Author Archives: Sarah Beach

About Sarah Beach

Now residing in Las Vegas, I was born in Michigan and moved to Texas when 16. After getting my Masters degree in English, I moved to Hollywood, because of the high demand for Medievalists (NOT!). As a freelance writer and editor, I find that Nevada offers better conditions for the wallet. I love writing all sorts of things, and occasionally also create some artwork.

Who is the Audience?

Often when a writer starts out on a writing project, one they have conceived of themselves rather than had it requested from an instructor, editor, or employer, they write for themselves. Or perhaps I should say we write for ourselves. … Continue reading

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Catching Up With Life

I have been neglecting my website for far too long, and so I’m slowly getting back into the swing of things. I started by doing some minor tweaking and cleaning up of links and such. I still need to make … Continue reading

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Satire for the Political Season

Over the last four years, I’ve made no particular effort to disguise my dislike of Donald Trump as he has occupied the highest elected office in our land. I have felt that whatever policies of his administration that I might … Continue reading

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Question: Who is Alex Trebek?

Answer: This Canadian born U.S. citizen became the longest running game show host in American TV That’s how the clues and responses would be formulated for the game of Jeopardy!, the popular quiz show. I had the fortune of working … Continue reading

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Mental Health and the Broken Mirror

The summer after my grandparents died (that is, my father’s parents), we traveled from Michigan to Calgary, Alberta to wrap up things concerning their belongings and other affairs. I was only ten at the time. We used to travel to … Continue reading

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Life Lessons Learned from Chef Gordon Ramsay

During my time in Oregon, I got into watching a lot of Gordon Ramsay’s shows on Hulu (Kitchen Nightmares, Hell’s Kitchen, Master Chef, even the British version of The F Word (“F” meaning “food,” in case you didn’t know)). Hulu … Continue reading

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Inspiration for Scholarship

Lately, I’ve been mostly focused working on client editing or on various writing projects either for a client, or my novel Godiva (which you can read in-progress if you become a patron of me on Patreon). It’s been a few years … Continue reading

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Watching TaeKwonDo

At the beginning of February, having gotten myself at least a little bit settled into my new residence, I took some time to attend the ATA Spring Nationals tournament at the Las Vegas Convention Center.  The ATA is the largest … Continue reading

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Start of a New Chapter

Since the end of December 2017, I’ve been wrangling all the matters of moving from one city to another. Indeed, the move has been from one state to another. It’s been a long time since I’ve had to deal with … Continue reading

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The End of a Chapter

I’m about to embark on a new chapter in my life – relocating to Las Vegas, Nevada. This holiday season marks the end of my residential time in Los Angeles. I moved to L.A. from Texas… a few years after … Continue reading

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