Happy Monday All, Here's hoping everybody had a great weekend! Mine was all right. There are just HOURS left in the giveaway I donated a Kindle copy of All's Fair In Love & Lion to. For details check out author Patti Korbet's blog .   For those of you who didn't hear:  Last week I turned Immortal Dreams Book 2: Astral Love in to my publisher.  It's exciting, nerve-wrecking, and a relief to have another novel finished. I'm working on another novel and got some ideas for others, too.  Next month I'll have an official blog book review for another author (not going to say who the author is or what the book is, but it's coming!) I enjoyed this one very much that I'll be reviewing. I'm looking forward to the upcoming release of Kerrelyn Sparks' How To Seduce A Vampire (Without Really Trying) .  I pre-ordered a paperback copy of that one. It releases tomorrow (April 29, 2014). If you all didn't hear the marvelous news fr...

Happy Tuesday All, I'm a part of a massive giveaway that author Patti Korbet is holding.  There's a ton of books (including a copy of A ll's Fair In Love & Lion on Kindle) being given away. **For more details, check out Patti Korbet's blog. **     In other news , I'm working on the read-through of my WIP to turn it into my publisher. It's due by the beginning of May (I'm hoping to be done before that). Hope to have more news for you all soon. Have a Terrifically Tip-Top Tuesday!

Happy Friday All, I've been thinking about what kind of post to write, and well several ideas have been floating in my mind. I couldn't nail down one, so I waited until I could. And I still haven't, but I thought I'd give it a go to see what happens. (Bear with me LOL). I'm awaiting 1st round edits for Immortal Dreams Book 1: Divine Love . I'm still waiting on the paperback version of All's Fair In Love & Lion (I'm sorry that's been taking so long). I'm waiting on the cover art for Immortal Dreams Book 1: Divine Love .  The form has been turned in to the artist, so I guess just waiting on them. I am so looking forward to this cover you have NO idea. I love this Trilogy. I do, I really do. There's just something about Erich and Laney that has me going bonkers. My beta reader is awaiting Book 3. She's loved the first 2 and is ready for the third one.  If you're a member of Goodreads , all 3 Immortal Dreams Trilogy ...

Happy Friday All, Wow! It’s been such a fun week with learning more about different Classic novels, and other authors’ work. If you haven’t checked out yesterday’s post with TinaBausinger , please do. I think it’s fascinating. To close out Classics Week, you get yours truly (me) for today. There are many authors I could have chosen to talk about today, however, CS Lewis is an author I've particularly enjoyed. So I’m going to go ahead and focus on him and his Chronicles Of Narnia . You could say in some sense, Aslan from the series influenced All’s Fair In Love & Lion a bit—given Monroe , like Aslan, (when Monroe was in his lion form) could speak My Monroe Christmas ornament, given to me by one of my sisters and be understood, was majestic. In the stories, Aslan sacrifices himself, and sacrifice comes into play in my story, as well. However, the thing about Narnia that appealed to me was how each adventure was full of imagination, wonder, a...

Happy Thursday Everybody, I can't tell you how excited I am that you all have been enjoying Classics Week. When I got this idea I wasn't sure what would happen, but it's turned into a lot of fun. Yesterday's posts by Mina Khan got many comments (thank you for supporting Mina!) Which is great. It's always nice when readers support an author. Today I welcome an author who is on one of the email loops I'm on. Like Mina, when I sent out the call for certain authors, (mostly Paranormal and Fantasy, but I welcomed a couple of other genres, too) author Tina Bausinger answered the call and I was delighted to have her come aboard for this blog series. So please join me in welcoming Tina Bausinger as she talks about Emily Bront ë : The windy heights—a horrifying thunderstorm and a choice between a love-crazed, revenge-seeking rogue or a beautiful aristocratic pretty boy. Who can resist the world of  Wuthering Heights  by Emily Bront ë? I know I can’t.   ...

Happy Wednesday All, I hope you enjoyed Marie Hall's post yesterday on Regency Romance and how they influenced her. I know I did. Today I welcome author Mina Khan to Write By Bethany. When I Author Mina Khan was scheduling authors for this week, I got on the two email loops I'm a member of and asked who would be interested (out of Fantasy and Paranormal authors).  Mina sent me an email asking if I had room for her and whether or not Mary Shelley was taken. I replied that there was room, and no, nobody had claimed Mary Shelley as their topic. So what follows is an interesting take on a novel that is definitely categorized as a Classic. My thanks to Mina for being a part of Classics Week!  So, now I invite you to sit back and relax as Mina takes the floor... Thanks Bethany for having me over! My geeky heart is thrilled to be sharing & discussing one of my favorite classic reads – Frankenstein , or The Modern Prometheus by British author Mary Shelley . ...

Happy Tuesday All, Did you all enjoy yesterday's post? If you haven't checked it out, please do so by clicking here . Today I welcome author Marie Hall to Write By Bethany. Marie is an author I came across while browsing E-book options. I read Her Mad Hatter and was hooked. Now several more titles later, and having interviewed her , plus chit-chatting on Facebook (she's a Once Upon A Time show fan, too). I'm delighted to be able to welcome her once again to my blog as she discusses her love of Jane Austen, and other period romances. Take away, Marie Hall... I guess it’s no surprise that I as a romance writer would love romances. And I hardly doubt I’m in the minority when it comes to loving Jane Austen, and the Bronte sisters. I’m also very partial to Dickens, but he didn’t write the traditional romances. So for the sake of this piece I’ll stick with romance period writers. I first picked up Pride and Prejudice in high school. It was a school as...