Carol Beth Anderson (goes by Beth)

She/her. Audiobook narrator, author, book formatter. Mom to teens. Young(ish) widow. 💜 Books, knitting, latte art, stomach/prostate cancer awareness 💜

[Carol Beth Anderson (goes by Beth) @CBethAnderson]

Hi! I'm Carol Beth Anderson, and you can call me Beth. I'm ...

*an audiobook narrator🎙️
*an author of books featuring magic & kissing 📚
*a book formatter (starts at $50) 📖

Narration website: https://t.co/y3cNCKPCBV
Author / formatting website: https://t.co/6hk2RD9cN4

[Carol Beth Anderson (goes by Beth) @CBethAnderson]

Writing a memoir is easy. All you have to do is open a notebook, open your chest, pull your heart out, smear it all over the paper, pop that heart back where it goes, stitch yourself up, return to your normal responsibilities, and repeat the next day.
#writingcommunity #memoir

[Naomi P Lane @namaferd]

Book 1 of my new cli-fi romance trilogy is available now. If you love climate based sci-fi with a side of spice , check it out!
https://t.co/mC2mSzlBT7

[Carol Beth Anderson (goes by Beth) @CBethAnderson]

Well, tonight my youngest graduated from high school, and then the Spurs won the Western Conference, so I GUESS YOU COULD SAY IT’S BEEN A GOOD NIGHT!
💙🧡🤍🎓
🖤🩶🤍🏀

[Carol Beth Anderson (goes by Beth) @CBethAnderson]

@CasieAufenthie Oh my gosh so adorable!

[Carol Beth Anderson (goes by Beth) @CBethAnderson]

This poem came from a conversation I had last night with a fellow griever. It's been 15 months since I lost my husband, but I still sit there in disbelief that it actually happened to me.

Originally published on my Substack—please subscribe for free!
https://t.co/5tzhBONYsV
3/3

[Carol Beth Anderson (goes by Beth) @CBethAnderson]

There are a few
tragedies
that make people say
— I can’t imagine
what I’d do
if that happened
to me —

(you know,
those terrible stories
of the people
other people love
dying way too early)

1/3

[Carol Beth Anderson (goes by Beth) @CBethAnderson]

It’s
strange—
startling—
certainly senseless—
when one of those
terrible things
actually happens
to you

It almost
doesn’t
feel
real

except
that it does
2/3

[Carol Beth Anderson (goes by Beth) @CBethAnderson]

@maryannwrites I’m glad you get it!

[Carol Beth Anderson (goes by Beth) @CBethAnderson]

Caregiving and widowhood aged me. At first, though, I also felt younger … and not in a good way. Here’s how I explained year one of widowhood to a friend:

In some ways, it’s like being 20 again, trying to figure out where your life is going.

[Carol Beth Anderson (goes by Beth) @CBethAnderson]

@Barbara61099608 @BillyDees Uuuugh the widow checkmark. It’s awful to check it on forms and even worse when there’s no appropriate box. ❤️🫂

[Carol Beth Anderson (goes by Beth) @CBethAnderson]

(I’ll share my thoughts later!)
#Grief #hope #audiobooknarrator #author #widow

(Pic in first post is me at age 20)

[Carol Beth Anderson (goes by Beth) @CBethAnderson]

We expect 20 year olds to screw up big. Maybe we should expect newly widowed people to do the same.

If you’ve lost a partner, does this ring true?

And for everyone reading: what’s the best way to support a grieving friend through such a vulnerable time?

[Carol Beth Anderson (goes by Beth) @CBethAnderson]

@tabby_swan Haha I don’t think I’ve gotten any of those!

[Carol Beth Anderson (goes by Beth) @CBethAnderson]

To alllllll the people who seem to think AI has given you the ability to get rich as a book editor and/or paid beta reader—

We authors get hit by scams all. the. time. We’ve trained ourselves to spot AI book covers, AI emails, and generally all the scammy

[Carol Beth Anderson (goes by Beth) @CBethAnderson]

@maryannwrites They really are!

[Carol Beth Anderson (goes by Beth) @CBethAnderson]

In other words … whoever told you this was a quick way to make a buck was lying

And if you’re passing off Claude or ChatGPT’s words as your own feedback, you’re lying too.

Find another career.

[Carol Beth Anderson (goes by Beth) @CBethAnderson]

And when you do “succeed” in getting someone’s money, they’re gonna learn from it and get so savvy that not only will they never fall for it again, they’ll spread the word to their supportive writing community.

[Carol Beth Anderson (goes by Beth) @CBethAnderson]

@petermc1967 I agree ❤️

[Carol Beth Anderson (goes by Beth) @CBethAnderson]

Fifteen months ago today, my husband died.

Every 23rd of every month for the last 14 months, I was so aware of my loss. I made a point to make space for grief on those days. So it was weird that today, I didn’t realize what day it was was until after 2 p.m.

[Carol Beth Anderson (goes by Beth) @CBethAnderson]

@kimhornsby ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️