Good news: Only a few more months until this school year is over and this blog can return to some semblance of normalcy! I dove into my final class earlier this week, and I anticipate being able to just teach/write and no longer student with SO MUCH JOY. That’s dreadful grammar, but you hopefully understand …
Yikes! It’s already Tuesday. Somehow, I lost track of the Mondays, but I owe you all a featured book for September. I’m not gonna lie: With school back in full swing, free time is in short supply, so I’ll skip right to the chase: Claire M. Banschbach is an author I’ve been wanting to read …
I was camping with friends this past weekend. It was amazing to spend time in nature, to get dirt under my fingernails, to start campfires, and to spend time with these people who are dear to me. I was talking with one of the moms in the group, whose middle school son is a voracious …
First off, I owe you an apology. It was evening of the second Monday of this month. I laid my book down, turned off the lights, and had a terrible epiphany: I forgot this month’s Grammar with Beth article. The way my schedule worked out, I was not able to get it written in a …
March’s Featured Story: Mark of the Raven, by Morgan L. Busse. #fantasy #bookrec
Friends, Phoenix Fiction Writers’ Antihero anthology came out two days ago! It’s been a weekend full of celebration: Livestream parties on Facebook and Youtube, sweet roll baking, boba tea, and The Crimes of Grindelwald (and, of course, writing, because it’s still NaNoWriMo). I finished reading all of the short stories in this anthology on Friday, the day …
I love reading, and I enjoy a lot of books. Every so often, though, I run into a book or series that stands above the rest, that sucks me in and draws me fully into another world. Kyle Robert Shultz’s Beaumont and Beasley series is just such a series, and I’m honestly surprised that I haven’t …
Did you have an imaginary friend when you were little? Have you ever felt like you didn’t quite fit in? If so, The Girl Who Could See is the perfect book for you. This was one of the first indie (independent author) books I read, and I’m so glad it was part of my introduction to …
Hannah Heath is punny, sarcastic, nerdy, kind, and the author of incredible short fantasy stories. I’ve been blessed to get to know her through social media and Phoenix Fiction, and she’s also one of the few authors whom I’ve had the pleasure to meet in person. Hannah amazing and has a beautiful short story, “Flames of …
This past year, I joined together with a group of incredible authors to form the Phoenix Fiction Writers (PFW). We are a marketing collective of indie authors of science fiction and fantasy stories with similar themes and goals. I’m always excited about PFW, because these were (and are) among my favorite indie authors, and now …