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.

Father’s Day

My father died in 1991. He was 77 and had been diagnosed with a form of Alzheimer’s about six months earlier, although the doctor suspected that, since Dad was an intelligent man, he had been masking the symptoms for a … Continue reading

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In Praise of Friends – Chuck Dixon

Sometimes you run across a writer who consistently entertains you, so much so that you are finally moved to write a letter of appreciation to that person. That’s what happened to me in reading Chuck Dixon’s work in comics. Chuck … Continue reading

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Website Update

As one of the tweaks I’m working on for the website over-all, I’ve changed the URLs for posts from WordPress’ default (which uses question marks and straight numbering of posts) to a date and name format. Unfortunately that means that … Continue reading

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The Creature Rules My Desk

I’ve been posting a string of pictures on my FaceBook of the action figure of The Creature From The Black Lagoon doing various things on my desk. He seems to have taken on the job of Writing Nag. It’s all … Continue reading

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Writers Forum Social Time

I’ve been a part of a screenwriters’ group for a long time now. We’ve held together far longer than most writers groups I know of – mainly because we also make a point of spending some social time together. We … Continue reading

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In Praise of Friends – Tim Tobolski

Another of my online friends, Tim made a vivid impression from the first post of his that I read. He was justly ticked off by a particular event (that affected him personally), but wht impressed me was his sharp, satricial … Continue reading

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In Praise of Friends — Lynn Maudlin

When I moved from Texas to Los Angeles, there was comfort in knowing I had a friendly social circle I would be able to plug into — the Mythopoeic Society. I’d been reading discussion group reports for some time, and … Continue reading

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Project Backup

After reading a discussion on LiveJournal about problems that site has been having, and how many people are now backing up their posts there by duplicating them elsewhere, I think I will start a reposting project of my own entries. … Continue reading

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What’s Coming Up

Over on The Scribbler’s Guide blog, I just announced the winners for my little contest. I got a handful of good blog topic suggestions and look forward to working on those. And I hope to have more news about book … Continue reading

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Appearing on a Panel for Writers

On Saturday, February 19, I’ll be appearing on a panel with authors Harry Turtledove and Barbara Hambly, at the Palms-Rancho Park Library on Overland just north of the I-10, at 3 p.m. Here’s the link to the event. The subject … Continue reading

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