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Sales: The Cold, Hard Truth

Wow, that is not a catchy headline for this blog post. Sorry, guys. I guess I’ve been a bit of a downer IRL lately. Online? I haven’t been as present, as you’ve probably noticed from my lack of posts. I really want to be positive on here, so I’m going to deviate a minute from the subject and say…

THANK YOU!

Thank you to each and every one of you who purchased and read any of my books. Without you, I would lose my sanity. It’s true, not a joke. And while I’m mentioning you, could I ask a littl...

A Q&A: Christopher’s Question

Recently, a friend posed this question on Facebook, and I decided to post my answer here on this blog:

Q: How do you know what errors/typos you have [when you edit]? – Christopher

A: That’s an excellent question. There are different style guides that a publisher will go by. Or, if you’re self-publishing, there’s The Chicago Manual of Style or Strunk & White’s The Elements of Style. Running the spell check on your writing processor can catch some errors but not all of them. Grammarly’s a good...

Pre-order Circus in a Shot Glass, Get a Free Read

Circus in a Shot Glass is now available for pre-order from Amazon! If you pre-order before next Tuesday (the book’s release date) and email proof of purchase to bethovermyer@gmail.com, I will send you a FREE preview of my novelette Things Heard in a Graveyard, due out this November. Order here.

Offer ends 9/4/18.

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Book Cover: Circus in a Shot Glass

Here’s the cover for Circus in a Shot Glass (I couldn’t wait ’til next Friday to reveal it):

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Thanks to Cora at Cora Graphics for doing such a superb job! Circus in a Shot Glass is slated to released September 9, 2018 from Clean Reads. It’ll be available in e-book from Amazon.com.

Tea: This Writer’s Beverage of Choice

Tea is a yummy beverage with a rich history and cool customs.

“I like tea. Tea doesn’t make me sad.” – Circus in a Shot Glass (Clean Reads 2018)

Everyone has a preferred beverage or two. My brother’s is diet Mountain Dew. My niece’s is chocolate milk (or Olive Garden’s berry smoothie, depending on what day you catch her on.) My sister’s is very, very sweet hot tea. Seeing as she’s my twin, I have to second her preference…just maybe not quite as sweet.

Also, it’s fitting: Writers often sing th...

Miscellany

I know I’ve been quiet lately, and I might go back to being that way for a little while. Just a heads up

Book Cover Reveal: THIAG

Here’s the cover for my novelette Things Heard in a Graveyard (releasing in November):

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Love = Feeding

The lengths we’ll go for someone we love, am I right?

My cat Chester (2003 – 2016–almost 2017) had had renal failure for almost six years when he died. To take care of him and to keep his life happy and comfortable, we had to mix Epakitin in moist food twice a day, gave him 1/4 of an antacid once a day in a Pill Pocket or any treat we could trick him into eating, fed him a special kidney diet, took him to vet appointments every so many months to get his blood toxin levels tested, and we had t...

Kindness in Literature

There’s been a lot of negativity in online communities as of late. And while it’s important to keep up with politics (to a point); and be a social activist, standing up against the lions of injustice…it’s also so very, very much needed to be kind and focus on positive things.

Here, for all our sakes, is a small collection of kindness found in books. The motives could be dissected (no human motive is 100% pure), but I’m not going to do that.

“It’s not enough to be friendly. You have to be a fr...

(Self) Sabotage!

No need to sing Beastie Boys at me. Please don’t.

Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way…

Today I’m going to talk about sabotage. More specifically, SELF-sabotage.

A friend once asked me if I was my own saboteur. I think I replied around the lines of “I don’t know.” Because I didn’t. But the more I look at my patterns of behavior, the more I’m noticing that yes, yes I do sabotage myself in many different areas of my life.

When I know I’ll binge eat at night, I fail to eat earlier in the ev...