Happy Tuesday All, Hope everyone had a great weekend! I was a busy little bee this weekend. Offspring had a game, then I had to do some spring/summer wardrobe shopping, and Sunday was Church and relaxation. The answer to the question about if there is any news on the contracted novel is that when there is something I can share I will post it here. If you've been watching my Twitter Feed (whether following me on Twitter or checking the margin of this blog) you might have seen some posts where I recommended books. For all of you who missed them, here's the recommendations I made for Valentine's Day: I started out with Historical Romance... Friday's Child by Georgette Heyer (probably my number 2 favorite Heyer novel) If you're into Fairy Tales, I mentioned this YA: Beastly by Alex Flinn Sassy Fiction... The Secret Ingredient by Jane Heller I even touched on Mid-grade... Betsy's Wedding by Maud Hart Lovelace (but I recommend reading the oth...

Happy Monday Everybody, I hope everyone had a great weekend! I had a pretty good one. Offspring had a game and that went well. Friday night I went out with some of my gal pals, and that was fun. Recently, a fellow author and chapter mate of mine, Shauna Allen , had her first novel released, a contemporary romance, and you're in luck, readers, because today I'm doing my official blog review of her novel, Inked By An Angel ! Kyle is determined to make it on her own. No more being daddy's little princess. She's going to carve out her own place in the world of numbers--also known as accounting--and find her place in the world. The only problem is, without clients, how is she supposed to pay her bills? She can't bear to crawl back to her dad's plush firm where she's basically invisible. She has to make it work. So, while her first inclination is to run as fast as her fashionable heels will take her, she holds her head high while she waits for her meetin...

Happy Friday All, Again, I've been MIA! I've got to stop making this a habit. I'll keep working at it. Meanwhile, follow what's going on by following me on Twitter (@WriteByBethany)--you can also see what I tweet/retweet in my Twitter Feed in the margin of this blog. Or find me under my name, Bethany Averie, on Facebook. Facebook and Twitter are updated regularly.  I've also joined Goodreads, for those who get on that. Been thinking about updating the Road Map that I posted in 2010 (you can find it in margin of this blog...you'll have to arrow down a bit). But I also thought it would be fun to let y'all know what advice the authors I've interviewed had to give to aspiring authors. Since I've done several interviews, I'm going to post this list with author's name and genre. You pick which one you want to check out (or read the whole interview for that matter). By the way...I do intend to do author interviews this year. I have one alre...

Happy Friday All, Okay, before I get to today's subject, let me just say up front, it's bittersweet. But, it's something that's on my mind, so I figured I'd go ahead and chat about it with y'all today. Lately I’ve been on a 1950’s music kick; specifically listening to the music of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper. I was watching documentaries about these 3 stars when I realized something… The anniversary of the plane crash is this Sunday. 54 years ago on  February 3, 1959, t hree of the biggest stars in Rock n’ Roll history died. Buddy Holly was a 22 year old from Lubbock, Texas. He’d been a star for a little over a year. He decided (for whatever reason...documentaries say one thing, and this website says something else, however this article as well as this other article both back up the claim that they didn't have much money; so I don't know what's fact or fiction) to go on The Winter Dance Party tour. Ritchie Valens was ...