Meet Betsy
Welcome to my virtual studio. As both a writer and designer, I’m driven by a curiosity about the world. In my studio, I take that curiosity and use it to create new worlds. I write for kids and adults as well as a good deal of freelance non-fiction. Explore to find out more about me, my books, and my thoughts on writing as well as the thoughts of friends who stop by the studio. If you’ve got something you’d like to share reach out to me through the contact form. I’d love to hear from you. Scroll down to read what’s been happening in the studio.
Unqualified Success
Success cannot be measured in numbers. I use only one criterium when judging my books— How much fun they were to write. I have achieved unqualified success.
The Joy Percentage
Life gets difficult. Writing sometimes feels like work. Guest author Hadi Dhaliwal asks herself: “How much time do you spend on the thing you truly love?”
Building Doors
When a publisher contacted me about a submission I sent her over a year ago it felt like a message from another lifetime on another planet. Since I sent it life had blown up and to deal with the fall out I had to re-evaluate what I thought made me ‘legitimate’ as a writer. I had to build a new door to where I wanted to be.
Meet Lori Snyder & The Writer’s Happiness Movement
The Writers Happiness Movement offers free happiness tools for writers such as free weekly online yoga, breathwork, and meditation; free online retreats every …
Games and Writing: Shared Worldbuilding
In my pandemic-induced sense of writer’s block, though, something strange happened. The players – many of whom are writers. or artists, or game designers, or photographers, or even musicians – would ask questions about the world they were playing in, and I would not have the answers they sought. I was forced to make it up . . .
Wise Words
When you are following your curiosity, no matter where it takes you, it never feels like work. Where is your curiosity leading you?