Author: bethovermyer

So, what's the difference between explaining a situation and excusing one's behavior? Anyone? Anyone? Buehler? Buehler? I have no idea >.< so...I'm going to excuplain. Why haven't I been blogging lately? Where am I? What am I doing? <--All questions I am certain you are dying to know. The honest to goodness truth: I am… Continue reading Explaining…or excusing?

Ack! Today is Friday! How did this week go so quickly? Anways, here's the scoop: I completed sixteen short stories/songs/poems/plays, and I started two novelettes (each in three parts) for the whole Write Like You're Alive challenge. So, grand total is twenty-two pieces. I'll be in the anthology, so HOORAY! Camp NaNo = Bust. Ending… Continue reading FRIDAY?! Did we even have a Thursday?

This writer's journey is a long one, innit? I've had a bit of a rough week and week's end...but I won't bore y'all with details. It may have involved juice and my sinuses and an accidental snorting, but yeah. The good news is...I GOT BITTEN! :-O ...by two plot bunnies. I really need to have these… Continue reading I Snorted V8 – Oops

Okay, okay, so that ^ title is a little melodramatic. I've written over 26,000 words so far this month, but only 6,000 of them are for Camp NaNoWriMo. My goal for Camp NaNo? 30,000. I will have to up my game, continuing to write a short story/flash fic/poem/song each day, 500 words minimum on the novelette,… Continue reading Progress? What Progress?

As you read this, it has been one week since the beginning of the Madness. For one week, I have been writing my butt off. And it is hard to sit without a butt. Yes, it's actually Saturday night as I write this post for the next week, one day since the starting gun, and… Continue reading Nuts

So, I've gotten myself into a tight spot. Thirty-one days, 30,000 words...and thirty-one short stories or flash fics. Starting TODAY. RAWR. I am woman hear me...screaming in panic and running around like a headless chicken. It's like regular NaNoWriMo, but with thirty-two plots, thirty-one of them having to fit together somehow, and the one having… Continue reading Forget March: JULY Madness

"Goodbye, little yellow bird..." My gaze couldn't find you again if I tried. I caught a glimpse of you once, and only once, when I was being hanged. My eyes turn outward. Always outward, seeking that which cannot be found. I see things. Strange places I could travel to, if only.... A man picking his nails… Continue reading Flash Fic Friday: The Gallery

There is a wedding shower in my very near future. No, not for me, silly. I'm throwing one for my cousin. It's themed--Alaska, but of course--and there is a crazy to-do list. Why am I telling you all this? I might be a lurker online for the weekend. No guarantees that I'll do anything but… Continue reading Shower

Lately, I've been in need of some guidance. Lucky for me, I have a mentor...for a little while. She's really nice and helpful, and has given me some solid advice and direction. One of the things I'm struggling with--that I haven't brought up with her yet--is the balance between work and the rest of life.… Continue reading Work Boundaries

Today I have author Kathleen Sawisky on the blog. She's got a book out--huzzah!--called Between Fire and Pines, which is available from Amazon and Chapters Bookstore. Read on! Beth: Welcome to the blog, Kathleen! Tell us about your book. Kathleen: Oh boy, this is exciting! I’ve never been interviewed before. (Don’t swear, Kathleen. Be cool, be… Continue reading Author Interview: Kathleen Sawisky