Beth Alvarez - Author of Epic Fantasy

Author: Beth

  • Don’t Wait

    Late in January, my husband ran across a comic with a title remarkably similar to the title he’d chosen for his own. It’s not an uncommon issue; similar titles get used in stuff all the time. Heck, even identical titles crop up now and then. We discussed it a bit,… Read the rest…

  • Revision Eight

    Eight. Just typing that headline makes me cringe. It’s not uncommon for books to go through a lot of different drafts, but this is a little bit different. After a serious reevaluation, a split and a renaming, the first book in my epic fantasy series is now in its eighth… Read the rest…

    Serpent's Mark cover mockup
  • Her Midnight Wedding now available in paperback

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    I won’t lie–I’m a paper book lover. Not only do I like paper books, I like attractive paper books. Bad spacing and too-tiny-to-read fonts drive me crazy. I like hyphenation and pretty chapter headers. And because I’m a control freak, that means fine-tuning the book over the course of many… Read the rest…

  • Of Blood and Rain now available in paperback

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    Bet you didn’t see that one coming, huh? My fantasy novella, Of Blood and Rain, is now available in print! Not only that, but it’s rocking an updated cover, too, and is also now available in Kindle Unlimited. The cover’s been recolored for a darker, bolder, less cartoony look. Check… Read the rest…

    Of Blood and Rain covers, side by side
  • Decision paralysis

    There’s a place for jokes about how I stereotypically have difficulty deciding where we should go to eat. But truthfully, I’m not good at big decisions–no matter what they are. Some things are easier than others, with a more clear-cut deal breaker. I mean, Cricut or Silhouette? Wasn’t a hard… Read the rest…

  • Illustrating character sheets

    I’m always looking for fun ways to keep track of my stories and the characters within them. One of my favorite ways to keep track of characters is to give them a character sheet in my book planner. But page after page of text can be kind of boring, even… Read the rest…

  • Goodbye Teavana: Looking for tea alternatives

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    I never saw another customer in Teavana. The employees often stood out front, usually wringing their hands and looking uncomfortable while people walked by. They didn’t really want to serve samples. They didn’t want to stand outside and harass people into trying them. They couldn’t tell me what ingredients were… Read the rest…