Author: bethovermyer

I don't think I told the blogverse yet what my plans are. I announced it on Twitter and Facebook earlier this week, but...Okay, no more dawdling. In a Pickle is going to come out in print! It will still be on sale in e-book via MuseItUp, but I will be self-publishing it on paper hopefully… Continue reading Announcement!

THE NIGHT CIRCUS could be paired with a caramel-flavored tea (perhaps Tazo's vanilla caramel chai for a bit of a kick.) A good combination for a cool, crisp evening, both book and tea evoke a sense of richness and well-being. A STUDY IN CHARLOTTE would go nicely with a cuppa English breakfast. Both are a… Continue reading Tea and Book Pairings

There is nothing quite like curling up with a good book, a cup of hot tea, and a purring kitty. Of course, the cat will inevitably start biting your petting hand, you'll spill some tea on yourself, and someone will start talking to you. I want to write books that cause that look, the look… Continue reading Pens on the Page

Hi! It's around 4:50 in the morning on Thursday, and I am awake. When I'm awake at times like these, I internet (yes, I just made that a verb. Deal with it.) Well, I was looking at my blog, and though I liked the colors, it didn't look as crisp and organized as I want.… Continue reading New Look

I'm still trying to figure out writing as a career. It's one thing to do it as a hobby, but a totally different animal to try to make a living out of it (you may thank me now, fans of the obvious.) Not that I'm trying to make a living from it. Yet. Here are… Continue reading Juggling Flaming Sticks

Today has not been the best day in the Bethverse. I won't go into details, but it feels like a Monday. And I know how you all hate Mondays. *insert collective groan here* Here's a lame-butt attempt at a drawing to cheer us all up: *insert collective screams here* Yeah. Nothing done for Camp NaNowriMo.… Continue reading Monday Disguised as Friday

Soooo... Both of my lyrics made it through evaluations and are now available for sale on the Songbay website. Woot! Here's a link to my profile: Beth's Profile. Other news? Well, In a Pickle is still 99 cents on Amazon... Other, other news? I heard from a developmental editor for one of the anthologies I'm part… Continue reading Sing a Song of Sixpence…

I have news, dear readers...and I know how you like news 😉 I've had two short stories accepted for publication by two separate (print) anthologies! The Captive should come out from Spark in a few months. The other story is called Dial E For Evil, and it'll appear in Mighty Quill Books' anthology entitled It Came… Continue reading Announcements!

The above one I drew today. The one below was sketched a year or so ago.

Guess which drawing is out of my head and which is loosely copied from a picture/painting:   The Lighthouse Keeper   The Shadow Thief or Swilling Moonlight   Let my heart be drunk on poetry, my mind eased into silence by the caress of paper worlds, and my hands glow with the distilment of inky… Continue reading Stop. Drawing Time.