November’s Book Signing

Last month on the 6th, I participated in a multi-author book signing at the Avon Lake…

Goals for 2022

Well, the year is winding to close. 100 years ago, the likes of Ernest Hemingway and…

10 Christmas Gift Ideas for Writers

It’s the day after Thanksgiving (hope you had a great one!), which means it’s time for…

Baking With Beth: Pumpkin Bread

In the mood for some hearty seasonal bread? Tuck in–or put on an apron–and read on!…

Top 11 Books I’ve Read in 2020 and 2021

I’ve read a lot of good books this decade so far. Here’s a look at my…

6 Ways to Support Your Local Public Library

Libraries are awesome, aren’t they? As the meme going around says: it’s the one of the…

You are Cordially Invited to Run – A short story

Here’s a flash fiction I wrote a while ago. Enjoy! __ “You are cordially invited to…

Six Things to Do After Reading The Goblets Immortal

Have you read The Goblets Immortal and its follow-up Holes in the Veil? Waiting for Death’s…

Author Interview With the Avon Lake Public Library

Hi! As you may have known, I did an interview back in June. It was about…

Ranking of Marvel’s WHAT IF…? Episodes

I finished watching Marvel’s animated series “What If…?”, and I must say: IT WAS AWESOME! From…

A Fairy Tale Intervention: A Short Story

Here’s the first short story I ever sold (to AlienSkin Magazine.) Enjoy! Content advisory: Drug use.…

Eating Cake to Celebrate a Book

As I mentioned last week, I finished writing the first draft of a fantasy novel on…

News Regarding Various Projects

“DUO BOOK” UPDATE:As of September 1, I’ve finished draft one of the first book in a…

Seven Easy Tips For Getting Less Done

DON’T make a to-do list. If you make a list, you might enjoy checking things off…

Life Enrichment for Humans Stuck at Home

This pandemic has been going on for over 1.5 years, and I know we’re all getting…

2021 Goals – How I’m Doing Thus Far

At the beginning of the year, I said we had no way of knowing how 2021…

Kittens in the HOUSE–well, not the actual house…

There have been no cats in any of my published work and that is a crying…

Riddle Answer

For book three of The Goblets Immortal Trilogy, I wanted to do a riddle to reveal…

Lemongrass

Like tanderine blossoms in my series The Goblets Immortal, lemongrass is reputed to have healing properties.…

Songs for Writing Time

Here is a list of songs that have inspired and seen me through multiple drafts of…

Late Fee, a short story

            It wasn’t that Neilson Redd was unwilling to pay the fine for his overdue library…

Baking With Beth: English Cream Scones

Scones possibly came from Scotland (I love y’all’s pronunciation of them over there!) or Cornwall in…

Which LOTR Hobbit are You?

Just for fun, I thought I’d make up a short hobbit personality quiz. Don’t take it…

Solve a Riddle to Uncover Book 3’s Title and Win Something Shiny

I’m throwing around the idea of doing an escape room blog post. Having only sorta done…

Paint Me a Thousand Words

The saying goes that a picture is worth a thousand words. I would like to share…