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Of Blood and Rain now available in paperback

February 13, 2018February 13, 2018 by Beth

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...

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Decision paralysis

February 6, 2018January 22, 2018 by Beth

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...

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Illustrating character sheets

January 30, 2018January 16, 2018 by Beth

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...

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Goodbye Teavana: Looking for tea alternatives

January 23, 2018January 10, 2018 by Beth

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...

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Goals for the new year: 2018 edition

January 16, 2018October 4, 2023 by Beth

I know I’ve mentioned before that I’m not really a fan of resolutions. In 2015 and 2016, I posted a list of goals for the year. I skipped 2017 because I was kind of tired of blogging, but that meant I didn’t have anywhere to talk about which things I… Read the rest...

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Real questions to ask when deciding between traditional or self-publishing

January 9, 2018December 19, 2017 by Beth

Last week, I shared some of my complex feelings on discovering traditional publishing probably wasn’t the best path to publication for me to follow. This week, I’ll be sharing part of why. When I started researching traditional vs. self-publishing from a new angle, I created a spreadsheet where I could… Read the rest...

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Learning to quit

January 1, 2018January 1, 2018 by Beth

How the changing landscape of publishing means abandoning dreams It was the first time that jagged mountain let me down. I was a more avid reader in my youth. My childhood librarian led me up and down the aisles and piled fantasy books meant for adult readers in my arms.… Read the rest...