Beth Martin's Blog

November 24, 2025

Out Now! Starship Blunder 2: Starship Wonder

The galaxy’s most chaotic crew is back for another orbit of interstellar misadventure! This second installment of galactic adventure is available now in both ebook and paperback formats.Paperback on Amazon     Ebook from Beth’s Store After the galactic goofs and other disasters of the first Starship Blunder anthology—including the beloved starship
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Published on November 24, 2025 05:56

October 23, 2025

Leaving the Amazon Behind

Focusing on direct sales for ebooks and creative freedom for my self-published books.When preparing for what I wanted to say during my talk at my event at Queen Takes Book (special thanks to everyone who came!), I decided to talk briefly about my whole writing career and came to the realization that I’ve been writing for 10 years now. It’s been an amazing journey full of super highs and
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Published on October 23, 2025 06:37

September 15, 2025

I Made My Own Link Shortener

Some things I do make me feel insane or old, like the guy yelling at the neighborhood kids to stay off his lawn. I no longer jump on all the cool trends (I personally still think Labubu’s are ugly even though I’ve seen them everywhere) and am not hip on the current vernacular, no cap? I add this preamble because I know a lot of people will find what I did silly. I still
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Published on September 15, 2025 11:51

September 11, 2025

Book Review: Power Ballad by J.L. Birchwood

I needed some light poolside reading, and Power Ballad promised to be asweet romance set at a metal music festival. Delilah was supposed to be getting married the weekend of the Mayhem Festival. Recently dumped by her ex-fiancé, she knows the festival will provide the perfect distraction from her heartbreak. When her friend can’t come with her, she attends solo and meets a
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Published on September 11, 2025 06:29

August 14, 2025

How to Read an Ebook

A Practical Guide to Opening EPUB Files on Any Device The world has space for all kinds of readers! A lot of authors I know stick with physical books and have a love affair with the library, and that’s great! Many book lovers prefer the practicality of an ereader, and don’t want to fill their homes with piles upon piles of paperbacks. Plenty of readers need to multitask, can’t
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Published on August 14, 2025 22:00

August 4, 2025

Book Review: Sleep Diet by Melisa Peterson Lewis

Go to sleep, wake up thin. That’s the branding for Viotech’s new procedure called the “Sleep Diet.” Still in the experimental phase, the sleep diet protocol administers patients a continuous stream of medication that detoxes their bodies while they listen to a hypnosis script for an entire month—all while fast asleep. It’s a big ask, but the participants are paid for their time and trouble.Sleep
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Published on August 04, 2025 13:10

July 15, 2025

My First Author Signing: A Tell-All

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Published on July 15, 2025 22:00

June 25, 2025

Puzzling Escapes: The Haunted House Mystery Trailer

I am so excited to share this! Parragon created an official book trailer for Puzzling Escapes: The Haunted House Mystery, and it’s AMAZING. The book is amazing too, so definitely give the trailer a watch! You can get your own copy of the book on July 1st. If you love escape rooms, haunted houses, or solving puzzles that test your brain power, then you’re going to
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Published on June 25, 2025 14:46

June 2, 2025

New Short Story: A Delicate Deception

I’m thrilled to share my newest short story with you! “A Delicate Deception” is a dramatic take on the fake-wedding-date trope with a sharp emotional edge. Mark is a broken man—but it’s not just because of his disability. It’s how his family treats him. Determined to prove his worth, Mark recruits the perfect date for his cousin’s wedding: Amelia. She’s beautiful, confident, and
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Published on June 02, 2025 22:00

May 6, 2025

Video Game Review: Blue Prince

I love a good puzzle adventure, whether it’s an escape room, board game, video game, or puzzle book. My husband purchased and played the video game Blue Prince for an hour before mentioning the title to me. He compared it to the game Myst, which is a guaranteed way to get me to give the game a shot.A Game Like Myst? I’M IN! Since my computer is a Mac, I had to steal time at my
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Published on May 06, 2025 22:00