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Beth Hudson

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Inspired by authors such as J.R.R. Tolkien, Lloyd Alexander, and Madeleine L’Engle, Beth determined to become a writer when she was still in grade school. That path meandered through an attempt at astronomy, a linguistics degree, and a brief flirtation with anthropology, but during it all, she worked on her writing, producing numerous short stories, and even completing two (unpublished) novels while in high school and college. Since deciding to focus on her writing, she has published a number of fantasy short stories (and a lone science fiction piece) in various magazines and anthologies. "The Herd Lord", a novella about a war among centaurs, was published in 2011, and her first full-length novel, "Etched in Fire" was released in 2015. Beth ...more

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	Strange Stories of Sand and Sea by Esther Schrader (Editor), Brian Rosenberger (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Wesley Lambert (Contributor) 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Etched in Fire 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Pretzels and Möbius Strips: On the Question of Plot Twists

When I was in junior high, I read Asimovs Foundation Trilogy. I absolutely loved it. I re-read it multiple times throughout the years, and each time I marveled at Asimovs tight plotting, culminating in the triple punch of plot twists at the end of the third book. What made this work for me was the fact that one of those twists was solidly set up at the very beginning of the first book, the other t Read more of this blog post »

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The Perilous Gard

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