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 »
Writer Wars: The Prolific and the Percolators
Posted in Christian Living, Controversies, Creativity and the Arts, Publishing, Scripture, Writing, tagged books, competition, fiction, huffpo, indie, larry correia, literary, love, money, publishing, Scripture, self-publishing, writing on September 16, 2015 | 17 Comments »
Yesterday I read an article I enjoyed. To me, the lesson was: take your time writing books, pay attention to quality, and don’t feel pressured to pump out multiple novels a year, but rather do what you know is right for your stories. Since I don’t have much time to write, and I am committed to seeing […]
When God Gives You Darkness
Posted in Christian Living, Encouragement, Musings, Spiritual Warfare, tagged Bible, children, darkness, faith, glow stick, God, grief, ISIS, jesus, kids, light, martyr, persecution, Scripture, sin, stocks, suffering on August 27, 2015 | 7 Comments »
Oh, oh, here we go Welcome to the show Lights shining, so blinding From our head to our toes When this room blacks out You know we will stand out So come on, oh We’re gonna glow! – “Glow” by Britt Nicole Children love glow sticks. Actually, adults love glow sticks too. (At least I do…I […]
When God Says “As You Wish”
Posted in Christian Living, Encouragement, Fandoms and Geekery, Motherhood, Movies and TV, Spiritual Warfare, Toddler Life, tagged Bible, C.S. Lewis, children, discipline, faith, God, kids, love, parenting, Princess Bride, punishment, Scripture, sin on July 2, 2015 | 3 Comments »
Last week I was chatting with a friend about parenting struggles. She has a child who had gotten addicted to TV, and she had to do the hard work of cutting back screen time. Not only was it upsetting to the child, but it was hard on Mom too! Now she has to entertain the […]
Love Is…More Than Sacrifice – 1 Corinthians 13:1-3
Posted in Christian Living, Inspiration, Love Series (1 Corinthians 13), Musings, Preaching to Myself, Scripture, tagged Bible, Christ, Corinthians, jesus, love, sacrifice, Scripture, study on March 4, 2015 | 3 Comments »
Welcome to my series on 1 Corinthians 13! For the introductory post, click here. If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have […]
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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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