What if our characters are real? What if they are actually the souls of unborn children who died before birth, and God gives them to authors as inspiration for characters in our stories? What if we will meet all our characters someday in heaven? When I came up with that fun fictional concept last week, I […]
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How God Used My Fictional Character to Teach Me True Things
Posted in Christian Living, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, My Life, Speculative Fiction, Writing, tagged adrenaline, Bible, character, faith, fiction, God, Scripture, writing on November 6, 2015 | 16 Comments »
Simmer Starters – Mar. 6, 2015
Posted in Christian Living, Creativity and the Arts, Motherhood, Simmer Starters, Writing, tagged art, Bible, books, character, creativity, godliness, jesus, love, writing on March 6, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
First, I have to share these three Simmer Starter links that directly correlate to the series on love that I have going right now. If you don’t check out any of the other links, read these! The Three Sieves (Tim Challies) – Amen and amen! This is on my mind too, all the time. I love the […]
6 Favorite Brother-Sister Relationships in Fiction
Posted in Fandoms and Geekery, Literature, tagged brother, character, Dickens, family, fiction, films, Firefly, genres, love, movies, relationships, siblings, sister, tolkien, TV on December 8, 2014 | 22 Comments »
Romance. Parent and child. Sisterhood. Brotherhood. Sibling groups. Friendships. Partners. Mentor and student. Master and servant. Leader and followers. Personally, although I enjoy reading about many different kinds of relationships, I’m a big sucker for a strong brother-sister friendship, mostly because the trilogy I’ve been writing for almost 10 years, The Kraesinia Trilogy, centers around […]
Three Great Story Crafting Tips
Posted in Writing, tagged character, fiction, plot, plot arcs, plot structure, story, writing on June 5, 2014 | 6 Comments »
The funny thing about writing fiction is that the more you know about making your stories good, the harder it gets to write them! Here are some of the best writing tips I have learned and implemented recently, along with the great resources where I found them. These have really revitalized my writing habits and […]
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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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