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After the murder of her father – which no one but her believes happened – Verve just wants to hold her family together and take on the role of provider. Unfortunately, a cruel fae lord believes she knows the location of an ancient magical weapon and steals her away to Letorheas, realm of the fairies. The fae lord seems to want something...

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After the murder of her father – which no one but her believes happened – Verve just wants to hold her family together and take on the role of provider. Unfortunately, a cruel fae lord believes she knows the location of an ancient magical weapon and steals her away to Letorheas, realm of the fairies. The fae lord seems to want something from Verve that goes beyond the weapon, something that many doubt she can provide. Verve must find a way to navigate the strangeness of Letorheas and embrac...

To Come: Cover Reveal at FanFi Addict!

This is so awesome, you guys: FanFi Addict is going to do a reveal of BRITTLE‘s cover on their site. Monday, January 16th is the date. I’ll post the cover here after I’ve sent it out to my newsletter peeps.

Speaking of BRITTLE, I’m neck-deep in edits right now. Don D.’s got some great notes, as has I.H. (I’ve never learned what their initials stand for, but this editor is equally fabulous as Don.) I’ve learned that I have a lot of crutch words/phrases. What that means is that I tend to re...

Favorite Christmas Presents: 2022 Edition

This isn’t a Christmas gift, per se. To celebrate wrapping up The Goblets Immortal trilogy with Death’s Key (out now from Flame Tree Press), I decided to splurge and get some some Tolkien books…and some cool bookends to hold them in place (from Etsy.)

Which book from this fab stack should I read first? I’ve read THE HOBBIT and THE LORD OF THE RINGS already. THE SILMARILLION has been on my TBR list for a while, but THE FALL OF NUMENOR sounds fantastic. What say you?

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8 Simple Ways to NOT Keep Your Goals

What follows is a sarcastic stab at goal-keeping. This is not a one-size-fits-all attempt to cram a (failure) method down your throat. So, with that out of the way, I present to you…

8 Simple Ways to NOT Keep Your Goals:

Don’t make any goals.

You can’t fail at what you don’t even start, am I right? No? If you don’t make any goals, you’re already losing—I mean, winning. Yes, I definitely meant to say winning.

Procrastinate.

It can wait. Seriously. Success can always wait. S...

10 Books I Hope to Read in 2023

The list grows and grows. Every week it seems I’m finding awesome-looking new reads to add to my TBR (to-be-read) list on Goodreads.

Next year’s book goal is 25 (though I secretly aim for 50 every year.) Here are a few that are toward the top of my TBR pile:

Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas (I started it but I don’t know if I’ll be finished by ’23)Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. MaasKingdom of Ash by Sarah J. MaasFairy Tale by Stephen KingThe Book Eaters by Sunyi DeanS...

Imposter Alert: Words of Encouragement for Self-Doubters

I recently read part of a letter that Tolkien wrote. He had imposter syndrome (the feeling that you’re an imposter, a fake, a fraud. Never good enough, no matter how much success you have under your belt.) What are some good ways to deal with that feeling? I’m seriously asking for myself, because most of the time, I feel clueless, like I’m just making this all up as I go along and that at any moment someone is going to reveal the man behind the curtain and I’ll lose everything.

Here are a...

Books Read in 2022

Here’s a list of the books I’ve read in 2022! There might be more to come, considering we’re early in the month, but here goes:

How to Market a Book by Ricardo FayetWrite Text That Sells Books by Rob EagarThe Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. JensenFrom Book to Bestseller by Penny C. SansevieriHow to Write a Sizzling Synopsis by Bryan CohenSir Gawain and the Green Knight as translated by Michael MorpurgoHalf a Soul by Olivia AtwaterHow to Write a Fantasy Book Desc...

Read Write Local – Avon Lake Public Library Book Signing

Last Saturday was a book signing for local authors at the Avon Lake Public Library. It was a nice event! Thanks to all who stopped by.

Keep your nose in a book,
Beth

Unboxing Death’s Key

They came! My author copies of Death’s Key came in the mail this past Monday. I think it looks fab. The cover artist sure worked hard

A girl and her books

Here’s me unboxing: