I’ve been listening to new music lately rather than listening to the old playlist. It was getting tiring, playing the same LEAH and Imagine Dragons songs over and over again. Thankfully, someone introduced me to the band Cellar Darling. Celtic metal, y’all—quite a bit heavier than LEAH! I highly recommend giving their album “This is […]
Upcoming Virtual Author Appearance
On June 1st from 7:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT, I’ll be on Avon Lake Public Library’s Zoom program called Read/Write/Local: Unbound. The half-hour presentation will just be a casual Q&A with me as the bullseye target…I mean guest of honor. It’s free to attend and you don’t have to register. Details are here and […]
Holes in the Veil is 99 Cents!
My book Holes in the Veil is on sale for 99 cents from now until Sunday (the ninth.) Of course, this is e-book only. Snag your copy while the sale lasts! Keep your nose in a book,Beth
A Short Overview of WandaVision
WandaVision takes place several months (or weeks) after Bruce Banner snapped his fingers and brought half of the world’s population back after Thanos’ purge. It opens with Wanda Maximoff and the Vision in a black and white tribute to The Dick Van Dyke show…but with magic. It isn’t clear in the first episode why there’s […]
Six Helpful Tips to Avoid the Stress of Creative Burnout
I don’t know about you, but lately I’ve been feeling a bit overwhelmed. Maybe it’s the pandemic starting to finally get to me (well, get to me more than it already was.) Or perhaps it has something to do with all the expectations I’ve piled on top of myself. Perhaps a bit of both. […]
Baking Magic With Beth: Magical Chocolate Pudding Cake
Can’t decide if you want chocolate cake or chocolate pudding? What a dilemma! Both are so yummy. What if you didn’t have to decide? What if there was a…MAGICAL solution? CHOCOLATE PUDDING CAKE RECIPE 3/4 cup white sugar1 cup all-purpose flour2 teaspoons baking powder1/4 teaspoon salt2 tablespoons cocoa1/2 cup milk3 tablespoons butter, melted1 tablespoon vanilla […]
Seven Simple Ways You Can Be a Kinder Reader
There’s a lot of meanness in the world. You see it every day on social media (or anywhere online, really) and in person. People are upset and on-edge. We’re out of patience. This pandemic has gone on for more than a frickin’ year. But let me ask you: if you’re not part of the solution, […]
Four Fantastic Reasons You Should Read More Fantasy Novels
If you are a regular on this blog, you might know that fantasy is my favorite genre. But it would be foolish of me to assume it’s yours as well. I do blog about other things, to be sure, and have written in other genres (CIRCUS IN A SHOT GLASS, woot!) Now, I’m going to […]
A Review of February 2021
Well, it’s been a year since things shut down. At the beginning of 2020, I for one had no idea where this was headed. Call me naïve, but I didn’t expect life to come to standstill. So many lives lost, so many people suffering, so many out of work–or under-employed. I can’t even begin to […]
PO-TAY-TOES
… boil ’em, mash ’em, stick ’em in a stew? 🙂 Nope. Today we’re going to be making foil pouch potatoes. Medieval folk did not eat taters. They were more widely known/harvested later in history, but since THE GOBLETS IMMORTAL is set in a mash-up of Medieval and Georgian history, it suits just fine. Imagine […]
