Beth “B.R” Smith

A girl.
Her dog.
A whole lot of trouble.

When Kit Raglan takes a job staying a night in a haunted house, she expects a quiet night, maybe a ghost if she's lucky. Instead, she finds herself implicated in a murder, kicking off a cat-and-mouse game with a bird-masked killer.

#QuestPit #WIP #T #AG

#Editors of #QuestPit

Haunted since her father’s drowning by nightmares of a revenant Mariner who bears his face, writer Lee Fisk returns to the lighthouse where he spent his last days in search of closure. But on the island, THE MARINER is more than mere nightmare. It’s a curse.

#S #H #MY #OS

Writer pals, as we venture into “best of” list season, remember to focus on your other accomplishments.

That new draft, the books you’ve read to hone your craft…

Maybe the new thing you’re doing outside of writing (these are so important!)

Zero in on what you can control, and keep your head up. ❤️

MEXICAN GOTHIC X BOBH X SINNERS
Stasi, a gifted painter, enters a competition in which blood magic makes art come alive. But when she uncovers a conspiracy to eliminate magical women, she risks her life to stop those running the show.
#GhostPit #A #G #F #H #Agented #LGBT

A writer infiltrates a reader’s retreat in an old hunting lodge under false pretences only to find herself the target of a taxidermist with the ability to reanimate the dead - including the hunting trophies in every room of the lodge. #GhostPit #A #H #T #W

An oil painting of a storm swept sea overlaid with an illustration of a whale with the word SALVAGE inside it.

Trapped in a remote offshore weather station in the path of a deadly supernatural storm, a former salvage diver recounts her ill-fated descent into a world of magic and monsters as she plans her perilous escape. #GhostPit #A #W #F #PN

Thank you. ☺️👻

An illustration of a ghost overlaid on an oil painting of an old house in the mountains. Text reads: Here Comes Trouble.

A girl.
Her dog.
A whole lot of trouble.

When Kit Raglan takes a quick job staying a night in a haunted house to make a few bucks, she expects a quiet night, maybe a ghost if she's really lucky. Instead, she finds a body with her name carved into it. HERE COMES TROUBLE. #GhostPit #A #W #T 👻

I had one of those days where the words just weren’t coming yesterday. Here are all the things I tried. I ended up making it over the next 10K interval in my current project and writing the beginning of the next one!

#writingcommunity #writersky

How I structure a novel, a loose guide:

Ended up writing 3500 words. 🤯 I think this method might work for me.

I gave myself full permission to just rest and read for the day and so of course I keep finding myself sneaking words on my WIP on the side. It’s almost more fun this way. I’m cheating on my reading to write my book.

The horrors persist, but so do dogs.

Sharing a snippet of my thriller WIP about a girl, her dog and a whole lot of trouble.

#writesky #writingcommunity #thrillerbooks

What it feels like to let go of a book The best advice I received about being on submission

Writing about what it took for me to let go of my on sub book and start a new one + the best advice I received about going on submission.

#onsubmission #writesky #writingcommunity

open.substack.com/pub/writersa...

I may have just written the best pitch of my life. I will never top this. I am
100% maniacal laughter right now. The title is so good it’s breaking my brain. Some books are gift books. I’m convinced that this is one.

🌊 A storm-buffeted island of folklore and superstition.

🌊 A writer grieving her father’s drowning death in an isolated lighthouse keeper’s cottage.

🌊 A cursed Mariner who will tear her apart to stop her learning the truth.

#WriteSky #OS #AG #MY #T #H #questpit

“But the image that will stick like a burr in his mind, which will appear to him in quiet moments for the rest of his life, is of long tendrils of red hair swaying like the tentacles of a Pacific octopus in the chill water of the hold.”

#OS #AG #A #MY #T #H #QuestPit

Hi, my name is Beth, and I don’t believe in guilty pleasure books. Give up the guilt. Enjoy the book.

#Booksky

Thank you for hosting!

Introducing my #WIP THE TAXIDERMIST, a romantic horror mystery described as THE HUNTING PARTY X RIP VAN WINKLE.

Illustration: own work.
Background image: provided copyright free by Birmingham Museum Trust.

#RT #MiseryPit #A

Everything is uncertain and everything is terrifying and every night I sit down and write imagining that, word by word, I am building a better world.

#writingcommunity

My video this week on Last Chance Writer’s Club is about finding joy in your creative process again. 🍁💛

If you watch it, I’d love you to let me know one of your ‘joy notes’ for today.

#writingcommunity

youtu.be/XY1jc8YBrBA?...

Oooh, this looks deliciously creepy!

THE HUNTING PARTY x a sigh from the other side of an empty room.

THE HUNTING PARTY x an autumn leaf stuck to the bottom of your boot.

THE HUNTING PARTY x a cup of coffee left out in the rain.

My WIP has taken a turn, as WIPs tend to do, and I’m now describing it as:

THE HUNTING PARTY x RIP VAN WINKLE.

I am so excited to submit my last assignments so I can dive headfirst into this deliciously spooky book!!

#writesky #writingcommunity

This week on Last Chance I’m talking writing to your strengths. This was honestly the most transformative practice for me - to actively seek out the gold in feedback and use it to be even better at what I’m good at. I hope this discussion serves you, too!

youtu.be/YmxwcmDxddQ?...

Art + words from my WIP about a doomed reader’s retreat. I’ve never painted in a journal before, and I think I’ll have to continue. It makes me so happy!

If you prefer to read than watch, there are transcripts for each episode on my website. Episodes release weekly. I truly hope this helps even one person trying to break through. 💛

brsmithbooks.com