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# Beverly Patt

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## Posts

- [LISTEN to your new favorite historical crime novels now!](https://beverlypatt.com/listen-to-your-new-favorite-historical-crime-novels-now/) - More and more people are swapping their tablets for headphones and listening to books rather than reading them. I get it, and I do it too! I love having a story to listen to as I exercise or clean or fold laundry. I also love learning a bit of true history in my fiction reads.
- [Waiting With Watercolor](https://beverlypatt.com/waiting-with-watercolor/) - So I find myself in a bit of a limbo lately. My last book came out over two years ago and I've tried to promote it in various ways without being too obnoxious about it. I've written two more middle grade novels which I'm sending to agents whenever they open to queries (some never do,
- [WARNING: CRABBY PATT-Y](https://beverlypatt.com/warning-crabby-patt-y/) - Hello friends. Allow me to interrupt your hopefully pleasant life with a short rant: Lately, authors (such as yours truly) are being inundated with invitations to festivals, fan letters from supposed influencers, and offers from reviewers and book bookstagrammers for promotion. Wonderful, right? Nah. They’re all fake. Scams. And they play off of an author's
- [Book Club For Foodies](https://beverlypatt.com/book-club-for-foodies/) - January in the Midwest. Say it with me now: "Ugggggggghhhhhh." It's cold. It's dreary. There's snow. Ice. Snow over ice, a certain tailbone-cracking trap I seem to forget every winter. There's also freezing rain. And snain (yes, Freida Florida, there is such a thing). Oh, and did I mention it's cold? ANYway, all of this
- [Getting Cozy](https://beverlypatt.com/getting-cozy/) - In home decor, Danish "Hygge" is the trend. Roughly translated, hygge is anything which gives one a feeling of coziness, contentment and comfort. Think: plush rugs, soft fabrics, gentle hues, shimmering candles, clean lines, overstuffed chairs. Sounds like heaven, right? Hygge-ness (is that a word?) comes in book form as well. In fact, it's part
- [Thief Books That Steal Your Heart](https://beverlypatt.com/thief-books-that-steal-your-heart/) - Sometimes I get in the groove of reading books on one subject or time period. I thought it would be fun to highlight some novels in which the main character steals something, and the fall out which follows. Enjoy!
- [Making Peace With Summer](https://beverlypatt.com/making-peace-with-summer/) - Reading the subject line of this post might make you wonder, 'what's to make peace with? Summer's awesome!' And it is! So much to do outside - tennis games, golf lessons, bike riding, swimming, spending time at the beach, a lake house, a national park or just a park in your neighborhood. Open-air bars, outdoor
- [How To Host An In-Person Book Club - Deep Discussion Style](https://beverlypatt.com/how-to-host-an-in-person-book-club-deep-discussion-style/) - Okay! So, you've got your group, you've selected your host/space, and you're choosing your book. (If you haven't read my intro post to hosting a book club, read here first). So! What type of book? I think one mistake most beginning book clubbers make is to just randomly choose one that's on the on the
- [Origin Story of More Than A Thief](https://beverlypatt.com/origin-story-of-more-than-a-thief/) - Hello dear reader! Thank you so much for your interest in More Than A Thief. It truly means the world to me. It’s like I’ve just made the most delicious meal I am capable of making and you have just sat down at my table and picked up your fork. Now I am holding my
- [What About The Boys?](https://beverlypatt.com/what-about-the-boys/) - In case you missed it, singer Shakira shocked the world by admitting her sons, aged 9 and 11, hated the Barbie movie, finding it emasculating. She further knocked the public for a loop by saying she agreed with them - "I’m raising two boys. I want ’em to feel powerful too [while] respecting women. I
- [How To Host an In-Person Book Club - Part I](https://beverlypatt.com/how-to-host-an-in-person-book-club-part-i/) - So, you want to start an in-person book club. Good for you! And I mean that literally. It is GOOD for you to hang with people who share your love of literature. Research shows feeling connected can help people with everything from maintaining a healthy body mass to improving cancer survival. Plus, it's fun! Ok,
- [Book Club Thoughts](https://beverlypatt.com/book-club-thoughts/) - One of the biggest and most delightful surprises so far in this crazy publishing journey of mine is the number of adult Book Clubs who have invited me to be their guest. Club members read my book and then I come to their meeting where they then pepper me with amazing and thought-provoking questions. It's
- [$100 Amazon Gift Card Thank You Giveaway](https://beverlypatt.com/100-amazon-gift-card-thank-you-giveaway/) - Hello and thanks for stopping by! For entrance into the giveaway, you must: #1 Subscribe to my newsletter (either using the pop up or via the box at the verrrrry bottom of this page) If you are already a subscriber, thank you. You do not need to subscribe again. If you are new, you will
- [JA Internment Camp Manzanar](https://beverlypatt.com/ja-internment-camp-manzanar/) - Many of you who have just started following me because of my recent book, More Than A Thief, might not know I wrote another historical fiction book several years back. Best Friends Forever: A WWII Scrapbook sprouted from a childhood connection my mother had with Japanese American friends, shipped off to live in an internment
- [Teaching History through Fiction](https://beverlypatt.com/teaching-history-through-fiction/) - When I was in school, history meant maps, dates, wars, and old dead people, none of which interested me. Then my teacher had us read To Kill A Mockingbird. I became so engrossed in the story, I had no idea I was learning about the Great Depression and the South's attitudes towards race, class, gender,
- [True Crime + Historical Fiction = Great Reads](https://beverlypatt.com/true-crime-historical-fiction-great-reads/) - True crime lover, please meet my friend, Historical Fiction Fan. Historical Fiction Fan, let me introduce True Crime Lover. You two have a lot in common! You both like facts. You both enjoy learning something when you read. You both seek to understand, whether it's an individual, a motivation, an event, or a certain time
- [The Dreaded P Word](https://beverlypatt.com/the-dreaded-p-word/) - I'm going to go out on a limb and claim that 85% of writers are introverts. We're in our own heads, our own worlds, and we spend an inordinate time alone - and we like it that way! Then our books get sold and publishers start mentioning the "P" word. PROMOTION. As in, "What kind
- [A Peek Into Victoria's Diary](https://beverlypatt.com/a-peek-into-victorias-diary/) - In writing MORE THAN A THIEF, I tried various ways in to the story. One of these attempts was a diary format, which, for various reasons I won't bore you with, I eventually abandoned. However, I thought you might enjoy this brief outtake - a peek into my main character's diary and state of mind,
- [First MORE THAN A THIEF Book Talk - check!](https://beverlypatt.com/first-more-than-a-thief-book-talk-check/) - Had a wonderful time at The Book Stall in Winnetka, IL last night. A few new faces mixed in with some familiar ones! Bloody axe cookies were a big hit! As were the "Red herrings" aka Swedish fish:)
- [Lizzie Borden B&B](https://beverlypatt.com/lizzie-borden-bb/) - There are loads of B&Bs to visit, all over the world. But did you know Lizzie Borden's home, where the unsolved murder of her parents still hangs in the air, is one of them? True crime lovers will enjoy visiting the home and town where the famous murders took place, and they can decide for
- [More Than a Cover Reveal](https://beverlypatt.com/more-than-a-cover-reveal/) - When the good people at Owl Hollow Press sent me a handful of cover designs to choose from, I was bowled over. Me? Choose a cover? Eep! With my other books, I had no input, so this was a huge change. And a little intimidating. Each sample was beautiful and arresting in its own right,
- [Book Journey](https://beverlypatt.com/book-journey/) - The day I found out I was losing my agent was also the day we got an offer on my latest book! It was heaping plate of Sweet and Sour Pork, served steaming hot. Joy and sorrow combined under one silver dome. And I’m not great with chopsticks. The journey with More Than A Thief

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