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November 22, 2019
Happy Early Thanksgiving
Next week is Thanksgiving (US)–can you believe it?! And, not to induce an unnecessary major panic/freak-out for anyone, but
CHRISTMAS IS ONE MONTH FROM MONDAY–AHHHHHHH
Sorry. I had to.
What are your Thanksgiving plans, US peeps? Anything in particular that you’re grateful for this year?
A very happy weekend to all!
Keep your nose in a book,
Beth
November 15, 2019
Interesting Tweeps – Leigh Hartman
Today I have writer and fellow Twitter peep (Tweep) Leigh Hartman on my blog. You can follow Leigh on Twitter at @HistFicHartman.
BETH: Hi Leigh! Thanks for agreeing to be interviewed on my blog. I’ve followed a lot of interesting people on Twitter, and you are one of them, hence the name of this blog series: Interesting Tweeps. Catchy, right? No, don’t answer that.
Tell me, please, what is your favorite thing about Twitter? What makes you stay on?
LEIGH: As...
November 8, 2019
Book Signing – May 2020
I announced it first in my newsletter and to my Street Team, but I have my first engagement booked for The Goblets Immortal’s release! The Amherst Public Library (Ohio) will be hosting me for a signing and launch party on May 16th of 2020 (time TBD.) There will be books for sale there, free refreshments (possibly), and maybe this time I’ll do a reading. To do voices or not to do voices: that is the question…. Not.
Stay tuned for other in-person, in-print, or virtual appearance announcements.
November 1, 2019
Deadly Sins of Writing/Working
Today is the first day of National Novel Writing Month (aka NaNoWriMo.) I talked about it a bit last week. Writers around the world sign up to write at least 50,000 words during the month of November—at least, that’s how it started. I’m not sure what it’s evolved to since its inception back in the late 90s. The prize is bragging rights about a) having finished a novel and b) having finished a novel in thirty days or fewer. Whew!
As someone who has attempted NaNoWriMo many time but has never crosse...
October 25, 2019
7 Ways to Love a WriMo
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2017, pre-NaNo madness!
Next week starts the annual tradition of NaNoWriMo (NaNo for short.) You may ask what this nonsensical word means. Or maybe you know someone who is busily stocking up on caffeine, and you are wondering what’s up with them.
Well, let me give a quick definition of the writerly madness that takes place every November:
Starting at 12:00 am on November 1st, millions of writers around the world embark upon the journey of writing a 50,000-word novel in thirty days or fewer. These quirky folk are cal...1,
October 18, 2019
9 Things Writers Fear
Ever wonder what your favorite author fears? What your writer friend dreads? Wonder no more. Here is a spoooooky list of frights that could stop the heart of almost any wordsmith.
DeadlinesI love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. – Douglas Adams
It has the word “dead” in it for a reason (dun dun DUUUUN!), but if a writer wants to get anything done, a deadline needs to be set. This year I set a deadline of Halloween to finish draft one of a novel, and I ended up finishing in June. Huh...
October 11, 2019
Book Ending Types
Question of the day:
“What is your favorite type of book ending?”Well, let’s take a look at the four main ones.
There are sad endings, where things don’t work out for the characters. Evil wins, things are still bleak, the conflict might be resolved but the reader is left thinking, “What?! That’s IT?” They might feel cheated, used, lied to. Besides A Game of Thrones (Oh, Ned!), one book that somewhat makes me think of this type of ending is The Maltese Falcon, a book which I hated through and...
October 4, 2019
Books vs. Their Movies
Just for fun, here are my hot takes on different books versus the movies based on them. I was surprised at how many movies I actually preferred (how every slightly) to their source materials (sorry, Jane Austen!) Anyway, here we go!
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Holes the book vs. Holes the movie:
The book is a fun read with interesting characters and a solid plot. The movie is the same, but takes it up a notch with the storytelling (imo.) The MOVIE wins round I.
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September 27, 2019
Hobby Help!
I’ve been thinking lately that I need a hobby. For the longest time, I was calling writing my anything but what it is (my job), but I’ve come to the realization that it’s not exactly a pastime. Therefore…I am hobby-less *insert sad face here*
All work and no play would make Beth a dull writer. And I don’t want to be a dull writer producing dull books. Plus, isn’t there some unspoken rule that writers are supposed to live full lives? Seek adventure where they will? Yes, I realize that there ar...
September 20, 2019
Research for Fantasy Writing
Research can be a dirty word to some writers; while others spend so much time doing it, they forget to do what they first set out to do: write. You would think writing a fantasy novel would require zero research. Well, if that is anyone’s assumption, they would be resoundingly WRONG.
The Goblets Immortal is set in a fantastical world, which resembles a mash-up of a late Medieval and Georgian England. The main thing I had to do research on? Words. You would not believe how many different expre...
