I like to say that despite aging into my twenties, part of my soul got stuck at sixteen. I loved my teen years. They were awkward, complicated, and emotional, like anyone’s teen years, but they were also chock-full of joy, adventure, good friendship, and new knowledge. During my mid-teens I moved from California to New […]
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5 Reasons Writing YA (Sci-Fi and Fantasy) Is Awesome
Posted in Encouragement, Inspiration, Literature, Writing on August 27, 2014 | 6 Comments »
The Backwards Proverbs 31 Woman
Posted in Christian Living, For Your Amusement, Inspiration, Motherhood, Preaching to Myself, Scripture on August 14, 2014 | 4 Comments »
Anyone can find an inferior wife. Her worth is no more than common pebbles. The heart of her husband cannot trust or confide in her, and he suffers constant loss. She does him evil, and not good, all the days of her life. She avoids finding ways to be industrious, and grumbles when she is […]
Self-Publishing is for Failures, Said Ignorant Teenage Me
Posted in Controversies, Inspiration, Publishing, Writing on July 3, 2014 | 6 Comments »
“Have you thought about self-publishing?” Years ago, I took that question as an insult. Self-publishing, I thought, was for wannabes who were arrogant enough to reject the professional judgment of the Great Guardians of Literary Quality and put their drivel out there anyway. If my book was not worthy of traditional publishing, I thought, I […]
The Secret Signature of the Soul
Posted in All Truth is God's Truth, Inspiration, Philosophy and Worldviews, Quotes on June 26, 2014 | 5 Comments »
Any time I start to write a post and have to find a quote from C.S. Lewis, I end up spending forever browsing quotes from him online, because they are all so good. This quote completely hijacked my blogging attempts for today, and made me start a whole new post about it: “You may have noticed […]
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Bethany A. Jennings is a YA speculative fiction and poetry author, a freelance editor, and a lover of artisan sandwiches. Born in SoCal, with a heart and soul raised in many different worlds, she now lives happily in New England with her husband, four children, zero pets, and a large and growing collection of tiny houseplants. She is a firm believer in the power of words to reach hurting hearts, uplift the weary, and pierce the darkness.
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