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# Bethany Maines

Probably more than you wanted to know about author Bethany Maines

## Posts

- [Advance Reviews](https://bethanymaines.com/advance-reviews/) - Bethany Maines discusses how advance reviews are obtained, and also crush the writer's soul during marketing, particularly when jerks leave 1 star reviews.
- [Creative Process](https://bethanymaines.com/creative-process/) - Embracing the Process Recently, someone asked me about my inspiration for one of my books, and I hesitated to answer. Investigating the creative process can be fascinating, but also a little bit terrifying. Exploring how my brain processes and generates ideas can help guide my process toward fresh ideas. Or it could make me realize
- [Summer Vibes](https://bethanymaines.com/summer-vibes/) - Author Bethany Maines discusses her summer and her progress on various writing and artistic endeavors as well as her new puppy.
- [Book Trailer Skillz](https://bethanymaines.com/book-trailer-skillz/) - Bethany Maines breaks down the skills used to create video-based book trailers. Each book trailer is unique and uses different skills to increase engagement.
- [Painting in a New Old Way](https://bethanymaines.com/painting-in-a-new-old-way/) - Bethany Maines discusses her return to painting and what lead to her current creative endeavors around being an artist, writer, and artisan fartisan.
- [Forged for Release!](https://bethanymaines.com/forged-for-release/) - It's release day for Forged in Flame, book 2 of the Montanari Universe series! BUY FORGED IN FLAME NOW: CLICK HERE Dragon fire can be hidden, but never extinguished. Ava Flynn never meant to awaken the dragon inside her—until betrayal and a dangerously seductive stranger ignite a power she can no longer deny. When billionaire
- [Side Track to Success](https://bethanymaines.com/side-track-to-success/) - Countdown! I'm on the countdown to book 2 - Forged in Flame - of my contracted 4 from Varus Publishing. And if that seems fast to you, well, I agree. But it is what I signed up for. But the publishing schedule for four books in one year does mean that while one is getting
- [Forged in Flame Cover Reveal!](https://bethanymaines.com/forged-in-flame-cover-reveal/) - New Cover Revealed! Book covers in publishing can be fraught for authors. And by fraught I mean panic inducing. What a publisher thinks and what an author thinks a cover should be are very frequently not the same. And usually, an author is only allowed minimal input on a cover. While this is frustrating as
- [How Does a Dragon Work?](https://bethanymaines.com/how-does-a-dragon-work/) - Bethany Maines discusses how important it is to establish the rules of how fantasy creatures — like a dragon — work in paranormal romance.
- [Traveling the World with Books](https://bethanymaines.com/traveling-the-world-with-books/) - Traveling to... Vegas Baby! In a time where AI can make a lot of things appear to be real, I've come to value the real life photo that may or may not have the best lighting and might just have some goober tourist in the background. So recently, when a friend of mine traveled
- [Welcome to Spring](https://bethanymaines.com/welcome-to-spring/) - Bethany talks about which goals can be set aside during a spring that may feel full of too many commitments and deadlines.
- [AI Ruined My Spam](https://bethanymaines.com/ai-ruined-my-spam/) - Bethany Maines discusses how the rise of AI has impacted the spam email and how authors are being targeted by this new wave of scammers.
- [St. Patrick's Day](https://bethanymaines.com/st-patricks-day/) - Bethany Maines shares her planned St. Patrick's Day dessert recipe as well as why this year required two separate eating holidays.
- [Every Little Thing](https://bethanymaines.com/every-little-thing/) - Quarter 1 had a lot of things... And Thing 1 and Thing 2 were not blue-haired pranksters. The things were both writing. Last year, I blithely signed a contract with Varus Publishing to provide 4 books in 2026. I had exactly 1.5 books of those four written when I signed. Well, if you want to
- [Heart's Curse Release Day](https://bethanymaines.com/hearts-curse-release-day/) - It's release day for Heart's Curse, Book 1 in the Montanari Universe, is the newest paranormal romance from Bethany Maines writing as Sirena Corbeau.
- [Brainstorming Your Murder](https://bethanymaines.com/brainstorming-your-murder/) - Brainstorming & the Creative Process This week, I taught a workshop for the Pacific Northwest Writers Association called Brainstorming Your Murder. This was a new workshop for me, and as always, I was struck by a case of nerves because I hate the idea of under-delivering. The workshop evolved out of what I call my
- [Blessing or a Curse?](https://bethanymaines.com/blessing-or-a-curse/) - Is it a curse or a blessing to be elected to the Board of the MWA. Bethany Maines talks her election and the inspiration for her novel - Heart's Curse.
- [Derringer Danger](https://bethanymaines.com/derringer-danger/) - Bethany Maines discusses the Derringer Awards and who from the Stiletto Gang has submitted their short stories for an award.
- [Christmas the Movie Way](https://bethanymaines.com/christmas-the-movie-way/) - Christmas Strikes Back A few years ago, I became interested in scriptwriting. Like many people, I assumed that after a lifetime of watching movies that writing them couldn't be that hard. I'll pause here for your laughter to die down. Specifically, I was interested in Christmas movies and why they sucked. Which is unfair, one
- [2025 Retrospective](https://bethanymaines.com/2025-retrospective/)
- [Noir at the Bar November](https://bethanymaines.com/noir-at-the-bar-november/) - Noir at the Bar Nov 6, with readers Kathleen Kaska, Brian Thornton, Kate Jackson, Jim Thomsen, Alex Kenna, Robert J. Binney, and Bethany Maines
- [A Romantic Craft](https://bethanymaines.com/a-romantic-craft/) - Bethany gives a paper poppy craft tutorial and talks about her crafting inspiration that was found in her novel - Elevator Ride.
- [Cooking Up Death!](https://bethanymaines.com/cooking-up-death/) - Congratulations to all my fellow authors in the Cooking Up Death Anthology! Cooking Up Death from Camden Park Press features sixteen tales of wonderfully food-centered murder and mayhem. With toxic treats and lethal luncheons, each amateur sleuth must hunt down the murderer. And each mystery is presented with an accompanying (non-deadly, we swear) recipe. Featuring
- [Road Blocks & an Announcement](https://bethanymaines.com/road-blocks-an-announcement/) - An Announcement Last month, I blogged about having to scramble to pick a new pen name after the reader-tested and selected name was snagged out from under me. Cue the gnashing of teeth and tearing of hair. I was upset because I had every intention of using the pen name for a series of new
- [Deja Brew & the Pumpkin Spice Romance](https://bethanymaines.com/deja-brew-the-pumpkin-spice-romance/) - This October is set to be a busy time for me with three (3!!) anthologies being published. With 12 Knights of Christmas, Cooking Up Death, and the Pumpkin Spice Romance, I have been kept busy with marketing and all of the pre-release items that go into these ventures. It has been exciting to work with
- [Pen Names & Projects](https://bethanymaines.com/pen-names-projects/) - A New Pen Name for a New Project As some of you may remember from earlier in the year, I was on a writing and submitting spree. Novella’s, short stories, writing contests—I was on a writing rampage! And with some spicier romance novellas in the collection, I asked for your help picking a pen name,
- [Publishing Updates!](https://bethanymaines.com/publishing-updates/)
- [Plotting a Murder](https://bethanymaines.com/plotting-a-murder/) - Plotting all the Plots Recently, I came across a call for a short story anthology focused on murder mysteries that took place in the workplace. However, the stipulation was that the death be dependent on that working situation. As a graphic designer, unless I accidentally stab my business partner to death with my college-era bone
- [Exit Inspiration](https://bethanymaines.com/exit-inspiration/) - The Inspiration Behind Emergency Exit The opening of Emergency Exit, book 3 of the Valkyrie Brothers series, was actually the first scene I wrote in the series. Ash Valkyrie sneaks into the building (because... reasons) via the service elevator and due to the loud vent system Harper Smoak has a misunderstanding about which party the
- [The Publishing Game](https://bethanymaines.com/the-publishing-game/) - What Are We Publishing? Publishing is always a bit of a game, but sometimes I feel more like I'm racking up publishing "points." This year, I've found myself with some unexpectedly free writing time. I wrapped up writing the series I was working on (the Valkyrie Brothers) and I didn't have a next grand project
- [Between Floors](https://bethanymaines.com/between-floors/) - When You Get Stuck Between Floors When I start writing a book, I often have a specific scene in mind. For Between Floors, book 2 of the Valkyrie Brothers series, I didn’t. I knew generally what the plot was and who my characters were, but I didn’t have the scene that locked me into the
- [Pick a Pen Name?](https://bethanymaines.com/pick-a-pen-name/) - What’s in a Pen Name? I recently have had the opportunity to submit to a dark romance anthology. For those that don't know dark romance could be defined as a subgenre of romance that explores the messy, complicated, and sometimes twisted side of love and relationships. Dark romance is not my usual genre. A lot
- [Does it Need a Trailer Hitch?](https://bethanymaines.com/does-it-need-a-trailer-hitch/) - A Trailer & More Recently, I’ve been working on some marketing items including a book trailer for Elevator Ride from my Valkyrie Brothers series. Creating a book trailer is a challenge! It’s like condensing the soul of an entire book into just a minute or less of video magic. The first hurdle? Finding the perfect
- [What to Giveaway](https://bethanymaines.com/what-to-giveaway/) - Is it good to giveaway a book? Well, as a recipient of the occasional free book, I will confirm that yes, I think it’s great when authors giveaway books. However, many authors feel extremely leery of giving away free books. There have been many instances of winners selling books or copying content, so that fear
- [Awards!](https://bethanymaines.com/awards/) - Awards Season is Here! No, it's not time for the Oscar's or anything normal people care about. I'm talking about the extremely niche category of mystery short story awards. The Short Fiction Mystery Society, a volunteer-lead group of short fiction writers annually hosts the Derringer Awards. Any member is welcome to submit a short story
- [New Year, New Plan](https://bethanymaines.com/new-year-new-plan/) - New Year, New Plan There's a lot of "New year, new plan!" going around in January. And to be fair I've been working on the plan since last year, but this month it's time to get some of the details worked out. I know a lot of writers like to wing their social media calendar
- [2025 is Coming!](https://bethanymaines.com/2025-is-coming/) - Bethany Maines talks about her publishing schedule for 2025 and her current lack of chocolate and Christmas cookies.
- [Creativity](https://bethanymaines.com/creativity/) - Is it Creativity or Goddess? As someone who works in a creative field professionally, I’m endlessly interested in how creativity functions. Where does anyone get their inspiration? Heck, where do I get my inspiration? The Greek idea of a muse—a goddess who comes by to inspire an artist—makes sense to me because sometimes ideas do
- [Can I be a Co-Writer](https://bethanymaines.com/can-i-be-a-co-writer/) - A Co-Writer Spills the Beans In my upcoming release, Luckless Love, my heroine is returning from a year long road trip and searching for someplace to belong. Wanting to belong to a community is a universal theme that I think appeals to readers, but when I started to write the book, I didn’t immediately leap
- [Luckless Love](https://bethanymaines.com/luckless-love/) - Luckless Love Releases November 18! Next week will see the release of Luckless Love, a contemporary “enemies to lovers” romance with a hint of “mistaken identity” set in Eastern Washington with a “happily ever after” ending. This standalone novel was fun to write, but more fun to research. The story revolves around a winery and
- [A Little Larceny...](https://bethanymaines.com/a-little-larceny/) - Is it Larceny or Just Larcenous? Short stories are their own art form and while I enjoy writing them, I will frequently wait for inspiration to strike rather than trying to force one into existence. And this year, I've only had one short idea that I wanted to work on—The Rage Cage. However, once I
- [A Happy Birthday](https://bethanymaines.com/a-happy-birthday/)
- [Sasqwatch!](https://bethanymaines.com/sasqwatch/) - Author and screenwriter Bethany Maines tells about her trip to Vancouver BC to view the Sasqwatch Film Festival.
- [Celebrate](https://bethanymaines.com/celebrate/) - Celebrate! There are plenty of life affirmations that get put on artistic signs. And I usually mock them. If you need someone or something to remind you to Live, Laugh, Love! then you've probably got bigger problems than a sign can help you with. However, I do think people sometimes need to be reminded to
- [Valentine's Noir](https://bethanymaines.com/valentines-noir/) - Noir? No Are? Nwar? What now? I occasionally participate in an author event called Noir at the Bar. Local writers bring crime and "noir" themed stories to scandalize listeners with tales of the seedy underbelly of society. Oh, and also to drink, socialize and terrorize ourselves by reading in public. This time around our date
- [Mystery: An Unfinished Storm](https://bethanymaines.com/mystery-an-unfinished-storm/) - Bethany Maines discusses the inspiration for her San Juan Island Mystery series and her forthcoming book An Unfinished Storm, book 4 in the series.
- [Movie Making](https://bethanymaines.com/movie-making/) - Bethany Maines discusses writing scripts, having a movie made from her work, and what it takes to turn a book into a script.
- [Next Stop: The Islands](https://bethanymaines.com/next-stop-the-islands/) - Bethany Maines discusses her problems with islands, mysteries, the name Cooper, and forgetting to keep track of all her characters in a series.
- [The Bag of Tricks](https://bethanymaines.com/the-bag-of-tricks/) - Bethany describes the tricks she uses to get a novel plot out of the mud and moving again.
- [Alekos!](https://bethanymaines.com/alekos/) - Bethany Maines discusses the challenges that came with writing Alekos, book 3 of the Rejects Pack Trilogy
- [Hudson](https://bethanymaines.com/hudson/) - Bethany Maines discusses her newest release - Hudson, book 1 of the Rejects Pack and some insights into publishing. Read to the end for #FreeBook links.
- [Rejects Pack Trilogy](https://bethanymaines.com/rejects-pack-trilogy/) - Bethany shares the covers for the Rejects Pack Trilogy and a little about the newest series that takes place in the Supernatural world of the 3 Colors Trilogy.
- [Glossed Cause Released!](https://bethanymaines.com/glossed-cause-released/)
- [Virtually IRL](https://bethanymaines.com/virtually-irl/) - I laughed when I read AB Plum’s recent post about unhooking from the virtual world. It has been a long time since I didn’t enhance my RL (real life) experience with some sort of virtual interaction. Photos on Facebook, the occasional witty comment on twitter, blogs and websites, they are all part of my life.
- [No More Changes](https://bethanymaines.com/no-more-changes/) - Bethany discusses when to walk away from a story
- [A Typo Honesty](https://bethanymaines.com/a-typo-honesty/) - Recently, I was going over the edits from a beta reader on my forthcoming mystery novel - Against the Undertow (sequel to An Unseen Current). I was excited to read over the notes because the reader had been pretty enthusiastic verbally about the book and I was looking forward to easy edits (for once). Beta
- [Organizing My World(s)](https://bethanymaines.com/organizing-my-worlds/) - How Bethany Maines tracks, collates, organizes and beats into submission all the pieces of information that go into making a book.
- [New for 2018!](https://bethanymaines.com/new-for-2018/) - 2018 is set to be a very big year for me. I have been working feverishly through 2016 and 2017 to bring out multiple projects and 2018 is the year that many of those projects are bearing fruit. Take a peek at my upcoming releases! February 13 - Galactic Dreams (Just in time for Valentine's
- [Mystery Novel Seeks New Home](https://bethanymaines.com/mystery-novel-seeks-new-home/) - Bethany Maines discusses a writers feelings on used books.
- [Moonlight & Misadventure Released!](https://bethanymaines.com/moonlight-misadventure-anthology/) - Bethany reveals secrets of the Moonlight & Misadventure Anthology and her included story Tammy Loves Derek.
- [Against the Undertow Release Day](https://bethanymaines.com/against-the-undertow/)
- [Reviews (2014)](https://bethanymaines.com/reviews/) - PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Help a starving author – leave reviews for the books you read today! There’s a lot of talk these days about shopping local with the goal of supporting actual people instead of massive corporations. Well, you can’t get much more small, local, and actual than author. Reviews really do help authors. It’s
- [The Case for It's](https://bethanymaines.com/the-case-for-its/) - Recently, I was ranting on Facebook about my hatred for the periods in a.m. and p.m as well as the comma between city and state in addresses (see what you miss by not being my Facebook friend?) and one of my friends posted a link to Weird Al Yankovic’s new song “Word Crimes.” As a
- [Puppy Training](https://bethanymaines.com/puppy-training/) - how to raise your child using dog training methods
- [Wild Waters Release](https://bethanymaines.com/wild-waters-release/) - Learn more about the new paranormal romance novella - WILD WATERS - from Bethany Maines.
- [Fictional Character, Real Personality](https://bethanymaines.com/fictional-character-real-personality/)
- [The Second Shot Goes Live](https://bethanymaines.com/the-second-shot-goes-live/)
- [Plotter vs. Pantser](https://bethanymaines.com/plotter-vs-pantser/) - Bethany Maines discusses her recent appearance on the Hidden Gems podcast, the plotter vs. pantser style of writing a book.
- [Rewrite Time](https://bethanymaines.com/rewrite-time/) - Bethany Maines discusses how to turn a novella into a script and how to approach edits and rewrite a story that she's already completed.
- [Battery Life](https://bethanymaines.com/battery-life/) - Bethany Maines talks about her battery life as she heads into the Christmas holidays and what she plans to watch, and read to recharge.
- [A Christmas Novella & a Craft](https://bethanymaines.com/a-christmas-novella-a-craft/) - Bethany Maines gives crafting instructions for a Christmas snowflake craft and talks about her new novella Winter Wonderland.
- [NanoWriMo Wha?](https://bethanymaines.com/nanowrimo-wha/) - Bethany Maines explains NaNoWriMo and why she's joined this year, as well as her upcoming projects Winter Wonderland, and the Rejects Pack.
- [Release Day is Here!](https://bethanymaines.com/release-day-is-here/) - A release day announcement about The Fallen Man, book 4 of the Deveraux Legacy Series!
- [The Fallen Man Release](https://bethanymaines.com/the-fallen-man-release/)
- [Huge Giveaway](https://bethanymaines.com/huge-giveaway/)
- [Research](https://bethanymaines.com/research/) - Bethany discusses how research has changed in the last fifteen years and possibly admits that she just likes using the word menhir.
- [Holiday Novella](https://bethanymaines.com/holiday-novella/)
- [Maverick Released!](https://bethanymaines.com/maverick-released/)
- [Parts of a Book](https://bethanymaines.com/parts-of-a-book/) - Bethany discusses the parts of a book, craft projects, magic bottles, and Harry Potter.
- [Rejection](https://bethanymaines.com/rejection/) - Bethany talks about the trials of rejection and writing for television and book publishing.
- [Who Wants a Free Book!?](https://bethanymaines.com/who-wants-a-free-book/) - Bethany announces that A Little Red is a Free Book! for the days of April 18 - 22, 2022 and discusses marketing books in a quick release strategy.
- [It's a Mystery.](https://bethanymaines.com/its-a-mystery/) - Bethany discusses her series and the challenges of returning to mystery writing as well as the Christmas mystery novella "Winter Wonderland."
- [Happy Release Day to ME!](https://bethanymaines.com/happy-release-day-to-me/)
- [Author Goal](https://bethanymaines.com/author-goal/) - Bethany talks about her author goal for A Deeper Blue and early reader reaction from Netgalley Reviewers to the 3 Colors Trilogy.
- [Finding Your Joy](https://bethanymaines.com/finding-your-joy/) - Bethany discusses smut by volume in romance novels, finding your joy, and how to solve the eternal question of how "steamy" a book is.
- [5 Star Review for A Little Red](https://bethanymaines.com/5-star-review-for-a-little-red/)
- [New Year - Why are we here?](https://bethanymaines.com/new-year-why-are-we-here/)
- [Release Day for A Little Red](https://bethanymaines.com/release-day-for-a-little-red/)
- [3 Colors Trilogy Cover Reveal](https://bethanymaines.com/3-colors-trilogy-cover-reveal/)
- [Interview With Kathryn Lane](https://bethanymaines.com/interview-with-kathryn-lane/)
- [The Hardest Hit Release Day!](https://bethanymaines.com/the-hardest-hit-release-day/)
- [The Hardest Hit is Almost Here!](https://bethanymaines.com/the-hardest-hit-is-almost-here/)
- [Deveraux Legacy Sale](https://bethanymaines.com/deveraux-legacy-sale/) - Sale Alert! The entire Deveraux Legacy Series is on sale now! We're in the home stretch leading up to the release of The Hardest Hit on 10.18.21! Now is the time to snag the entire Deveraux Legacy Series. The Hardest Hit is on preorder sale for .99 cents NOW but the price will go up
- [Hardest Hit Cover Reveal!](https://bethanymaines.com/hardest-hit-cover-reveal/)
- [Book Hangover](https://bethanymaines.com/book-hangover/) - Bethany has a book hangover from the Shark Santoyo Series. Find out about the upcoming release of Shark's Blood (#6 in the series).
- [Criminally Short Stories](https://bethanymaines.com/3814-2/) - Short stories from Bethany Maines have found homes in several recent publications. Bethany talks about a few of her recent stories.
- [The Second Shot Audio Book](https://bethanymaines.com/the-second-shot-audio-book/) - Previously, audio books have been a little scary to me, but I'm boldly forging ahead with a new a new audio book of The Second Shot!
- [Blue Christmas Snags Another Accolade!](https://bethanymaines.com/blue-christmas-snags-another-accolade/) - Wahoo! My little Christmas romantic-comedy Blue Christmas is still making waves - It has officially been named a Finalist at the Book Excellence Awards! (It's also an award winning screenplay! Winner: Romance Film & Screenplay Festival 2019, Finalist: WriteMovies Romance and Comedy Award 2020) I loved writing the story of Blue and Jake - two
- [Pandemic Plotting Party](https://bethanymaines.com/plotting-party/) - Last weekend, I reached peak pandemic and hosted a gathering in my carport. It was a writer's gathering, aka a Plotting Party, so there was a lot of sitting and staring at our notebooks. And also snacking and freezing. But, as with other joint writing gatherings I've hosted, we did use each other to work
- [Behind](https://bethanymaines.com/behind/)
- [The Accent Mark Goes Here](https://bethanymaines.com/the-accent-mark-goes-here-2/) - You know how Madonna now talks with a British accent? And everyone kind of mocks her? It is annoying to have someone you know grew up in Michigan try and sound all posh, but at the same time… I would be the same way. I once realized that I had been watching twenty minutes of
- [Forest of Words](https://bethanymaines.com/forest-of-words/) - Bethany discusses writing, teaching, and peeing in the woods.
- [Countdown to The Lost Heir](https://bethanymaines.com/countdown-to-the-lost-heir/) - With one week left until The Lost Heir is released, I find myself excited and nervous to hear reader reactions. The novella is a prequel to the first two book in the Deveraux Legacy series - The Second Shot and The Cinderella Secret. Each book of the series focuses on one of the Deveraux cousins
- [Meet Lois Winston!](https://bethanymaines.com/meet-lois-winston/) - As many of you know, I'm a mom with a full time job as well as an author. And while all of that is challenging enough, the pandemic has brought many fresh and special new problems. To free up some of my time I'm relinquishing one of my Stiletto Gang posting days to the fantastic
- [Release Day!](https://bethanymaines.com/release-day/) - It's release day for The Cinderella Secret and my latest book baby is already racking up some stellar reviews! 5.0 out of 5 stars Aiden and Ella kick ass together! Fast paced, super enjoyable romantic thriller. I love these characters! 5.0 out of 5 stars I NEED the next book I fell in love with these characters
- [Comfortable Discomfort](https://bethanymaines.com/comfortable-discomfort/) - The value of being uncomfortable and book news
- [The Waffle House](https://bethanymaines.com/the-waffle-house/) - When characters talk and what this author does about it.
- [Fall! Bombs Away!](https://bethanymaines.com/fall-bombs-away/) - Does anyone else feel like Fall just hit with a sledgehammer? The weather shifted, everything started getting colder and book release dates started cropping up faster than weeds in my lawn. My friends in the Stiletto Gang have several new releases. Debra Sennefelder put out the fashion / Halloween themed mystery What Not to Wear
- [Play Ball!](https://bethanymaines.com/play-ball/)
- [Thorny Problems](https://bethanymaines.com/thorny-problems/) - Bethany talks about to do when thorny problems occur.
- [Money, Treasure, and... Love](https://bethanymaines.com/money-treasure-and-love/) - One of my 2020 goals was to read more books. You would think that with pandemic shut downs that I might have made headway with that goal, but instead I had to pivot to homeschooling, fire-drill mode for several of my firm's clients, and just generally trying not to freak out. Fortunately, along came Cathy Perkins my
- [Wayward Characters](https://bethanymaines.com/wayward-characters/) - When characters get uppity and try to tell the author what to do.
- [The Good Old Days Weren't Always That Good](https://bethanymaines.com/the-good-old-days-werent-always-that-good/) - "It's no use going back to yesterday because I was a different person then." --Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll The pandemic has brought many things surface, but as I work with my roster of usual clients (I'm a graphic designer) I'm caught by surprise at the growing gulf between those who wish to return
- [Motherhood Training](https://bethanymaines.com/motherhood-training/) - How becoming a mom trains you for a pandemic and how you can develop mom skills to cope.
- [Techno Tics](https://bethanymaines.com/techno-tics/) - the lessons to be learned from staying home, technology and doing things you don't like
- [News from the Inside](https://bethanymaines.com/updates/) - Bethany's most recent updates on life, writing, and reading.
- [2020 Plans](https://bethanymaines.com/2020-plans/)
- [By Genre!](https://bethanymaines.com/by-genre/)
- [Release Day for An Unfamiliar Sea!](https://bethanymaines.com/release-day-for-an-unfamiliar-sea/) - All about book 3 of the San Juan Island Mystery series, An Unfamiliar Sea.
- [How to Craft a Mystery](https://bethanymaines.com/how-to-craft-a-mystery/) - Step by step instructions on how to write a mystery that take you inside the (peculiar) mind of Bethany Maines.
- [Merry Christmas!](https://bethanymaines.com/merry-christmas/) - Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and $600 million in bearer bonds.
- [Time to Get Serial](https://bethanymaines.com/time-to-get-serial/) - all about Oh, Holy Night on Frolic
- [Dead Zone](https://bethanymaines.com/dead-zone/) - Bethany discusses holiday prep and how to stay jolly for the holidays.
- [Reviews](https://bethanymaines.com/reviews-2/) - why authors love reviews
- [The Marketing Paradox](https://bethanymaines.com/the-marketing-paradox/)
- [All the News!](https://bethanymaines.com/all-the-news/) - Upcoming publications from Bethany Maines
- [Cover Reveal](https://bethanymaines.com/cover-reveal/) - Cover reveal for The Second Shot by Bethany Maines
- [New Things](https://bethanymaines.com/new-things/) - The start of school brings new things.
- [Fifteen Minutes](https://bethanymaines.com/fifteen-minutes/) - Working creativity into a busy life.
- [Award-Winning!](https://bethanymaines.com/award-winning/)
- [Lipstick Part 2](https://bethanymaines.com/lipstick-part-2/) - More on the lipstick drawer
- [Top Secret No More!](https://bethanymaines.com/top-secret-no-more/) - Bethany reveals her newest project
- [Lipstick Land](https://bethanymaines.com/lipstick-land/) - Bethany reviews her cluttered lipstick drawer
- [Day in the Life...](https://bethanymaines.com/day-in-the-life/) - how mystery heroines live
- [It's Fra-Gee-Lay](https://bethanymaines.com/fra-gee-lay/) - Winning a screenplay award
- [Bookstagram](https://bethanymaines.com/bookstagram/) - Talking about the book photography trend on instagram.
- [Shark's Hunt Release!](https://bethanymaines.com/sharks-hunt-release/)
- [Sequel-itis](https://bethanymaines.com/sequel-itis/) - Bethany discusses the hardships of writing sequels
- [Cross Genre](https://bethanymaines.com/cross-genre/) - Talking about how books categorized and marketed and having more than one genre for a book.
- [The Perfect Ending](https://bethanymaines.com/the-perfect-ending/) - Bethany discusses how to craft the right ending to a story.
- [The Shape of Tales](https://bethanymaines.com/the-shape-of-tales/) - Discussing fairy tales and what makes them work.
- [Noir at the Bar](https://bethanymaines.com/noir-at-the-bar/) - Bethany talks about her upcoming appearance at Noir at the Bar Seattle
- [Boxing Day](https://bethanymaines.com/boxing-day/) - Bethany's Boxing Day Tradition
- [Christmas is Coming!](https://bethanymaines.com/christmas-is-coming/)
- [Wine & Murder](https://bethanymaines.com/wine-murder/) - I want to kill someone in public. I don’t have a particular person. Just someone. Last weekend I volunteered for my business districts wine walk event. It was a fun event that paired artists and wineries with local businesses. Visitors bought a ticket which guaranteed them ten tastings from the wineries of their choosing and
- [Supposed to be...](https://bethanymaines.com/supposed-to-be/) - Bethany discusses her current writing challenges.
- [Sunburn & Books](https://bethanymaines.com/sunburn-books/) - Tips for sunburns from an author with sunburned feet.
- [Selected Readings](https://bethanymaines.com/selected-readings/) - This week I’m going to take part in a live reading event called Noir at the Bar. It’s a fun event that focuses on crime tales and the forties pulp-fiction style. I’m excited to participate, but as usual it throws me into a tizzy of what to read. Short stories come in all shapes and sizes but reading
- [Post Publication](https://bethanymaines.com/post-publication/)
- [They're Back!](https://bethanymaines.com/theyre-back/) - Announcing the return of Tish & Tobias Yearly in Against the Undertow, sequel to An Unseen Current.
- [It's All Video, Video, Video...](https://bethanymaines.com/its-all-video-video-video/) - video promotions, new Shark Santoyo video promo
- [Edity Edity Edit](https://bethanymaines.com/edity-edity-edit/) - Bethany blogs about the editing process and Shark's Bite.
- [Chapter by Chapter](https://bethanymaines.com/chapter-by-chapter/) - I recently read a review on Goodreads of my book GlossedCause. “I love this series from Bethany Maines! Such a funny and interesting read throughout and makes you want to keep reading! This series is definitely best read in order, short stories included! A few nitpicky things that I didnt like were titled Chapters that was a theme for
- [OK, Not OK?](https://bethanymaines.com/ok-not-ok/) - Bethany Maines discusses writing sci-fi and using the word OK, as well as her new release When Stars Take Flight from the Galactic Dreams Collection.
- [Promo Blues](https://bethanymaines.com/promo-blues/) - Yesterday, AB Plum talked about the woes of promoting. She's not alone in finding that the grind of "getting yourself out there" is not fun. Most authors find that to be the hardest part of the job. We're the kind of people who invent people to talk to. Talking to real people is just so,
- [Free Turkey](https://bethanymaines.com/free-turkey/) - Over Thanksgiving, my grocery store was giving away free turkeys for those who spent over $100. Thinking that it would be a small turkey, my husband who was shopping at the time, said, "Sure! Who doesn’t want a free turkey!" And really, who wouldn’t? And then he came home with a 23-pound turkey. That didn't
- [I Swear...](https://bethanymaines.com/i-swear/) - Bethany's comments on swearing, profanity, and the usefulness of the f-bomb.
- [Crunch Time!](https://bethanymaines.com/crunch-time/) - Ack! I should be baking. Or possibly cleaning my filthy office. Or writing any of the multiple stories I'm supposed to be completing. It's crunch time for me. I've got a sci-fi novella that is due back from the editor at any second (more info to come after the holidays!), a Christmas short story that
- [Incoming](https://bethanymaines.com/incoming/) - Bethany gives her holiday manifesto.
- [Absolutely](https://bethanymaines.com/absolutely/) - Bethany discusses art, absolutes, and politics (and also, you should buy Shark's Instinct today).
- [Copy That](https://bethanymaines.com/copy-that/) - Bethany talks copywriting and hot guys.
- [A New Series with Bite!](https://bethanymaines.com/a-new-series-with-bite/) - Bethany Maines introduces book 1 of her new Shark Santoyo Crime Series.
- [Food for Thought](https://bethanymaines.com/food-for-thought/) - By Bethany Maines Last weekend, I participated in a local author program called Food for Thought. Put on by the local business district in partnership with a local literary group, CreativeColloquy, the program hosts different authors each week at a farmer’s market for a minimal fee ($5). These type of events are great ways to connect with
- [Nikki Lanier in the Hot Seat](https://bethanymaines.com/nikki-lanier-in-the-hot-seat/)
- [Clues](https://bethanymaines.com/clues/) - Recently, I’ve been working on the sequel to my murder mystery An Unseen Current. While thematically not that different from my other books (a young person struggles with unusual circumstances while navigating the choppy waters of family, love, and friends), mysteries bring a special level of challenge to the mix. For one thing, people expect
- [Reading vs. Writing](https://bethanymaines.com/reading-vs-writing/) - by Bethany Maines On Monday night fellow Stiletto author J.M. Phillippe (visiting from Brooklyn) and I attended the local open mic night from Creative Colloquy. The evening celebrated Creative Colloquy’s third anniversary and featured the Washington State poet laureate Dr. Tod Marshall. Creative Colloquy’s mission is to connect writers with their community and celebrate their
- [The Long and Short of It](https://bethanymaines.com/the-long-and-short-of-it/) - I watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer when it was first on television. It was the first time I'd watched a show that combined the episodic weekly tale with a long-form, season long story arc. Whether or not you enjoy fantasy and teenagers killing things, the inclusion of a "big bad" (Buffy slang for the seasons
- [Parent Traps](https://bethanymaines.com/parent-traps/) - A recent trip to the grocery store reminded me that Valentine’s Day is upon us. As I cruised down a particularly pink and red aisle I saw wall to wall sets of movie themed Valentines for kids. Which made me realize that as my spawn starts to become an actual kid certain things are barreling
- [Resolution Failure](https://bethanymaines.com/resolution-failure/) - The pros and cons of New Year's Resolutions
- [The Other Research](https://bethanymaines.com/the-other-research/) - The less gory research that goes into writing a mystery novel.
- [Binary Thanks](https://bethanymaines.com/binary-thanks/) - Thoughts on binary thinking, human nature, gratitude and whether or not Paul Simon knows the secrets of the universe.
- [Dystopian Games](https://bethanymaines.com/dystopian-games/) - Public Works and Zombies - what went wrong?
- [Writers vs. Readers](https://bethanymaines.com/writers-vs-readers/) - Writer’s Group: to gather with others to read and critique excerpts of written work Reading Group: to gather with others to read and critique books, drink and snack When done correctly, a writer’s group can operate as an auxiliary brain or a training ground to push a writer forward in her craft. They can be
- [Halloween Contest!](https://bethanymaines.com/halloween-contest/)
- [The Dingbat Approach](https://bethanymaines.com/the-dingbat-approach/) - Bethany Maines discusses typography styles and dingbats in novels.
- [Market Research](https://bethanymaines.com/market-research/) - As I have been exploring the question “Who are you like?” this month, I’ve also been exploring what other books in my genres look like. This is sometimes gratifying on the base level of my fonts are so much better than yours and also sometimes mystifying on the level of why are there so many bared
- [Who are you like?](https://bethanymaines.com/who-are-you-like/) - Bethany discusses the problems of marketing in multiple genres and how to respond to the question "who are you like?"
- [Batting my Lashes](https://bethanymaines.com/batting-my-lashes/) - Bethany reviews her experience with eyelash extensions.
- [Cranking (Toddler) Tunes](https://bethanymaines.com/cranking-toddler-tunes/) - Bethany describes how her musical patterns have changed after having a baby.
- [The Red String of My Mind](https://bethanymaines.com/the-red-string-of-my-mind/) - Bethany discusses how her conspiracy theories, song lyrics and red string all intersect.
- [Mascara Meh](https://bethanymaines.com/mascara-meh/) - Bethany extols the virtues of packaging design and complains about mascara some more.
- [My Toddler Works for James Patterson](https://bethanymaines.com/my-toddler-works-for-james-patterson/) - Bethany complains about the toddlers, James Patterson, and shared ideas.
- [Now is the time...](https://bethanymaines.com/now-is-the-time/) - Bethany waxes poetic (or not) about stress.
- [Personal Fitness](https://bethanymaines.com/personal-fitness/) - Bethany Maines discusses how she uses fitness & stretching to combat the effects of writing.
- [A Mascara Massacre](https://bethanymaines.com/a-mascara-massacre/) - When I received the usual fistful of useless bits of dead tree along with my receipt from Walgreen's I almost chucked the entire lot in the trash, but decided to do the environmentally responsible thing and chuck them in the recycling at home. Imagine my surprise when, once home, I realized that one of the coupons
- [Digital Publishing](https://bethanymaines.com/digital-publishing/) - By Bethany Maines Recently, I’ve been learning about the nitty gritty “how-to” of e-publishing. While there are many how-to’s on how to put your story up for sale in the virtual marketplace, learning how to make an epub file is a lot more difficult and confusing. As someone trained in how to make print books,
- [Bethany's Rules for Marketing](https://bethanymaines.com/bethanys-rules-for-marketing/) - Bethany Maines dissects some book selling and marketing tips and provides her own.
- [Suprise! It's a Book!](https://bethanymaines.com/suprise-its-a-book/) - Bethany Maines reveals her biggest surprise in being a published author.
- [Writing for Real(ism)](https://bethanymaines.com/writing-for-realism/) - My brother and his wife recently sent out some new baby pictures and an update on how they’re doing. With the baby at 10 weeks old they are getting approximately 5-7 hours of sleep and they declared it “luxurious”. Oh, I remember those days! If you read my post on Mom’s vs. Navy Seals “Hell
- [Hell What Now?](https://bethanymaines.com/hell-what-now/) - Bethany Maines discusses sleep deprivation, Navy SEALs Hell Week, and motherhood.
- [Equal Rights for Positives](https://bethanymaines.com/equal-rights-for-positives/) - Bethany discusses the problems of reading reviews on her books.
- [There's a Double Meaning in That](https://bethanymaines.com/theres-a-double-meaning-in-that/) - Bethany Maines discusses the unintentional meanings that can appear in novels and how to prevent them.
- [State of Emergency](https://bethanymaines.com/state-of-emergency/) - Spend the afternoon with Nikki Lanier, top Carrie Mae agent, in this ultra-short Carrie Mae story.
- [The Accent Mark Goes... Here](https://bethanymaines.com/the-accent-mark-goes-here/) - You know how Madonna now talks with a British accent? And everyone kind of mocks her? It is annoying to have someone you know grew up in Michigan try and sound all posh, but at the same time… I would be the same way. I once realized that I had been watching twenty minutes of
- [Everybody Rotate](https://bethanymaines.com/everybody-rotate/) - Bethany Maines discusses the trials of rotating her art collection.
- [Author Diaries: Day 1](https://bethanymaines.com/author-diaries-day-1/) - Bethany Maines describes her first public reading and the reader question that stumped her.
- [Holiday Strategy](https://bethanymaines.com/holiday-strategy/) - How to prioritize holiday events using pie, sleep and spouses.
- [Entry Fee Collected at the Door](https://bethanymaines.com/entry-fee-collected-at-the-door/) - It’s election season. And you know what that means. Lot’s of people talking smack about candidates, and trying to persuade me to vote, give money, participate, belong, think about the future, just doooooooo something. And it’s true. I should do one or all of those things. After all, isn’t the entry fee to any society
- [The 4 Question Interview](https://bethanymaines.com/the-4-question-interview/) - Today Bethany Maines uses her blog space to interview first time novelist J.M. Phillippe about her debut novel Perfect Likeness. J.M. Phillippe has lived in the deserts of California, the suburbs of Seattle, and the mad rush of New York City. She worked as a freelance journalist before earning a masters’ in social work. She
- [The Reality of Research](https://bethanymaines.com/the-reality-of-research/) - I don’t always go on vacation, but when I do I prefer to call it research. Part of the fun in writing the Carrie Mae Mysteries featuring a group of super-spy girls is that my characters travel around the world to exotic locales. Which means that if I want to have authenticity in my writing
- [Welcome to Hell](https://bethanymaines.com/welcome-to-hell/) - Bethany Maines talks about the authorial hell of marketing & promotions.
- [Chart Watching](https://bethanymaines.com/chart-watching/) - Bethany discusses the obsession of looking to charts for matters that are out of worldly control - like fires and book publishing.
- [Dear Brain...](https://bethanymaines.com/dear-brain/) - Bethany Maines blogs about the problems of owning a creative brain.
- [This Mystery Needs More Unicorns](https://bethanymaines.com/this-mystery-needs-more-unicorns/) - When I was younger, I wrote strictly to entertain myself and I preferred action-oriented fantasies with an amazing heroine. I loved to read those books, so that’s what I set out to write. And if I pictured myself writing a novel it was going to be the next Lord of the Rings, but with a
- [Group Projects](https://bethanymaines.com/group-projects/) - Bethany discusses writing, group projects, and the Red Green show.
- [That Editing... So Hot Right now](https://bethanymaines.com/that-editing-so-hot-right-now/) - Author Bethany Maines explains her split-personality editing disorder.
- [Whodunnit, American Style](https://bethanymaines.com/whodunnit-american-style/) - Orcas Island, the setting for my latest novel, An Unseen Current, is the largest of the San Juan Islands. Now, with names like those I know you’re picturing some other south of the equator island, where the palm fronds sway and whales frolic off-shore. You’d be right about the whales, but thanks to a
- [The Long Tweet Goodnight](https://bethanymaines.com/the-long-tweet-goodnight/) - In celebration of Mother's Day my friend and fellow writer, J.M. Phillippe watched and tweeted the 1996 action flick The Long Kiss Goodnight.
- [The Story Starts Here](https://bethanymaines.com/the-story-starts-here/) - Bethany Maines talks about where story ideas come from.
- [Interview with a Girlfriend](https://bethanymaines.com/interview-with-a-girlfriend/) - Bethany Maines interviews fellow Girlfriends Book Club author Jess Riley.
- [Hashtag This](https://bethanymaines.com/hashtag-this/) - The problems with outlining, writing, and honest hastags.
- [Good Days & Bad Days](https://bethanymaines.com/good-days-bad-days/) - Bethany Maines blogs about good and bad writing days - and what the good ones mean.
- [Goldfish Brain](https://bethanymaines.com/goldfish-brain/) - I’m monumentally bad at dates. The Christmas after I got married my mother-in-law got a new pair of sneakers and she said, “Oh, I wish I’d had these on XX of some-month-Bethany-doesn’t remember.” And I said, “Really? What happened on that date?” And they all stared at me because it turned out that was the
- [Genre Bending](https://bethanymaines.com/genre-bending/) - Branding, pen names and the rise of "writing as" in popular fiction.
- [The Stubborn Way](https://bethanymaines.com/the-stubborn-way/) - Originally published on 02.03.15 on the Girlfriends Book Club. We’re pondering New Year’s Resolutions and rejection here on the Girlfriend’s Book Club for the next few weeks, and while I gave up New Year’s Resolutions some years ago (if I want to start something new or improve myself, I probably shouldn’t wait for January) rejection
- [Flying Flags](https://bethanymaines.com/flying-flags/) - Originally published on 01.27.15 at The Stiletto Gang. I had to laugh when I read Debra Goldstein’s post yesterday about football being “only a game”. I live in Washington State, which, in case you’re living in a hole, is home of the Seahawks, contenders the upcoming football high-holy day – the Super Bowl. Although, even
- [Reader Power](https://bethanymaines.com/reader-power/) - What do readers, grandmothers, and tube tops have to do with writing? More than you know...
- [The Dealer in Your Neighborhood](https://bethanymaines.com/the-dealer-in-your-neighborhood/) - The preferred drug of librarians.
- [Helllooo Girlfriends!](https://bethanymaines.com/helllooo-girlfriends/) - Originally Published at www.girlfriendsbookclub.org Hellloooo Girlfriends! This is my first blog on the Girlfriends Book Club! I’m excited to be on the same “team” with so many fun authors, and hopefully they’ll think I’m a good addition to the blog. I’ll start with a little bit about me. I write what I call women’s action-adventure.
- [Brainiac](https://bethanymaines.com/brainiac/) - I was staring at an app advertisement on my phone the other day when a brilliant idea for a novel came to me. I’m not going to tell you what it is, because it’s awesome and I don’t want the net gremlins to steal it. But as I pondered the awesomeness that was my own
- [Dreams](https://bethanymaines.com/dreams/) - The other night I dreamed that fellow Stiletto Gang author Linda Rodriguez rewrote the back-story on the main character of my Carrie Mae Mystery series – Nikk Lanier. Nikki is a twenty-something red-headed linguistics major turned superspy with an overbearing mother and a steady boyfriend who works for the CIA. Notice how none of that
- [Creativity vs. Time](https://bethanymaines.com/creativity-vs-time/) - When I was in college there was a hierarchy of artsy-ness. The fine artists looked down on the graphic designers, who looked down on the production people, who had to make do with looking down on people outside the art department. Web designers and Illustrators had to float around the edges and hope that no
- [Power of Attorney](https://bethanymaines.com/power-of-attorney/) - This past year I have been focusing on my graphic design business and having a child (see adorable picture of Zoe below) and it’s been hard to give the time required to write a novel. Not that I’ve stopped writing or wanting to write, but the amount of hours I have available is not what
- [The Arch-Nemesis](https://bethanymaines.com/the-arch-nemesis/) - I was watching The Big Bang Theory the other day – the one where Sheldon was expounding on his hatred for Wil Wheaton, his “arch-nemesis.” Having an arch-nemesis is such a comic book notion that the idea of a real person with an arch-nemesis has comedic potential built in. But it got me thinking about
- [Right Villainy](https://bethanymaines.com/right-villainy/) - I’m sitting in my backyard listening to my neighbors complain about one of their roommates. Apparently, the miscreant roommate has three bags of trash sitting by the door to his room that he has failed to take out. “I mean, that’s not a problem… exactly.” Each of the guys carefully, and politely denote their own
- [Don't Feed the Gremlins](https://bethanymaines.com/dont-feed-the-gremlins/) - The premise of my Carrie Mae Mystery series is that in the sixties, while other ladies were burning their bras and inventing Tupperware, Carrie Mae Robart founded a door to door / friend to friend cosmetic selling empire – Carrie Mae Cosmetics. Her goal was to give women financial independence without having to work outside

## Pages

- [Home](https://bethanymaines.com/) - The mystery & romance novels of author Bethany Maines: Carrie Mae Mysteries, The Deveraux Legacy Series, The 3 Colors Trilogy, & the San Juan Island Mysteries.
- [Sirena Corbeau](https://bethanymaines.com/catalog/sirena-corbeau/) - Sirena Corbeau is the spicier pen name of the award-winning traditional and indie published author Bethany Maines for works published through Varus Publishing.
- [The OtherWorlds - A Podcast for Fantasy Lovers](https://bethanymaines.com/otherworlds/) - The OtherWorlds Podcast from Authors on the Air Global Radio Network with new host Bethany Maines interviews fantasy and speculative fiction authors.
- [The Artist](https://bethanymaines.com/the-artist/)
- [Connect](https://bethanymaines.com/connect/) - Information about Bethany Maines and a quick connect contact form.
- [Workshop Handouts](https://bethanymaines.com/handouts/) - Download the handouts from the Fighting for Fiction seminar.
- [Romance](https://bethanymaines.com/romance/) - Romance novels from Bethany Maines. These romantic adventures will make you laugh, swoon, and keep reading way past your bedtime.
- [Galactic Dreams](https://bethanymaines.com/galactic-dreams/) - The Galactic Dreams sci-fi anthology series from Blue Zephyr Press featuring sci-fairy tales from Bethany Maines, Karen Harris Tully, and J.M. Phillippe.
- [Press & Reviews](https://bethanymaines.com/carrie-mae-mysteries/press-reviews/) - Reviews about The Carrie Mae Mysteries by Bethany Maines. Bulletproof Mascara, Compact with the Devil, Glossed Cause, High-Caliber Concealer
- [The Deveraux](https://bethanymaines.com/the-deveraux-legacy/) - In the Deveraux Legacy, a romantic suspense series, the four Deveraux cousins battle mercenaries and the dark legacy of their family as they try to find love.
- [The Supernaturals](https://bethanymaines.com/supernaturals/) - Learn more about the paranormal romance books and series from Bethany Maines. Romantic suspense, shifters, Three Colors Trilogy, Supernaturals, Rejects Pack
- [Mystery](https://bethanymaines.com/catalog/mystery/) - Learn more about the books of Bethany Maines, including the Carrie Mae Mysteries, Shark Santoyo Crime Series, and the Tales From the City of Destiny.
- [Crime](https://bethanymaines.com/catalog/crime/) - Learn more about the books of Bethany Maines, including the Carrie Mae Mysteries, Shark Santoyo Crime Series, and the Tales From the City of Destiny.
- [Romance](https://bethanymaines.com/catalog/romance/) - Learn more about the books of Bethany Maines, including the Carrie Mae Mysteries, Shark Santoyo Crime Series, and the Tales From the City of Destiny.
- [Catalog](https://bethanymaines.com/catalog/) - Learn more about the books of Bethany Maines, including the Carrie Mae Mysteries, Shark Santoyo Crime Series, and the Tales From the City of Destiny.
- [Free e-Book](https://bethanymaines.com/free-e-book/) - Join the mailing list a receive a free e-book!
- [Workshop](https://bethanymaines.com/seminar/) - Learn more about writing fighting scenes in fiction from Bethany Maines in a her seminar - Fighting for Fiction.
- [Audio](https://bethanymaines.com/audio/)
- [The Valkyrie Brothers](https://bethanymaines.com/valkyrie-brothers/) - romantic suspense series, the deveraux legacy
- [Book Trailers](https://bethanymaines.com/book-trailers/) - Learn more about the books of Bethany Maines, including the Carrie Mae Mysteries, Shark Santoyo Crime Series, and the Tales From the City of Destiny.
- [Bloggings](https://bethanymaines.com/blog/) - Blog posts from Bethany Maines
- [Screenplays](https://bethanymaines.com/screenplays/) - scripts and screenplays by Bethany Maines
- [City of Destiny](https://bethanymaines.com/city-of-destiny/) - About Tales from the City of Destiny, the paranormal mystery short-story series by Bethany Maines.
- [San Juan Island Mysteries](https://bethanymaines.com/sanjuanislandmysteries/) - The San Juan Island Mystery series from Bethany Maines stars Tish & Tobias Yearly on Orcas Island as they tackle murder, cooking, and dating.
- [Shark Santoyo Crime Series](https://bethanymaines.com/shark-santoyo/) - Learn about the Shark Santoyo Crime Series, where the criminals are savage, the stakes are high and even the suburbs hide secrets that can kill.
- [Shark Giveaway](https://bethanymaines.com/shark-santoyo/shark-giveaway/) - Get a free Shark Santoyo short story from Bethany Maines.
- [Carrie Mae Mysteries](https://bethanymaines.com/carrie-mae-mysteries/) - All about Bulletproof Mascara, Compact With the Devil, Glossed Cause, High-Caliber Concealer, and the Carrie Mae Mystery series from Bethany Maines.
- [Anthologies](https://bethanymaines.com/catalog/anthologies/) - Learn more about the books of Bethany Maines, including the Carrie Mae Mysteries, Shark Santoyo Crime Series, and the Tales From the City of Destiny.
- [Sci-Fi & Fantasy](https://bethanymaines.com/catalog/sci-fi-fantasy/) - Learn more about the books of Bethany Maines, including the Carrie Mae Mysteries, Shark Santoyo Crime Series, and the Tales From the City of Destiny.
- [Mailing List Thanks](https://bethanymaines.com/connect/list-thanks/)
- [Privacy Policy](https://bethanymaines.com/privacy-policy/) - The privacy policy of the Bethany Maines website.
- [Redirect](https://bethanymaines.com/redirect/) - Redirect in case of purchase problem.

## Portfolio Items

- [The Rejects Pack: Alekos](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/the-rejects-pack-alekos/) - A Paranormal Romance
- [Savage Hope](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/savage-hope/)
- [Spicy Scenes Anthology](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/spicy-scenes/) - Willow Winters Publishing
- [Curse Locked](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/curselocked/)
- [Fated Fortune](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/fated-fortune/)
- [Heart's Curse](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/hearts-curse/)
- [Forged in Flame](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/forged-in-flame/)
- [Glossed Cause](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/glossed-cause/) - Carrie Mae Mysteries #4
- [High-Caliber Concealer](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/high-caliber-concealer/) - Carrie Mae Mysteries #3
- [Compact with the Devil](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/compact-with-the-devil/) - Carrie Mae Mysteries #2
- [Bulletproof Mascara](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/bulletproof-mascara/) - Carrie Mae Mysteries #1
- [Cooking Up Death](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/cooking-up-death/) - In Cooking Up Death, they've whipped up a menu of sixteen cozy mysteries featuring toxic treats and lethal luncheons
- [Midnight Schemers & Daydream Believers](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/midnight-schemers/) - Superior Shores Press
- [Tales from the City of Destiny](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/tales-from-the-city-of-destiny-2/) - A Short Story Collection
- [Love & Treasure](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/love-treasure/) - A Rom-Com Adventure
- [An Unfinished Storm](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/an-unfinished-storm/) - San Juan Island Mysteries #4
- [Against the Undertow](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/against-the-undertow/) - San Juan Island Mysteries #2
- [Shark Santoyo #6](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/sharks-blood/) - Shark Santoyo Series #6
- [Shark Santoyo #5](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/peregrines-flight/) - Shark Santoyo Series #5
- [Shark Santoyo #4](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/sharks-fin/) - Shark Santoyo Series #4
- [Shark Santoyo #3](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/sharks-hunt/) - Shark Santoyo Series #3
- [Shark Santoyo #2](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/sharks-bite/) - Shark Santoyo Series #2
- [Shark Santoyo #1](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/sharks-instinct/) - Shark Santoyo Series #1
- [Lock & Key](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/lock-key/) - A Rom-Com Adventure
- [Eye Contact](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/eye-contact/) - A Stand Alone Mystery
- [Galactic Dreams Vol. 1](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/galactic-dreams-vol-1/) - Galactic Dreams Vol.1
- [Galactic Dreams Vol.2](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/galactic-dreams-vol-2/) - Galactic Dreams Vol.2
- [Galactic Dreams Vol. 3](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/galactic-dreams-vol-3/) - Galactic Dreams Vol.3
- [The Pumpkin Spice Romance](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/pumpkin-spice/) - Aconite Cafe Press
- [12 Knights of Christmas](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/12-knights-of-christmas/) - Button Hall Press
- [Elevator Ride](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/elevator-ride/) - Valkyrie Brothers #1
- [Between Floors](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/between-floors/) - Valkyrie Brothers #2
- [Emergency Exit](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/emergency-exit/) - Valkyrie Brothers #3
- [Larceny & Last Chances](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/larceny-last-chances/) - Superior Shores Press
- [Unsettling Reads: Autumn Noir](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/unsettling-reads-autumn-noir/) - Unsettling Reads
- [Oh Holy Night](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/oh-holy-night/) - A Holiday Adventure
- [The Second Shot](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/the-second-shot/) - The Deveraux Legacy #1
- [The Cinderella Secret](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/the-second-shot-2/) - The Deveraux Legacy #2
- [Blue Christmas](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/blue-christmas/) - A Holiday Adventure
- [Wild Waters](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/wild-waters/) - A Paranormal Romance
- [The Hardest Hit](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/the-hardest-hit/) - The Deveraux Legacy #3
- [A Little Red](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/a-little-red/) - 3 Colors Trilogy #1
- [A Deeper Blue](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/a-deeper-blue/) - 3 Colors Trilogy #2
- [The Fallen Man](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/the-fallen-man/) - The Deveraux Legacy #4
- [The Cured: Maverick](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/the-cured-maverick/) - A Paranormal Romance
- [Winter Wonderland](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/winter-wonderland/) - A Holiday Adventure
- [The Rejects Pack: Hudson](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/the-rejects-pack-hudson/) - A Paranormal Romance
- [The Rejects Pack: Killian](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/the-rejects-pack-killian/) - A Paranormal Romance
- [Luckless Love](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/luckless-love/) - A Rom-Com Adventure
- [A Brighter Yellow](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/a-brighter-yellow/) - 3 Colors Trilogy #3
- [The Seventh Swan](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/the-seventh-swan/) - Galactic Dreams Vol.2
- [The Lost Heir](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/the-lost-heir/) - The Deveraux Legacy #0
- [Crimeucopia: Funny Ha Ha or Just Peculiar](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/crimeucopia-funny-ha-ha/) - Murderous Ink
- [Switchblade Magazine](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/tales-from-the-city-of-destiny/) - Caledonia Press
- [The Beast of Arsu](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/the-beast-of-arsu/) - Galactic Dreams Vol.3
- [When Stars Take Flight](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/when-stars-take-flight/) - Galactic Dreams Vol.1
- [An Unseen Current](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/an-unseen-current/) - San Juan Island Mysteries #1
- [An Unfamiliar Sea](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/an-unfamiliar-sea/) - San Juan Island Mysteries #3
- [Moonlight & Misadventure](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/moonlight-misadventure/) - Superior Shores Press
- [Rozmarek, Jane](https://bethanymaines.com/portfolio-item/carrie-mae-consultants/)
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