PROBLEM The Internet: the wonderful tool of procrastinators everywhere. SOLUTION Writer's Block, the free word processor that blocks you out of everything else (Internet, your wallpaper/icons, everything) until you reach your word quota...or the time limit you set for yourself. (And now I really feel like an ad man--er, woman.) EAR CANDY This song: Square Circles EYE… Continue reading Randomosity
Author: bethovermyer
Beth Overmyer is the author of several works of genre fiction, the fantasy trilogy THE GOBLETS IMMORTAL being among them. Fueled by tea, loved by cats everywhere, she balances her home life with writing novels and hanging out with family and friends.
Freebie Friday: The Moon Was Full and Pink
The moon was full and pink She'd had too much to drink They say the moon 'tis made of cheese Listen close: it's made of these: Promises you'll never keep Scars that run too long, too deep The witch's laugh, her sprightly cackle A roving spade, a wormy apple The rotting stench of rancid pears… Continue reading Freebie Friday: The Moon Was Full and Pink
The Day I Bought Steampunky Gloves
So, I found an excuse to own pleather gloves that stink like the real thing. Why? Because I had this wonderful idea of being a writer. Let me back up: I had the wonderful idea of what defined a real writer. Maybe. Read on. Jo March from Little Women had a hat she wore when… Continue reading The Day I Bought Steampunky Gloves
Friday Freebie: Coffee Date
A belated gift to your for National Coffee Day (this past Tuesday.) Behold: The Coffee Date... # When he told her he loved her, she asked him why. They’d been sitting at the same sticky counter of the same dingy café for an hour, tops, and the words had been somewhat of a shock… Continue reading Friday Freebie: Coffee Date
From the Weekend
This past weekend was full of trying to keep up with writing assignments for a free online class (there is no grading/credits on this one.) In the (approximate) words of my Critique Circle friend Sassy: if this welcome week is supposed to be fun and relaxed, I'll be dead by the end of the actual… Continue reading From the Weekend
Typewriter Giveaway!
Okay, if you click on this link, you can enter to win an awesome-looking typewriter (what typewriter isn't awesome-looking, though? Am I right?" But you have to be twenty-one years or older to enter. Ends in about a week. Good luck! (Again, here's the link: http://thewritepractice.com/giveaways/typewriter/?lucky=26443)
A Freebie Friday = Random Writing
Unedited/uncensored writing taken from writing group over a week ago. Rough. Very rough. You have been warned. # He couldn't decided between the white and the black. One shirt screamed "Hipster! Goth! Beatnik!" While the other, also a button-up, said "Formal! Respectable! Promotion!" Henri wished the clothes on the rack would stop talking to him.… Continue reading A Freebie Friday = Random Writing
The Hemingway Way
It's none of their business that you have to learn to write. Let them think you were born that way. - Ernest Hemingway Do you take Hemingway's approach to writing? Zipped lip? Or do you share your struggles? I'm somewhere in the middle. I share some of my struggles, but I won't post the how-to books… Continue reading The Hemingway Way
Why Writing a Blog Post at 4:00 is Just Wrong
Sleep-deprivation. This brain = caffeine-free. The mission? To prove that I can write a coherent blog post without legal addictive stimulants and, oh yes, that thing called sleep. Took me a moment to come up with the right word, but I did, points me. So, how do I prove that I am perfectly capable of… Continue reading Why Writing a Blog Post at 4:00 is Just Wrong
An Ode to Monday
The love of Monday is the root of all sorts of evil. Monday, a day only its mother could love. O cruel fiend, robbing us of the weekend! Thrusting us bleary-eyed and sleep-drunk into the week! A pox upon thee! Can we say drama much? How my Monday started (it's 5:06 as I type this):… Continue reading An Ode to Monday
Beth Overmyer 