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.

Weeding Your Creative Garden
Reflections Betsy Ellor Reflections Betsy Ellor

Weeding Your Creative Garden

By mid-summer of this year, whenever I went into the creative garden in my mind the sun had become so blocked out by dark clouds of deadlines, commitments, worries, and lists that nothing would grow. The only solution was to . . .

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Welcome to the Studio
Reflections Betsy Ellor Reflections Betsy Ellor

Welcome to the Studio

Welcome to the Words Undbound Studio. Though a lot of people have suggested I start a website over the years, I resisted. I am a self-confessed webinar junky, a lover of critique groups and conferences. I have a lot to say, but I thought a blog would steal time from my own works in progress.

Then pandemic.

Isolation helped me realize how much I relied on my writing community. My writing is not a solo act, so why should my blog be. When a few of my best writing pals agreed to add their voices I realized what I wanted to create wasn’t a blog but a studio: a creative (virtual) space for writers to come together, practice their craft, share their knowledge and find inspiration. We’ve got a lot of great stuff lined up. We hope you’ll come back again and again to read, comment, and maybe even add your voice to the studio.

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