025
A Splendiferous Cover Reveal for Forged – Book 3 of Blade and Bone
If you subscribe to my newsletter or follow me on social media, you might have seen the fantastic cover Broci made for the third book of the Blade & Bone series, Forged. But in case you haven’t…
BEHOLD!
Forged comes out from Flame Tree Press on July 15, 2025, but you can preorder a paperback copy now (and someday soon, hopefully, the e-book.)
Beth
January 3, 2025
A Hopeful New Year Full of Goals and Dreams
WRITING
– Finish writing draft one of FATE’S IMMORTAL HANDS by August 1st
– Finish writing draft one of MURDER AT THE FULL MOON by June 1st
– Try to write at least 400 words every day except for Sundays
REVISING/EDITING
– Complete all rounds of edits with Flame Tree Press for FORGED in a timely fashion when they arrive in my inbox
– Rewrite/revise/edit FATE’S IMMORTAL HANDS by December 1st
– Finish a second draft of MURDER AT THE FULL MOON by September 1st
READING
...December 27, 2024
Beth’s 2024 Reading List
Here are the books I read this year, in order:
Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. MaasImmersion and Emotion by Michelle Barker and David Griffin BrownThe Secrets of Character by Matt BirdThe Author Branding Playbook by Jaycee DeLorenzoThe Will of the Many by James IslingtonCreate Content Without Burnout by Julia McCoyScarlight by Evie MarceauFinally Forever by Nadia LeePower of Five by Alex LidellFae’s Captive by Lily ArcherThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scot...December 20, 2024
Wishing You All A Very Merry Christmas and Solstice
From all of us at bethovermyer.com — ahem, which means me and me alone — I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and a very happy Winter Solstice.
What are some of your favorite holiday traditions? For me, it has to be the newish-to-me Jolabokaflod, an Icelandic tradition that translated into “Christmas Book Flood.” On Christmas Eve, we gift books to our friends and loved ones. Then we’ll read until the wee hours, some of us eating or sipping chocolate. It’s a lovely tradition and I highly ...
December 6, 2024
Happy Birthday Bash Giveaway the Beth-Way
It’s the time of year where I celebrate my X0th orbit around the sun! (Yes, the X was on purpose. I’m not giving away ALL of my secrets, lol. Suffice it to say, it’s a big birthday.)
I also share a birthday with my sister, so we celebrated by hanging out. (I’m actually writing this in November, so I’m assuming we will have done these things. I sure hope I can convince her to watch an episode or three of Only Murders in the Building with me!)
Another way I want to celebrate is with YOU!...
November 29, 2024
Adding to the Awesome Lore of Beth’s Baking Fiascos
What did you do for Thanksgiving 2024? I went over to my sister’s and BIL’s for the day. It was nice. But that’s not exciting, is it? No. I’m sure you don’t want to hear about our conversation or how much we all ate–it was probably too much. What I bet you DO want to hear is about the Thanksgiving I tried to do everything all by myself and ruined the holiday….amiright?
So, picture this: The year is 2011. My sister had married the previous year, and a few months after, my grandpa in Illino...
November 22, 2024
Fantastic Christmas Gift Ideas for the Writers and Readers in Your Life
Hello, fellow readers and writers!
It’s almost the most “wonderful time of the year.” I’m sorry. Truly. But it is. And that means, for a lot of people around the world, it’s time to start Christmas/holiday shopping.
This year, I thought it would be fun to put together a list of gift ideas for your writer and reader friends/family/co-workers/whomever. Not that I’ve necessarily have all of these items myself (I will note which ones I do), but these all seem like fab gifts to me.
Ready?
1 – Fing...
November 15, 2024
The Symptoms and Treatments for an Overconsumption of Fantasy Novels
There are signs you’ve read too much fantasy. Symptoms may vary and are not limited to:
– Breaking into song about trees, nature, the outfit you’re wearing,
and yourself (Bombadilitis)
– Mistaking chopsticks for magic wands
– Talking to trees
– Overactive imagination
– An acute longing for a place you’ve never be...
September 27, 2024
99-cent E-book Sale: Start Your Fantastical Adventure Today!
From now until October 13, both The Goblets Immortal (book 1 of The Goblets Immortal trilogy) and Brittle (book 1 of the Blade & Bone trilogy) are both on sale for 99 cents! Get it (e-book) from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, or wherever you like to get your e-books.
Pick up your copy and let me know in the comments! I’d love to thank you personally 
Beth
