Author Archives: AmyBeth Inverness

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About AmyBeth Inverness

A writer by birth, a redhead by choice.

The Big News of 2014

In a mutual decision between author and publisher, The Cities of Luna will no longer be published by Distinguished Press. Last night I finalized the dissolution of my contract to publish my short stories with Distinguished Press. Since Sheepless in … Continue reading

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The Beginning of the End

There are just a couple of weeks left in the year, and just one week left in this round of ROW80. Life-wise, I’m getting my kids through their pre-holiday school celebrations (both have field trips) as well as figuring out … Continue reading

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The Value of the Moon

The Value of the Moon By Charles Radley   The Moon weighs 83 times less than the Earth, and by the rocket equation it means it is hundreds of times cheaper to launch material from the Moon than the Earth.    … Continue reading

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Oops

I am uber busy this week promoting One Does Not Simply Walk Into Mordor! I’m doing a blog tour for this release, so I’m writing a new post for almost every day. Why “Oops?” Because one of my ROW80 goals … Continue reading

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One Does Not Simply Walk Into Mordor

Huzzah! I reached the 50k mark on my NaNoWriMo story in the wee hours of the morning on November 30, with about 20 hours to spare. Since then, I’ve switched gears from writing stuff to writing related stuff. That meshes with … Continue reading

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41,676/50,000

I am dancing with the goal line in NaNoWriMo. I started strong, then as expected dropped behind during the release of Cities of Luna and my goobear’s birthday. I caught up and got a little ahead, only to dip down … Continue reading

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In the Midst

In the midst of NaNoWriMo, I blog very little. Just the weekly update posts, unless I get a wild hair up the wazoo and decide to post something else. Speaking of which (NaNo, not my wazoo) I am now caught … Continue reading

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A Storm in the Rocky Mountains

I love this picture. I don’t remember how I found it originally…I was searching for images that were old enough to be public domain so I could use them for my mock-ups of my Steampunk stories. Originally I was going … Continue reading

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Steamypunk, Lunar Shorts, and NPH Goes Bollywood

And how are these three things related, you ask? Well, they aren’t. They’re just what’s occupying my brain today. That, and preparing for my youngest daughter’s birthday party while chastising my teenage daughter for burning through all her lunch money … Continue reading

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The Night Before my New Release

The Moon is Almost Full. This has new meaning to me now. Starting this month, every time there’s a full moon, I will release a new short story in The Cities of Luna. This month, the stand-alone story is Moon … Continue reading

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