My worst nightmares are boring, repetitive dreams that seem to last forever. In them, I’m stuck on a thought and cannot escape it no matter how hard I try. Often I’m trying to analyze a problem or solve a riddle, and it’s impossible, but my brain is trapped studying the impossible thing over and over […]
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How Myers-Briggs Typology Became My Worst Nightmare (But I Still Love It)
Posted in For Your Amusement, My Life, Myers-Briggs Typology, Writing on September 19, 2014 | 29 Comments »
“Meet the Blogger” Questionnaire
Posted in For Your Amusement, My Life on August 22, 2014 | 9 Comments »
Friendship arises out of mere Companionship when two or more of the companions discover that they have in common some insight or interest or even taste which the others do not share and which, till that moment, each believed to be his own unique treasure (or burden). The typical expression of opening Friendship would be […]
Looking Back on VBS
Posted in My Life on August 9, 2014 | 5 Comments »
My apologies for the late, small post this week. This was VBS week, and life was crazy! I expected it to be exhausting, and to stretch me in unexpected ways, and I thought it would be scary and hard – and that was all true. But praise God, it was also very easy (thanks to […]
Simmer Starters – July 11, 2014
Posted in My Life, Simmer Starters, Writing on July 12, 2014 | 6 Comments »
Many things have simmered in my mind this week – but boiling at high heat on the front burner is my novel, which consumes massive amounts of my mental energy every day! This is fantastic for me; any time when I’m inspired to write is a good time for me. I’m scrapping the current draft […]
On Teaching VBS – or – Going Outside My Comfort Zone
Posted in My Life, Preaching to Myself on June 19, 2014 | 7 Comments »
I signed up to teach at VBS this year. Well, kind of. I looked at the signup sheet, and was feeling daring that day. I thought, “Hey, I’ll step outside my comfort zone and just do this.” I put my name down for the 3rd grade – with a question mark next to it. I […]
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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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