Beth Groundwater's Blog (6)

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

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

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

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

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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!

Many thanks to all my local friends who came to support me during my book launch party yesterday afternoon at the Barnes & Noble bookstore across from Chapel Hills Mall in Colorado Springs. I had a steady stream of customers, but I was able to chat for awhile with each one, which is just about perfect. Now, I hope you're all enjoying reading about Claire's wild ride in To Hell in a Handbasket!



I had a blue theme to match the book cover, with blue paper goods, blue frosted… Continue