Today marks the fourth-year anniversary of Paper Beats World. Four years ago, way back in 2014, I posted my first blog post, I am a writer. I’ve… Read more “It’s Paper Beats World’s four year anniversary!”

I wrote Cloudy Rainbow, my paranormal romance, in 2007 after my 15-year-old cat passed away. I named the cat character in the book after Floppy and even… Read more “Guest post from Debbie De Louise”

So, I was reading another blog the other day. Note that I’m not giving you a link. I only give links to blogs I think you should… Read more “The Self-Care burden”

Welcome to part two of Science Fiction sub-genres. If you missed part one, click here to catch up. Why are there so many science fiction sub-genres? Because… Read more “Science Fiction Sub-Genres, part two”

I’m coming to you today with a bonus post, and that usually means one of two things. Either I’m posting a new short story, or I’m telling… Read more “I wrote another book! (Shocker)”

I love irreverent humor. Blue humor, offensive jokes, grown-up cartoons, things like that. I’ve already done a review of Rick and Morty, for instance, and I stand… Read more “Writing offensive humor in a not offensive way”

Last Friday, I told you I was going to talk about different science fiction subgenres. True to my word, I’ll be starting that today. And by starting… Read more “Science Fiction Sub-Genres, Part One”

Recently the husband and I did something we’ve been meaning to do for some time now. We signed up for a service called Movie Pass. (Note, this… Read more “Compairing Jurassic World and Incredibles II. Are they sexist?”

As most of you may know, I’m a speculative fiction writer. You’ve probably seen my tagline. It says that I write about dragons, ghosts and spaceships. Sometimes… Read more “What is speculative fiction?”

Hey, guys. Today we have a guest post by Dan Chamberlain, about something I know little to nothing about; gun wounds. I hope you find it as… Read more “Writing gunshot wounds realistically. A guest post by Dan C. Chamberlain”