Category Archives: Writing

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12-12-12

Posted on December 12, 2012 by AmyBeth Inverness

How am I doing on my #ROW80 goals? Fracking Fantastic! Today my story was published!  OK… I’ll calm down. Well, no I won’t… but I’ll keep my composure. The actual writing goals? Very good, actually, although my focus has temporarily … Continue reading →

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On Fire!

Posted on December 5, 2012 by AmyBeth Inverness

OK, so I completely bombed NaNoWriMo this year. I have accepted that in a zen kind of way. And this past week of writing has been incredible, even though none of it has been on my WIP. I have two … Continue reading →

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The Next Big Thing

Posted on November 27, 2012 by AmyBeth Inverness

Betsy Tagged me in The Next Big Thing! For my ROW80 update, scroll to the bottom 1) What is the working title of your next book? My WIP is The Chapel at the End of the Universe. It’s the “next” … Continue reading →

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Not Good Enough

Posted on November 21, 2012 by AmyBeth Inverness

Last year during NaNoWriMo I was unexpectedly called out of state for two weeks. Yet, I still remained very close to the goal line in my daily word count. Looking back, part of that might be because I was called … Continue reading →

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Gosh Darn It All to Heck

Posted on November 14, 2012 by AmyBeth Inverness

Well, last week I missed the #ROW80 link-up completely. I was hoping to have better news this week, but although I’m barely keeping up with my whirlwind blog tour (I’m on Jilly Boyd’s blog today!) I have few than 6,000 … Continue reading →

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Get Ready, Get Set…

Posted on October 31, 2012 by AmyBeth Inverness

This week my level of writing has been below acceptable levels (less than 1k/day) however my level of preparing to write is exactly where it needs to be. Tomorrow, NaNoWriMo begins. I need to average almost 2k/day in order to … Continue reading →

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Release Day for Precipice

Posted on October 30, 2012 by AmyBeth Inverness

Today is a huge milestone in my life and career as a writer. Today, my first story was published in an anthology. I’ve been linking up with prompts from Write on Edge for a couple of years now, since they … Continue reading →

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One Week Until NaNoWriMo!

Posted on October 24, 2012 by AmyBeth Inverness

Ack! Well, it’s my own damn fault. I haven’t used my time as well as I should. For ROW80, this week has been disappointing. Only a few days did I do an “acceptable” amount of writing. I did take time … Continue reading →

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Careful Planning

Posted on October 23, 2012 by AmyBeth Inverness

I’ve entered a contest. Well, I think I’ve entered a contest… I sent in my story a week ago and I have confirmation that they’ve received it, but I haven’t received confirmation that they’ve accepted it. I’m pretty sure I’m … Continue reading →

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Interpreting the Beta Reader

Posted on October 11, 2012 by AmyBeth Inverness

Beta readers are one of a writer’s greatest resources. This is usually an unpaid endeavor, done by friends or colleagues. The favor is often returned, the service reciprocal. It takes guts to be a good beta reader. Simply praising the writer … Continue reading →

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