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July 28, 2017
Pens on the Page
There is nothing quite like curling up with a good book, a cup of hot tea, and a purring kitty. Of course, the cat will inevitably start biting your petting hand, you’ll spill some tea on yourself, and someone will start talking to you.
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I want to write books that cause that look, the look that says “Really? You interrupted my book for that?!” I want to create a world so interesting that the reader loses themselves and their worries in it.
Which means I need to study my craft by reading books...
July 27, 2017
New Look
Hi!
It’s around 4:50 in the morning on Thursday, and I am awake. When I’m awake at times like these, I internet (yes, I just made that a verb. Deal with it.) Well, I was looking at my blog, and though I liked the colors, it didn’t look as crisp and organized as I want. That’s why I changed it to look like my S.M. Tinker blog.
I hope this makes things more accessible and appealing to people.
Cheerio!
Keep your pen on the page,
Beth
July 20, 2017
Juggling Flaming Sticks
I’m still trying to figure out writing as a career. It’s one thing to do it as a hobby, but a totally different animal to try to make a living out of it (you may thank me now, fans of the obvious.) Not that I’m trying to make a living from it. Yet. Here are some of my thoughts…
WRITE MORE. PUBLISH MORE. REPEAT OFTEN.
It’s one thing to talk about writing. I need to actually produce.
Write fiction every day, whether I feel like it or not Try different avenues (non-fiction, audio, and so forth)...July 14, 2017
Monday Disguised as Friday
Today has not been the best day in the Bethverse. I won’t go into details, but it feels like a Monday. And I know how you all hate Mondays. *insert collective groan here*
Here’s a lame-butt attempt at a drawing to cheer us all up:
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*insert collective screams here*
Yeah. Nothing done for Camp NaNowriMo. But I did manage to get some more lyric-age approved for sale on Songbay. Here’s my profile: S.M. Tinker. Oh, and I edited a little, so win?
Keep your pen on the page,
Beth
July 7, 2017
Sing a Song of Sixpence…
Soooo…
Both of my lyrics made it through evaluations and are now available for sale on the Songbay website. Woot! Here’s a link to my profile: Beth’s Profile.
Other news? Well, In a Pickle is still 99 cents on Amazon…
Other, other news? I heard from a developmental editor for one of the anthologies I’m part of. Waiting for her to send me edits *bites nails*
Life has been kind of slow and distracted and weird, and that’s okay. I just don’t want it to stay this way, you know?
Anyway, hope you’r...
July 2, 2017
Announcements!
I have news, dear readers…and I know how you like news 
June 21, 2017
Draw-dreams
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The above one I drew today. The one below was sketched a year or so ago.
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June 8, 2017
Stop. Drawing Time.
Guess which drawing is out of my head and which is loosely copied from a picture/painting:
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[image error]The Shadow Thief or Swilling Moonlight
Let my heart be drunk on poetry, my mind eased into silence by the caress of paper worlds, and my hands glow with the distilment of inky nonsense.
Keep your pen on the page,
Beth
May 19, 2017
What Not to Do When You’re Rejected
There is an art to hearing no. I’ve posted about it before. But this post will be different. Here area few things I’ve witnessed that are no-noes when you hear no from a publisher or agent:
Trash them on social media or your blog. (Quick way to get blacklisted, and yes, there is a blacklist.) Send them pestering emails to ask them why. (Best to take the no and try elsewhere.) Complain about getting rejected online. (Gets you labelled pretty quickly as a whiner. And, yes, I do whine sometimes...May 5, 2017
Chuck Sambuchino Lectures: Notes on the Publishing/Writing Business
Last Saturday, I attended a writer’s symposium on publishing. The lecturer? Chuck Sambuchino of Writer’s Digest fame. Here are a few of things I took away from his lectures, things I haven’t done/been doing/even thought of:
Build an email list (I used to have one for an e-newsletter, but didn’t realize that places like MailChimp publish your physical address at the end of each newsletter. Yeah, will be getting a P.O. box.) Set goals/expectations for your books (re-evaluate as necessary for e...
