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Beth Groundwater
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For a description of my 2-week northwest book signing tour, complete with photos, go to: http://bethgroundwater.blogspot.com/
I had a great time meeting readers who came in to chat with me!
Hi Kristen,
Thanks for befriending this mystery author!
Hi Beth, happy to be here. I'm new and experimenting with settings and all and finding other mystery writers.
Laura
Hi Laura,
Thanks for befriending this fellow mystery author!
I'm winding up my blog book tour today at Jungle Red Writers (http://www.jungleredwriters.com/), where I talk about what I've learned--and am still learning--about book promotion. I share a few thoughts about the blog tour itself, as well as in-pe...
Hi Sally,
Thanks for befriending this mystery author!
Profile Information
- Hometown:
- Colorado Springs, CO
- About Me:
- Beth Groundwater's debut mystery novel, A REAL BASKET CASE, was released in March, 2007 to good reviews and was nominated for the Best First Novel Agatha Award. The second in the Claire Hanover gift basket mystery series, TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET, will be published in May, 2009. Also, Beth has published eight short stories. Between writing spurts, she defends her meager garden from marauding mule deer and wild rabbits and tries to avoid getting black-and-blue on the black and blue ski slopes of Colorado. Visit her website at bethgroundwater.com (and sign up for her email newsletter to enter a contest for free mystery books) and her blog at bethgroundwater.blogspot.com.
- I Am A:
- Reader, Writer
- Website:
- http://bethgroundwater.com
- Books And Authors I Like:
- I read a wide variety of books. I'm in a Book Club that meets monthly to discuss literary and women's fiction. Some of my favorite reads from that group were The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant, Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult, The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, Bel Canto by Ann Patchett, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. I read a lot of mysteries, of course. Some of my favorite authors are Western writers who I've gotten to know at conferences: C.J Box, Kathy Brandt, Christine Goff, Maggie Sefton, and Margaret Coel. I also enjoy light-hearted series by Alexander McCall Smith, Donna Andrews, and Tim Cockey. My all-time favorite mystery writer is Sharyn McCrumb, and I'm collecting all her books. I read romance and science fiction occasionally and have enjoyed Diana Gabaldon, J.D. Robb, Anne McCaffrey and Douglas Adams.
- Movies And TV Shows I Like:
- The Amazing Race
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My northwest book signing tour
For a description of my 2-week northwest book signing tour, complete with photos, go to: http://bethgroundwater.blogspot.com/
I had a great time meeting readers who came in to chat with me!
I had a great time meeting readers who came in to chat with me!
Posted on June 29, 2009 at 12:05pm —
To Hell in a Handbasket Blog Book Tour Starts!
Today is the first day of my blog book tour. During the month of May, I will visit sixteen blogs, be interviewed twice on Internet radio shows, and visit the Barnes & Noble online mystery book club to promote the May 15 release of the second book in my Claire Hanover gift basket designer mystery series, To Hell in a Handbasket.
I’ll discuss the book, give behind-the-scenes glimpses of how it was written and my life as an author, and answer your questions about my blog posts. You may even ge… Continue
I’ll discuss the book, give behind-the-scenes glimpses of how it was written and my life as an author, and answer your questions about my blog posts. You may even ge… Continue
Posted on May 2, 2009 at 3:30am —
First BIG review for To Hell in a Handbasket
My publisher just received a heads-up on the following review that appears in Kirkus Review (one of the big four review publications) in their 4-1-09 issue, and they forwarded it to me. I'm absolutely thrilled!
This title will publish in May 2009
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TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET
Author: Groundwater, Beth
Review Date: APRIL 01, 2009
Publisher:Five Star
Pages: 268
Price (hardback): $$25.95
Publication Date: 5/15/2009 0:00:00
ISBN: 978-1-59414-759-3
ISBN (hardback)… Continue
This title will publish in May 2009
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TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET
Author: Groundwater, Beth
Review Date: APRIL 01, 2009
Publisher:Five Star
Pages: 268
Price (hardback): $$25.95
Publication Date: 5/15/2009 0:00:00
ISBN: 978-1-59414-759-3
ISBN (hardback)… Continue
Posted on March 27, 2009 at 11:15am — 1 Comment
A Star in the Five Star Catalog
I just discovered that my upcoming release, To Hell in a Handbasket, is a star attraction in my publisher's spring catalog! Here's the scoop.
My publisher, Five Star, is part of the Gale/Cengage Learning corporation and puts out a catalog every three months listing its hardcover titles. These catalogs are mailed to library systems throughout the US and distributed at library conferences. The April-June, 2009 catalog features the covers of eight books on its front cover: 3 mysteries, 3 ro… Continue
My publisher, Five Star, is part of the Gale/Cengage Learning corporation and puts out a catalog every three months listing its hardcover titles. These catalogs are mailed to library systems throughout the US and distributed at library conferences. The April-June, 2009 catalog features the covers of eight books on its front cover: 3 mysteries, 3 ro… Continue
Posted on March 5, 2009 at 2:41am — 2 Comments
Win an ARC of TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET
For quite some time now, I’ve been running a contest for subscribers to my email newsletter. Each time another 100 subscribers sign up, I draw a random number from all of the subscribers and award a prize of two books. These are the best contest odds you're going to find anywhere!
In the past, one of those prize books has been an autographed copy of A Real Basket Case and the other has been a book by another mystery author of my choice. For my next draw of a winner, I will replace the copy of A… Continue
In the past, one of those prize books has been an autographed copy of A Real Basket Case and the other has been a book by another mystery author of my choice. For my next draw of a winner, I will replace the copy of A… Continue
Posted on February 18, 2009 at 3:03am —
Comment Wall (109 comments)
- At 3:30am on June 5, 2009, Laura Elvebak said…
- Hi Beth, happy to be here. I'm new and experimenting with settings and all and finding other mystery writers.
Laura
- At 9:34am on May 28, 2009,
Martha Reed said… - Delighted! I haven't had enough time to explore this site but it's already captured my interest. I'm going to spend some big time on it this weekend. Thanks for acting as an ambassador for SinC!
- At 4:47am on May 20, 2009,
Kris Neri said… - Right back attcha, Beth! I'm new at CrimeSpace, and not quite sure what I'm doing. So it's great to see friendly faces.Thanks for the welcome.
Kris
- At 2:43am on April 19, 2009,
Matt Hilton said…
- Hi beth, always happy to befriend other writers (and readers). Matt
- At 11:51pm on April 9, 2009,
robert walker said…
- BETH -- have gotten terribly busy of a sudden but have not forgotten what we discussed. Please advise your friend and yourself I am serious about your taking a day at ACME authors. Contact me and bug hell out of me until we make it happen, understood? Want to get you both on to highlight your book cover art and where you are at in your careers.
- At 12:03am on April 9, 2009,
Stacey A. Purcell said… - Hi Beth-
Thanks for friending me here! Everyone has been warm and inviting, a real treat! I look forward to getting to know everyone better. Congrats on the reviews, your book sounds wonderful.
- At 8:40am on March 17, 2009,
Karen said… - Hi Beth
Your basket series sounds like fun. I review for NewMysteryReader.com and if I get your books, will read them with pleasure. Many publishers won't spring for the cost of sending a book to Australia, so I don't get a lot of main-line ones except through Hatchette, who seem to like my reviews. I'm frantically sorting and packing at the moment, getting ready for a trip to the UK and US next week and am juggling that with working out my new book with my new artist. I run a small publishing house that does the "Scoot, Scoot, Bandicoot"series, and our illustrator announced she was worn out, so I am having to find a new one. Fortunately an art student stopped by my table at a recent fair and she looks talented as far as I can tell from the sketches she's shown me. Question now is can a 19 year old student tackle the commitment of 20 or so illustrations? She actually wants to have a career as an illustrator, so this might be a match made in heaven. Am also working on a collection of short non-fiction light humour pieces that have appeared in some local magazines over the years--there's a rough copy up on my website as a freebie for "Read an E-book Week", but the final version of "A Tree in Mundaring" will have some B&W sketches as chapter headers and a different cover. I have decided there's too much negativity and mindless repetition of doom and gloom by the media, so I'm staking the savings on expanding the Quenda Books product line and getting out to more sales venues. Next plan is to reprint "The Angelus Ghost" and get "Death in the Sea of Grass" into hard print after its life as an e-book with Books Unbound, who were going to publish in print but seem to have run aground on the shoals of apathy. Regards, Karen Treanor (www.bandicoot-books.com)
- At 6:47am on March 16, 2009,
Dorinda Ohnstad said…
- I was planning on Thrillerfest, but thinking now I may just have to settle for the Sisters in Crime conference in LA this summer. Next year I will certainly do Bouchercon and Left Coast Crime as they are both in California. No excuse for missing out when they're in my home state. How about you?
- At 2:48am on March 4, 2009,
Patricia Ruocco said… - Hi Beth,
Thanks for your friend mail! I'm new to all this, so I really appreciate it.
Patti
- At 10:29am on February 20, 2009,
Debbie Wallace said… - Hey Beth, I like the title of your book:)
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