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Posted on July 11, 2022 Leave a Comment
At a busy year of book reviewing. It’s been about a year since I joined NetGalley, BookishFirst, and began to receive indie author ARCs from social media connections. Looking back, here are some thoughts on my experience: Reviewing books is so FUN! Being a bookstagrammer is an amazing new part of my life. I love […]
Posted on June 27, 2022 Leave a Comment
I’m in a writing slump. For the past two months, I have been editing more than creating new stories. I have a few manuscripts with beta readers so I have to—gasp—wait and put those projects aside. Due to the busy full-time mom and volunteer part of my life, I haven’t had the head space or […]
Posted on June 13, 2022 Leave a Comment
I wrote a short story. One of my goals this year was to try to write shorter fiction so that I could post a story to my website as a sample of my writing and a way to engage. Or so that I could submit to writing contests or SFF magazines. Writing short fiction is […]
Posted on May 30, 2022 Leave a Comment
Are important to figure out early. So here I am drafting query letters and researching agents and it’s making me think harder about genre and audience than ever before. I write fantasy novels, but what about subgenre? Seeds of Power is mostly aligned with epic fantasy while Dreamcatcher is contemporary fantasy. There are romantic storylines […]
Posted on May 16, 2022 Leave a Comment
Part II: Writing I’ve mentioned before that I started a fantasy story in college—and then life happened—but I always had this goal to finish a fantasy novel someday. I’ve written 6 fantasy novels (unpublished and being edited/polished) and have 3/4 of a 7th drafted, but the first book I finished writing wasn’t fantasy. The catalyst […]
Posted on May 2, 2022 Leave a Comment
Part I: Reading In first grade, when I was six years old, I was in the remedial reading group. My teacher told my mom to have me read anything I wanted for fifteen minutes a day all summer. It sucked, we fought, but my mom’s no quitter so I had to do it. And it […]
Posted on April 18, 2022 Leave a Comment
So it’s time to reset my mental health. I’m walking outside more instead of on the treadmill. With winter cold behind me, I can enjoy the benefits of the outdoors. (When it’s not raining.) The fresh air rejuvenates my spirit and gets more creative ideas flowing. I’m writing some random short scenes that will never […]
Posted on April 4, 2022 Leave a Comment
I’m kind of on track! What I’ve done during the first three months of the year: BONDS OF MAGIC series: I did my last round of edits on SEEDS OF POWER! I’m consistently submitting LAND OF MONSTERS (the fully drafted sequel to SoP) to my writing group. I’m late but actively working on my agent […]
Posted on March 21, 2022 Leave a Comment
And when to decline. Book mail is awesome, but I don’t accept every offer. Nearly a year ago, I launched this website and my social media accounts. I figured out that bookstagram thing, posting my reviews and having fun with book challenges, and my account started to grow. I created a NetGalley account to read […]
Posted on February 7, 2022 Leave a Comment
When you’re brave enough to make big changes. I did it. I tore into Dreamcatcher book #1 again and I am so excited! I love Lena and Matthew and enjoy spending time in this world. I wrote up a rough revised outline of the beginning and then dove right in. I pulled out my favorite […]
Beth Green 