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.

Dining at Hell’s Kitchen

Posted on September 21, 2024 by Sarah Beach

Back in June this year, just after our triple digit temperatures had arrived in Las Vegas, friends from LA visiting in town treated me to lunch at Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen restaurant. Two years previously, they had treated me to … Continue reading →

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What Is Easter About?

Posted on April 7, 2024 by Sarah Beach

So, on Easter Sunday afternoon, while surfing through YouTube, I happened on a MSNBC segment (I’m not sure which show) where the three people on camera were discussing some of the implications of Donald Trump hawking Bibles (over-priced ones, at … Continue reading →

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Who is the Audience?

Posted on May 20, 2023 by Sarah Beach

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

Posted on May 28, 2021 by Sarah Beach

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

Posted on December 11, 2020 by Sarah Beach

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?

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Sarah Beach

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

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Sarah Beach

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

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Sarah Beach

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

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Sarah Beach

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

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Sarah Beach

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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