Beth Groundwater Female Colorado Springs, CO United States: Share Twitter

Blog Posts (6)
Discussions (2)
Events
Groups (1)

Beth Groundwater's Apps

Beth Groundwater's Friends

View All

Beth Groundwater's Groups

Cozy Mysteries

272 members

View All

RSS

Loading feed

Gifts Received

Beth Groundwater has not received any gifts yet

Give a Gift

Beth Groundwater's Page

Profile Information

Favorite Book: To Hell in a Handbasket

About Me:: Beth's debut mystery novel, A REAL BASKET CASE, released March, 2007, was one of four nominated for the Best First Novel Agatha Award. The sequel, TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET, was published in May, 2009. Also, she has published eight short stories. Between writing spurts, Beth defends her meager garden from marauding mule deer and wild rabbits and tries to avoid getting black-and-blue on the black and blue ski slopes of Colorado. Visit her website at http://bethgroundwater.com/ .

Website:: http://bethgroundwater.com/

Beth Groundwater's Blog

A TV Interview, a Launch Meeting, and two Guest Mystery Author visitors

At my regular blog I posted a link to an interview that Eden Lane, a reporter for the KBDI 12 public television station in Denver, did with me and other authors present at a benefit signing for the Colorado Humanities and the Colorado Center for the Book. Let me know what you think of it!

At the Midnight Ink blog today, I talk about the "Launch… Continue

Posted on February 4, 2010 at 2:30pm

My novella has been released!

My science fiction thriller novella, THE EPSILON ERIDANI ALTERNATIVE, has officially been released from Virtual Tales and is available for purchase. The short blurb is:

What would you do if you were confronted with a "kill or be-killed" scenario? What if that meant that you had to kill an infant of an alien species to save your own life? And what if the future of the human race depended on your decision?

paperback ISBN-13: 9781935460138, $9.95

eBook ISBN-13:… Continue

Posted on December 16, 2009 at 11:53pm

I just signed a new book contract!!

I am thrilled to announce that after my agent, Sandra Bond, spent over a year and a half diligently trying to sell my new mystery series to various publishers in this disastrous economy, she has finally succeeded in finding a home for it at Midnight Ink Books ( http://midnightinkbooks.com/ ), the mystery imprint of Llewellyn Worldwide ( http://www.llewellyn.com/ ). We were getting feedback like "the concept for this series is fabulous and I thoroughly enjoyed reading the manuscript" followed by… Continue

Posted on September 4, 2009 at 11:42am

Writing "How To" Books I Recommend

At my blog (http://bethgroundwater.blogspot.com/) today I discussed books about writing that have been useful to me in my career and may be useful to other fiction writers. The list is below. To see why I recommended each one, check out my blog!

Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

How to Write a Damn Good Mystery by James Frey

The Writer's Journey by Christopher Vogler

Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight Swain

Writing the Fiction Synopsis by Pam McCutcheon

10… Continue

Posted on July 13, 2009 at 10:43am

My northwest book signing tour

For a description of my 2-week northwest book signing tour, complete with photos, go to: http://bethgroundwater.blogspot.com/

I had a great time meeting readers who came in to chat with me!

Posted on June 28, 2009 at 9:03pm

Comment Wall (19 comments)

You need to be a member of Book Blogs to add comments!

Join Book Blogs

At 9:21pm on November 20, 2011, Eric Maywar said…: Hi,

If you are interested in growing the people following your blog, I would be happy to follow yours if you follow mine.

I own a used bookstore and my blog has posts about bookstore life, author-led discussions, literary games, and customer reviews. www.classicsusedbooks.com.

If you do decide to follow, make sure to let me know so I can return the favor.

Thanks!

Eric Maywar

At 8:47pm on May 22, 2011, Nelson Souzza said…: Hello my friend! I wish you a beautiful Monday and have a nice week. Friendly greeting for you from Rio de Janeiro/Brasil. Good night, wonderful dreams.

http://nelsonsouzza.blogspot.com

At 6:36pm on April 26, 2010, Lorie Ham said…: It was nice to see a familiar face lol

At 3:08pm on October 18, 2009, Sally Wolf said…: I will add your stuff as soon as I figure out how!

At 4:50pm on September 30, 2009, Alex Steere said…: Hello, Colorado neighbor!

All the best with the "new deal". The concept is indeed excellent and the title phrases have been in my less offensive expletive vocabulary for years. Congrats!

Alex Steere
(Author of "IGNORANCE BY CHOICE" , a controversial political mystery/thriller available at Amazon.com)

At 1:17am on September 14, 2009, Sally Wolf said…: You bet I will add your books as soon as I figure out how!

At 8:48pm on September 13, 2009, Stormi Johnson said…: Congrats on your new book contract!

At 8:58pm on September 11, 2009, Ariel H said…: Beth,
Congratulations on your book contract.
I am not a member of the PPW- yet! I need to stop procrastinating and just do it.

I would be honored to meet you face to face sometime soon. I realize you are probably very busy.

Arielle

At 5:40pm on September 9, 2009, knittingmomof3 said…: Congratulations on your new contract!

At 5:36pm on September 9, 2009, knittingmomof3 said…: I am very happy to friend a mystery author! Mysteries after all are my favourite genre of novels to read. :)

Jennifer