By Bethany Maines National Novel Writing Month, officially abbreviated to NaNoWriMo, is now over and many of my writer friends are crawling out of their holes with fingers permanently curved into the typing position and blinking around at the world that they left behind. Essentially, we’re all Gollum. What did we learn? What did we […]
Dear Readers, It’s Thanksgiving and that means that the commercial holiday known as Black Friday is upon us. Today we have a great list of books to give or GIVEAWAYS to snatch up for yourself. So if you’d prefer to stay in your jammies and read or just order books from the comfort of your […]
by Bethany Maines Ack! I should be baking. Or possibly cleaning my filthy office. Or writing any of the multiple stories I’m supposed to be completing. It’s crunch time for me. I’ve got a sci-fi novella that is due back from the editor at any second (more info to come after the holidays!), a Christmas […]
By Bethany Maines The holidays are coming. I can feel them barreling toward me with the speed of one of those fancy Japanese trains that float on magnets and go like three hundred miles an hour. Of course, the train type doesn’t really matter. Amtrak or coal trains will both kill you just as dead. […]
by Bethany Maines Today I’m discussing the absolutes of art. Absolute number 1: artists must sell. So toward that end, please consider purchasing my latest book! It’s a five-star, “highly-satisfying, high-speed thriller” that readers are calling “hard to put down.” Shark’s Instinct: Fresh out of prison and fresh out of luck, twenty-something Shark wants back […]
By Bethany Maines Most of my writing this month has been in the form of copywriting and, jeez, do I miss fiction. Churning out “welcome” scripting and press releases makes for a fun occasional challenge, but is no substitute for spending an afternoon putting a character in hot water (figuratively if it’s action, literally if […]
by Bethany Maines I’ve been working very hard this year on multiple projects and I’m finally beginning to be able to share some of them with you. I’m excited to announce that October will see the release of Book 1 of my new Shark Santoyo Crime Series. Launching a new series is incredibly difficult and […]
By Bethany Maines Last weekend, I participated in a local author program called Food for Thought. Put on by the local business district in partnership with a local literary group, CreativeColloquy, the program hosts different authors each week at a farmer’s market for a minimal fee ($5). These type of events are great ways to […]
by Bethany Maines In book 1 of my Carrie Mae Mystery Series, Bulletproof Mascara, unemployed twenty-something Nikki Lanier was offered a position with the Carrie Mae cosmetic corporation. But soon, Nikki learned that the powder and lipstick were simply cover-up for the Carrie Mae Foundation: a secret organization of international espionage founded for the purpose […]
by Bethany Maines In today’s blog we’re interviewing Nikki Lanier, the star of the Carrie Mae Mysteries and the upcoming Glossed Cause by Bethany Maines. The interview questions are selected questions from Marcel Proust’s Questionnaire of 35 questions intended to reveal an individuals true nature. So read on to find out what makes Nikki Lanier […]