Author Archives: AmyBeth Inverness

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About AmyBeth Inverness

A writer by birth, a redhead by choice.

Interruptions

I once took a test for a job where we had a set of written instructions to follow (simple stuff, like turn to page 93 and copy the first sentence in this blank) while a recording played that interrupted us … Continue reading

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Tab Order

. Launch Chrome Open this blog in first tab Open Twitter in next tab Glance at feed, then switch from Twitter to Tweetdeck (this step can be postponed until after other tabs are open, if desired) Open Facebook Open Gmail, … Continue reading

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Interview with V.R. Craft

V.R. Craft always heard you should write about what you know, so she decided to write a book called Stupid Humans, drawing on her previous experience working in retail and her subsequent desire to get away from planet Earth. She … Continue reading

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Pondering NaNoWriMo

ROW80 goals? Cruising by on the minimum. Preparing to ramp up for the fourth round. My eyes are bigger than my stomach. I’ve learned to deal with this, and I’m now OK with throwing away food instead of stuffing it … Continue reading

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Sick Week

The nice thing about a career as a writer is that I manage my own time. If the family needs me, or I have functions to attend, I can rearrange my schedule to accommodate it. The downside is that, if … Continue reading

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Interview with Ulyana Nadia Horodyskyj

Ulyana’s infatuation with nature started at a very young age. At 6 years old, she saw mountains for the first time – the Swiss Alps – and was hooked. At age 12, she started dabbling in science fair projects, studying … Continue reading

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Tumbleweed

We’re almost to the end of Round Three in A Round of Words in 80 Days! Round Four includes NaNoWriMo, for those of us who partake.  November, for me, also marks the one year anniversary of finding out that our … Continue reading

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Interview with Matt Bille

Matt Bille is an author in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is also a naturalist, historian, science writer, and defense consultant.  A former Air Force officer, he is the author of over 20 technical publications and articles on space-related topics. He … Continue reading

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Guest Post with Maggie Tideswell

I have the honor and pleasure of kicking off Maggie’s blog tour for the release of A Convenient Marriage, a paranormal romance coming in October! The idea of two complete strangers getting hitched has always intrigued me, for one simple … Continue reading

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The Mixture

My seventeen year old daughter has an intellectual disability. In some ways, she is a five-year-old. And a two-year-old. And a twelve-year-old. And, really, she is also a teenager with hormones and growth spurts and all the fun stuff that … Continue reading

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