Category Archives: ROW80

Oops

Posted on December 11, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

I am uber busy this week promoting One Does Not Simply Walk Into Mordor! I’m doing a blog tour for this release, so I’m writing a new post for almost every day. Why “Oops?” Because one of my ROW80 goals … Continue reading →

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One Does Not Simply Walk Into Mordor

Posted on December 2, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

Huzzah! I reached the 50k mark on my NaNoWriMo story in the wee hours of the morning on November 30, with about 20 hours to spare. Since then, I’ve switched gears from writing stuff to writing related stuff. That meshes with … Continue reading →

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41,676/50,000

Posted on November 26, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

I am dancing with the goal line in NaNoWriMo. I started strong, then as expected dropped behind during the release of Cities of Luna and my goobear’s birthday. I caught up and got a little ahead, only to dip down … Continue reading →

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A Storm in the Rocky Mountains

Posted on November 11, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

I love this picture. I don’t remember how I found it originally…I was searching for images that were old enough to be public domain so I could use them for my mock-ups of my Steampunk stories. Originally I was going … Continue reading →

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The Night Before my New Release

Posted on November 4, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

The Moon is Almost Full. This has new meaning to me now. Starting this month, every time there’s a full moon, I will release a new short story in The Cities of Luna. This month, the stand-alone story is Moon … Continue reading →

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Eight Days

Posted on October 29, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

I’m counting down. Only eight days until the release of Moon Dragons, the first story in The Cities of Luna coming out from Distinguished Press! I’m both excited and terrified. Excited because it’s a story I love and am proud … Continue reading →

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Meeting Tiffany and Andrew

Posted on October 22, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

 (Scroll Down for my ROW80 update) On Monday afternoon, I rented a car and drove just over three hours to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Tiffany Reisz and Andrew Shaffer were doing a signing at the River Run Bookstore, and I just … Continue reading →

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I Should Take My Own Advice

Posted on October 7, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

So, one of the new writing goals I’m trying is to finish a short story within a few days of starting it. I know myself. If I don’t finish it within a few days, bad things happen. Sometimes it goes … Continue reading →

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Has Round Four Started Yet?

Posted on October 1, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

One of the writing groups I participate in is A Round of Words in Eighty Days. Four times a year, we set our own measurable goals with regards to writing. Once or twice a week, we write an update post … Continue reading →

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By the Way, This Character’s Not Caucasian

Posted on September 23, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

Diversity. I want to embrace it, not hit the reader over the head with it. In one story, I have a daughter intertwining her brown fingers with her father’s darker ones. That’s about the only clue the reader gets to … Continue reading →

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