Category Archives: Commentary & Musing

Biblical Ancient Aliens

Posted on February 23, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

I have an unhealthy addition to Cherry Coke and H2’s Ancient Aliens. The good thing is, both fuel my writing. The Cherry Coke though, is particularly bad for me. I’m trying to quit. I’m not about to quit Ancient Aliens. … Continue reading →

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Major Squee!

Posted on February 17, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

I have a lot of writer friends. A lot. Like, easily into the hundreds. Although most of these are people whom I’ve never met in person, we still interact regularly via social media. I do get to see people in … Continue reading →

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Struggling and Straggling

Posted on February 5, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

I’m struggling this week. We’re four weeks into the semester, which means I’m grading papers, which I loathe. I want to just assume that my lectures are so brilliantly inspiring that all my students will breeze through all the assignments, … Continue reading →

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Opus

Posted on February 3, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

Not that one, though I love him so. I grew up with Bloom County. And playing the cello. The musical opus… a musical composition or set of compositions usually numbered in the order of its issue according to Merriam-Webster. Or maybe symphony … Continue reading →

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The Same Mistakes

Posted on January 28, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

Skip down to ROW80 with me! I’m a teacher. Other than being a mom, that’s my day-job. Over the past thirty years, I’ve taught a number of subjects. My first experience at teaching came at age twelve when I started … Continue reading →

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Sexuality and Diversity

Posted on January 24, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

When did Hollywood stop giving new television shows a chance to breathe and gain an audience before killing them after only a few episodes? I understand they need to make money, but their first priority should be to make a … Continue reading →

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Let Me Count the Ways

Posted on January 15, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

How do I count editing? I like writing rough drafts. I like reading my finished, polished product. Everything in the middle… Ugh. Work. Well, it’s not all that bad. Although I’d rather be flat-out producing words on the page, there … Continue reading →

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The Fall of the Adelaide Faire

Posted on January 12, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

Warning: This post contains spoilers for several of my Kingdom Come novels, which are not yet published. Heck, some of them are only in rough draft or outline form. Maybe it’s the kind of post that should be kept private, … Continue reading →

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Pshaw!

Posted on January 11, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

In the middle of a twittersation a year or so ago, one writer friend asked “What do you call a girl who ditches her Prom to go have sex?” Another writer friend answered “Normal?” Although she was joking, she and … Continue reading →

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Boom Shaka Laka Baby

Posted on January 1, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

I wrote more than 156,000 words over November and December. During NaNoWriMo I wrote about 60,000 which was almost all of Part I of my novel. I kept writing, diving into Part II. It turned out to be more than … Continue reading →

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