Beth Cohen
@bethcohenwrites.bsky.social
Asexual AuDHD author editing a portal fantasy with a fat ND heroine. Cat servant. Anti-genAI. 🏳️🌈 🍉
✨ It’s a pen name, mom. She/her.
💻 https://linktr.ee/BethCohenWrites
✨ It’s a pen name, mom. She/her.
💻 https://linktr.ee/BethCohenWrites
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Beth Cohen
@bethcohenwrites.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Hi all! I’m Beth, your friendly neighborhood thirtysomething fantasy author. I write about fat, queer, disabled characters, and I can’t wait for you to meet them!
📖 Read my (free!) short stories: bethcohenwrites.com/short-stories
💻 Around the web: I’m @bethcohenwrites on all major channels.
📖 Read my (free!) short stories: bethcohenwrites.com/short-stories
💻 Around the web: I’m @bethcohenwrites on all major channels.
ok they're making a biopic about you. what song is playing during your training montage?
November 8, 2025 at 5:44 AM
ok they're making a biopic about you. what song is playing during your training montage?
ISO witchy authors. let's be friends.
November 8, 2025 at 4:17 AM
ISO witchy authors. let's be friends.
you gotta at least try. what if it works? what if you succeed?
November 7, 2025 at 4:15 AM
you gotta at least try. what if it works? what if you succeed?
as far as inspirational movies go, i gotta say nothing will ever get my ass in gear like legally blonde, cliche as it may be
November 7, 2025 at 3:44 AM
as far as inspirational movies go, i gotta say nothing will ever get my ass in gear like legally blonde, cliche as it may be
what's a book that changed your life for the better?
November 6, 2025 at 5:53 AM
what's a book that changed your life for the better?
idk call me old fashioned but I print out each version of my drafts and pop them in a binder. one for my first draft, one after dev edits, one after line edits, so I only ever have three printed versions, plus the final book.
makes me feel better. if i lose files... i still have my copies.
makes me feel better. if i lose files... i still have my copies.
November 6, 2025 at 4:07 AM
idk call me old fashioned but I print out each version of my drafts and pop them in a binder. one for my first draft, one after dev edits, one after line edits, so I only ever have three printed versions, plus the final book.
makes me feel better. if i lose files... i still have my copies.
makes me feel better. if i lose files... i still have my copies.
ok there are a lot of holidays at the end of the calendar year--what's your fav holiday meal? i need cooking inspiration!!
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM
ok there are a lot of holidays at the end of the calendar year--what's your fav holiday meal? i need cooking inspiration!!
nanowrimo used to be THEE november writing challenge, but i'm doing my own version, five word november. it's where i write five words every day. that's it.
see my brain is A Contrarian, so i have to come at challenges like this sideways. by the time i've sat down, i might as well write more.
see my brain is A Contrarian, so i have to come at challenges like this sideways. by the time i've sat down, i might as well write more.
November 5, 2025 at 2:13 AM
nanowrimo used to be THEE november writing challenge, but i'm doing my own version, five word november. it's where i write five words every day. that's it.
see my brain is A Contrarian, so i have to come at challenges like this sideways. by the time i've sat down, i might as well write more.
see my brain is A Contrarian, so i have to come at challenges like this sideways. by the time i've sat down, i might as well write more.
ok wow hi so i have more new faces here than i realized! let's do a proper reintroduction
hi, i'm beth, i'm a writer with my first book coming out THIS DECEMBER! we are literally just a few weeks away which is WILD to me.
hi, i'm beth, i'm a writer with my first book coming out THIS DECEMBER! we are literally just a few weeks away which is WILD to me.
November 4, 2025 at 3:09 AM
ok wow hi so i have more new faces here than i realized! let's do a proper reintroduction
hi, i'm beth, i'm a writer with my first book coming out THIS DECEMBER! we are literally just a few weeks away which is WILD to me.
hi, i'm beth, i'm a writer with my first book coming out THIS DECEMBER! we are literally just a few weeks away which is WILD to me.
writers what kind of music do you listen to when you're writing? i've foregone music altogether lately and have opted for ~*nature sounds*~ personally
November 4, 2025 at 2:16 AM
writers what kind of music do you listen to when you're writing? i've foregone music altogether lately and have opted for ~*nature sounds*~ personally
please everyone tell me your GDT frankenstein thoughts, I need to be convinced to go to a theater
November 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
please everyone tell me your GDT frankenstein thoughts, I need to be convinced to go to a theater
Anthropic class action news!
The Anthropic Class Action Settlement: What You Need to Know Right Now - Writer Beware
One of the most urgent issues confronting writers and other creators right now is the use of copyrighted material for generative AI training. The large language models that power chatbots like…
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November 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Anthropic class action news!
found out my mother in law and I go to the same local dispensary! this area is lousy with them but she turned me on to their rewards program 🤭
November 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
found out my mother in law and I go to the same local dispensary! this area is lousy with them but she turned me on to their rewards program 🤭
oh man i should make a page on my author website for a generative ai statement. i have a statement about it in moonshadow but i will tell people to stop using chatgpt in multiple places.
November 1, 2025 at 4:44 AM
oh man i should make a page on my author website for a generative ai statement. i have a statement about it in moonshadow but i will tell people to stop using chatgpt in multiple places.
do other folks collect different formats of books you really love? like, if i listen to a new audiobook and absolutely fall in love with it, i'll buy a paperback just to have it on my shelf.
November 1, 2025 at 3:17 AM
do other folks collect different formats of books you really love? like, if i listen to a new audiobook and absolutely fall in love with it, i'll buy a paperback just to have it on my shelf.
i know it was very much not the point of the book, but i will always be amazed by katherine addison's naming structure/conventions in The Goblin Emperor. like i read it at the beginning of the year and i'm still toying with the idea of making a flowchart or something
October 31, 2025 at 3:15 AM
i know it was very much not the point of the book, but i will always be amazed by katherine addison's naming structure/conventions in The Goblin Emperor. like i read it at the beginning of the year and i'm still toying with the idea of making a flowchart or something
Get to know me in three books:
- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
- Beloved by Toni Morrison
- A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
- Beloved by Toni Morrison
- A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
October 31, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Get to know me in three books:
- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
- Beloved by Toni Morrison
- A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
- Beloved by Toni Morrison
- A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
my most annoying habit? probably that I've moved past most laughter and now simply say out loud
oh now that's funny
oh now that's funny
October 31, 2025 at 1:46 AM
my most annoying habit? probably that I've moved past most laughter and now simply say out loud
oh now that's funny
oh now that's funny
HELP I need some short spooky reads for my drive tomorrow! I have a couple @librofm credits so they gotta be there 📕
October 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
HELP I need some short spooky reads for my drive tomorrow! I have a couple @librofm credits so they gotta be there 📕
how to get inspired when nothing's working:
i don't, i sit and pout for 4 to 8 business weeks until i forget about it and it happens naturally
i don't, i sit and pout for 4 to 8 business weeks until i forget about it and it happens naturally
October 30, 2025 at 4:53 AM
how to get inspired when nothing's working:
i don't, i sit and pout for 4 to 8 business weeks until i forget about it and it happens naturally
i don't, i sit and pout for 4 to 8 business weeks until i forget about it and it happens naturally
no bc why do bagel bites STILL hit as an adult
October 30, 2025 at 3:07 AM
no bc why do bagel bites STILL hit as an adult
how do we feel about single narrator vs multiple narrators in fiction, audiobook fans?
October 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
how do we feel about single narrator vs multiple narrators in fiction, audiobook fans?
"Where do you see yourself in 3-5 years?"
not at this job, hopefully
not at this job, hopefully
October 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"Where do you see yourself in 3-5 years?"
not at this job, hopefully
not at this job, hopefully
i tried atticus and y'all i should have listened to every single person who reached out... i should have gone with vellum
October 29, 2025 at 2:56 AM
i tried atticus and y'all i should have listened to every single person who reached out... i should have gone with vellum
i use buffer to schedule out posts sometimes and their templates are all like "share how you optimize your morning workflow!" and like girl i don't have enough time to explain how unoptimized i am as a person
October 29, 2025 at 1:13 AM
i use buffer to schedule out posts sometimes and their templates are all like "share how you optimize your morning workflow!" and like girl i don't have enough time to explain how unoptimized i am as a person