Vellum overlays and other things I never want to do again

October 14, 2025October 8, 2025 by Beth

I have a confession to make: Every time I see other authors getting cool book stuff made, I think to myself, I want that. But, you know, for my own books. I’m also a prolific crafter. Creative person. You know. I do a lot of stuff “in house” as… Read the rest...

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Art Break

November 12, 2024November 6, 2024 by Beth

One of my goals for this year was to spend more time drawing. A sketch a week, and a drawing every month. There were no rules for what the drawing had to be, just a finished piece of art. It could be line art or a painting, flat colors or… Read the rest...

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Preptober freebie: Printable kawaii writing stickers

October 24, 2023October 2, 2023 by Beth

I’ve been having fun drawing lately, something I haven’t had time to do for a long time. One of the side effects of that is lots of little doodles when I’m sitting on the sofa with my daughter in the evenings. This time, that resulted in this cute little set… Read the rest...

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How I make my book covers

July 4, 2023June 17, 2023 by Beth

Everyone always says authors should not make their own book covers, so I get a lot of raised eyebrows when I tell people I make all of mine. I get a lot of questions, too. So when it came time to make the cover for one of my upcoming titles,… Read the rest...

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Use it or lose it

December 6, 2022November 21, 2022 by Beth

Or, I guess we could say, the death of my art skills. There was a time I used to draw every day. I don’t know that I would say my skills were ever really honed, but at least they were consistent. If I sat down to draw something, I had… Read the rest...

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Here there be no dragons

November 22, 2022November 4, 2022 by Beth

I had a weird realization the other day, while I was working on plotting out story stuff for the next Artisan Magic book. I was trying to decide how much I wanted to expand the world beyond Kentoria, and I realized that for all that I love dragons, I sure… Read the rest...

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Spectrum Artifact stickers

September 20, 2022September 4, 2022 by Beth

Most of the bookish stuff and projects I’ve been talking about lately have related to The Assassin’s Bride, since that was my newest release… but now I’m looking ahead again, because Paragon of Water, the third Spectrum Legacy book, will be out in November. I have a lot of fun… Read the rest...