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Author Archives: AmyBeth Inverness
Racial Diversity When Race Doesn’t Matter
Tonight I am attending an event sponsored by Pikes Peak Writers on writing authentic African-American Characters. This Write-Brain is very timely for me, because lately I’ve been wondering a lot about how to make sure my stories don’t come across as … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, black, diversity, facebook, google plus, race, SFQotD, white, white-washing, writing
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Interview with Natalia Brothers
Born in Moscow, Natalia grew up with the romance and magic of Russian fairy tales. She never imagined that one day she’d be swept off her feet by an American Marine. An engineer-physicist-chemist, Natalia realized that the powder metallurgy might … Continue reading
My Pitch to Publishers 2016
Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog! Last year’s #Pit2Pub was a great success for The Cities of Luna and I’m hoping to do even better with Kingdom Come. I am querying a SciFi-Rom duology set on … Continue reading
The Turning Point
I wish I had a crystal ball. I wish we could see what the future holds, and plan accordingly. It has been a weird summer, after moving to Colorado Springs in March. Monday hubby started a new job, and it … Continue reading
Posted in NaNoWriMo, ROW80, Writing
Tagged #ROW80, Camp NaNoWriMo, NaNoWriMo, The Cities of Luna, The Squirrels are Back in the Attic
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Interview with John E. Stith
Science fiction and mystery author John E. Stith writes across many worlds. His books have been translated to French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Russian and are even available in braille for the sight-impaired. His stories have been categorized as … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews
Tagged Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Colorado Springs, Deep Quarry, Hugo, hyperspace, ITW, Manhattan Transfer, Memory Blank, Mensa, Mystery, Nebula Award, NORAD, ReAnimus Press, Reckoning Infinity, Redshift Rendevous, Redshift Rendevouz, relativity, Reunion on Neverend, RMFW, Robert Heinlein, SFWA, Stargate, WGA, zapruder
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The Third Round’s a Charm
Round Three Has Begun! We’re off to a …well…we’re off. I’ve been accomplishing a lot. The writing hasn’t been there as much as I need it to be, but it’s there. One night I stayed up until 5AM to finish … Continue reading
Posted in NaNoWriMo, ROW80, Writing
Tagged Camp NaNoWriMo, NaNoWriMo, The Beekeeper's Mother
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Interview with Ron Sparkman
Ron Sparkman is a professional D.J. of 15 years who was inspired by the reboot of “Cosmos”, hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson to become a science communicator. The show ignited a fire in Ron to make drastic changes in his … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Blog Posts, Interviews
Tagged astronaut, astronomy, base camp, Bill Nye, Billy Michelson, college, Elon Musk, Everest, life change, Mars, NASA, Neil deGrasse Tyson, patreon, physics, science, science in the wild, space foundation, space hipster, Startalk
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Ready or Not, It’s a Wrap
My Wednesday writing updates are coordinated with A Round of Words in 80 Days, the writing challenge that knows you have a life. Eighty days is just under three months; we have four rounds a year. Round two just came … Continue reading
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Interview with Jamie Ferguson
About Jamie… I’ve wanted to be a writer for as long as I can remember. We moved around a lot when I was little, so I can easily pin down my age based on where we lived, which means I … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad House Spirit, Boulder, Bundle Rabbit, Chuck Heintzelman, DeAnna Knippling, dryads, Entangled by Midsummer, Grayson Towler, Leah Cutter, Longmont, naiads, Richard Friesen, self-pub, The City Trees, The Dragon Waking, urban fantasy, witches, With Perfect Clarity
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AmyBeth Inverness 
The Little Things
I have a very specific memory, probably around fourth grade, of our teacher handing out two assignments for us to do. One was very short, and the other would take longer. We were instructed to do the short one first … Continue reading →