7 Ways to Be More Creative (Jessica Knap) – This is a great roundup of ways to kickstart creativity! Complaining is Terrible For You, According to Science (Jessica Stillman) – How negativity or positivity literally rewire our brains. “Synapses that fire together wire together.” Porn: The Quiet Anesthesia (Ethan Renoe) – Speaking of rewiring brains, here is a […]
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Simmer Starters – March 4, 2016
Posted in Christian Living, Creativity and the Arts, Motherhood, Publishing, Simmer Starters, Toddler Life on March 4, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
Simmer Starters – February 19, 2016
Posted in Controversies, Culture and Politics, For Your Amusement, Publishing, Simmer Starters on February 19, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
Frank, the Beagle of Unexpected Plot Twists (Janeen Ippolito) – My other links today are kind of heavy, but not this one – enjoy this fun look inside an intuitive writer’s brain. 😀 Is a Surrogate a Mother? (Michelle Goldberg) – Long article that illustrates the kind of moral conundrums and heartbreaking situations we’ve created in […]
Ah, To Be Shelved With My Own Kind…
Posted in Musings, My Life, Publishing, Speculative Fiction on February 16, 2016 | 22 Comments »
Yesterday morning my husband surprised me with a breakfast-and-lunch date, and a trip to Barnes & Noble sandwiched in between. (He’s pretty awesome, if you ask me!) Rambling around the bookstore, I was struck by something I’d never thought about before. There is, of course, the science-fiction and fantasy section – packed to the gills […]
Simmer Starters – February 5, 2016
Posted in Controversies, Culture and Politics, Publishing, Simmer Starters, Teen/YA, Writing on February 5, 2016 | 1 Comment »
The Mission Field of Young Adult Fiction (Mike Duran) – Some interesting thoughts here. I like the quote from Mary Weber: “[Teens] want to be entertained and respected that they can find elements of truth and God and honor in a story without needing a [S]cripture or certain Christian vocabulary spelled out.” Finding Comparable Books (Rachelle Gardner) […]
Simmer Starters – October 10, 2015
Posted in Christian Living, Fandoms and Geekery, Publishing, Simmer Starters, Writing on October 10, 2015 | 1 Comment »
Carole McDonnell on Story Evangelism (Speculative Faith) – I am loving the #StoryEvangelism series at SpecFaith! This was a particularly thought provoking piece with a lot of gems to mull over. “As artists, Christians are so aware of a Christian creative tradition (Lewis, the Arthurian Cycle, and Tolkien, for instance) and so aware that other Christians want something […]
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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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