So what's going on?
A bookshelf somewhere in Turkey. Seriously cool.
So, what is going on, anyway? Well, let's see. I started off the new year with the flu, then went right into Covid (again), followed by a bad cold. One might call that an inauspicious start to 2023, but I am determined that this year will be fabulous.
Because now that I am finally in a non-contagious and fairly coherent state, I am back at work, hip-deep in a new trilogy for Harlequin Special Editions called "Seasons in Sudbury." The first book, Heir in a Year, will be available in June, followed by two more in 2024. All the books take place in the Finger Lakes Region of upstate New York and feature the revitalization of a neglected Gilded Age mansion called Summerlight.
I also recently pulled out a big book I started writing way back before Covid turned the world upside down and am fiddling with that. I went back to work in retail part-time not long ago to get myself out of the house and out of my brain all the time (which is a place no one should visit for any length of time), and since that big book takes place in the world of retail, it seemed like a good time to revisit it. So we'll see how that goes.
In related—and dare I say fabulous—news, my screenwriting partner Lorena Peter and I, after toiling away for nearly a decade, have been offered options on two of our scripts, both holiday romcoms. So that's pretty cool. Send us good thoughts, 'cause if even one of those babies sees it to production, 2024 could be pretty fabulous, too. I'm all in for fabulous. Fabulous is my jam. Also mixed berry is my jam. But mostly fabulous.
Here's hoping 2023 is a fab year for all of us. Happy reading!
Because now that I am finally in a non-contagious and fairly coherent state, I am back at work, hip-deep in a new trilogy for Harlequin Special Editions called "Seasons in Sudbury." The first book, Heir in a Year, will be available in June, followed by two more in 2024. All the books take place in the Finger Lakes Region of upstate New York and feature the revitalization of a neglected Gilded Age mansion called Summerlight.
I also recently pulled out a big book I started writing way back before Covid turned the world upside down and am fiddling with that. I went back to work in retail part-time not long ago to get myself out of the house and out of my brain all the time (which is a place no one should visit for any length of time), and since that big book takes place in the world of retail, it seemed like a good time to revisit it. So we'll see how that goes.
In related—and dare I say fabulous—news, my screenwriting partner Lorena Peter and I, after toiling away for nearly a decade, have been offered options on two of our scripts, both holiday romcoms. So that's pretty cool. Send us good thoughts, 'cause if even one of those babies sees it to production, 2024 could be pretty fabulous, too. I'm all in for fabulous. Fabulous is my jam. Also mixed berry is my jam. But mostly fabulous.
Here's hoping 2023 is a fab year for all of us. Happy reading!
Everything you ever wanted to know about Elizabeth Bevarly
The rabid badger is more at deadline time.
Elizabeth Bevarly wrote her first book when she was twelve years old, thirty-two pages on college rule notebook paper, that featured the adventures of three pre-teen girls named Marianne, Cheryl, and Liz. Her best friends Marianne and Cheryl proclaimed it, “Way cool!” and “Bitchin’!” After that, she knew exactly where her career path would take her.
Eventually. After earning her BA with highest honors in English, she worked as a waitress, a bartender, a dietary aide, a library aide, an editorial assistant, and a hawker of soaps, lingerie, ready-to-wear, and fine china. Eventually she found herself newly wed and living in Puerto Rico, sitting on the beach and drinking pina coladas while her Coast Guard husband was out having adventures. Solitude brought with it the desire to start writing again, so she did—on college rule notebook paper.
That book eventually became the first of dozens she would write for Harlequin. Bigger books followed, and so did lots of other cool stuff, like being translated into two dozen languages and sold in three dozen countries, winning industry awards, and appearing on national bestseller lists—including USA Today and the New York Times.
She now lives just outside her hometown of Louisville, Kentucky with her husband and a semi-feral cat. When she’s not writing or reading, she’s binge-watching documentaries about weird stuff, experimenting with soup recipes, and wondering if she’ll ever find that missing Betsey Johnson earring. She really loves those earrings. She also loves writing in daytime pajamas, listening to jazz standards, drinking iced tea, and dancing to electro-swing when no one is home. Her favorite color is green. Her favorite food is shawarma. Her familiar is a rabid badger. (It’s a long story.)
Okay, so that was probably a lot more than you wanted to know about Elizabeth Bevarly. Last tidbit, honest—she is super long-winded. Just ask her family. Or read her reviews. Woo.
Eventually. After earning her BA with highest honors in English, she worked as a waitress, a bartender, a dietary aide, a library aide, an editorial assistant, and a hawker of soaps, lingerie, ready-to-wear, and fine china. Eventually she found herself newly wed and living in Puerto Rico, sitting on the beach and drinking pina coladas while her Coast Guard husband was out having adventures. Solitude brought with it the desire to start writing again, so she did—on college rule notebook paper.
That book eventually became the first of dozens she would write for Harlequin. Bigger books followed, and so did lots of other cool stuff, like being translated into two dozen languages and sold in three dozen countries, winning industry awards, and appearing on national bestseller lists—including USA Today and the New York Times.
She now lives just outside her hometown of Louisville, Kentucky with her husband and a semi-feral cat. When she’s not writing or reading, she’s binge-watching documentaries about weird stuff, experimenting with soup recipes, and wondering if she’ll ever find that missing Betsey Johnson earring. She really loves those earrings. She also loves writing in daytime pajamas, listening to jazz standards, drinking iced tea, and dancing to electro-swing when no one is home. Her favorite color is green. Her favorite food is shawarma. Her familiar is a rabid badger. (It’s a long story.)
Okay, so that was probably a lot more than you wanted to know about Elizabeth Bevarly. Last tidbit, honest—she is super long-winded. Just ask her family. Or read her reviews. Woo.