Category Archives: Writing

Generic posts about writing.

Torture

Posted on February 26, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

This has not exactly been the most productive week. I’ve been playing Dungeon Keeper, an old game that is highly addictive. It’s James’ fault. He gave me the link to a website offering a free promo download, not knowing what … Continue reading →

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Water Slides

Posted on February 19, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

Yup. That’s what I did this week. Hubby and I took our girls to White Water Bay at the Great Escape in Lake George, New York. How are the writing goals this week? Excused. At least, as far as the … 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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When the Wedding Isn’t the Climax

Posted on February 11, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

Skip down to ROW80 with me… I just wrote a wedding scene. The story is romance…SciFi Polyamorous Romance, to be specific. But this doesn’t mean I’m almost done with this WIP; this story still has a ways to go. I … 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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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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The Race Card

Posted on January 22, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

My WIP is set on a human-colonized world about a thousand years in the future. Humans from all over the Earth were part of the original colony 500 years ago (er…from now?) and even more diverse people emigrated to the … 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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Money!

Posted on January 8, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

Tuesday was a major milestone in my writing career. I received monetary payment for a story I wrote! Although I have several stories published in anthologies and a magazine, all the ones out there so far have been freebies. I’m … Continue reading →

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Jo Didn’t Marry Laurie

Posted on January 5, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

This post includes spoilers for a book that came out in 1868. It’s also been made into a movie several times over. If you don’t want to spoil the book or the movies, stop yourself now. I feel a special … Continue reading →

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