Lots of fantasy links and a couple of cultural ones this week! 🙂 Love and Comfort in Fantasy, or Why George R.R. Martin Isn’t the American Tolkien (John Adcox) – While I eschew Game of Thrones for the porn-fest it is, this article is beautiful and excellently illustrates why Tolkien, Lewis, Rowling, and other authors have […]
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Simmer Starters – June 11, 2016
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Simmer Starters – June 3, 2016
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Not a whole lot of Simmers this week…there has been a lot on my mind internally and I haven’t been reading very many articles! Three Ways Superpowers Can Charge Your Story (Janeen Ippolito) – Three ways superpowers – magic – even special talents – add an extra oomph to stories. Advice from Maggie Stiefvater – Wise words […]
Simmer Starters – May 27, 2016
Posted in Culture and Politics, Internet Life, Simmer Starters, Writing on May 27, 2016 | 1 Comment »
Just a friendly reminder that #WIPjoy is coming up in less than a week!!! Keep your eyes on my Twitter and Facebook pages for the upcoming list of daily prompts, and I might post them to the blog too. 🙂 And now, on to the Simmers! Steps to Finding Your Story’s Hook (Brianna de Silva) – Good […]
Simmer Starters – May 21, 2016
Posted in Christian Living, Controversies, Culture and Politics, Editing, Internet Life, Motherhood, Movies and TV, Simmer Starters, Spiritual Warfare on May 21, 2016 | 1 Comment »
Our Respectable Sin – Laziness (David Prince) – Hard-hitting words here!  “We have come to believe that the reason we work is so that we can rest. Work in this way of thinking is a necessary evil, and that is too often the story we tell ourselves. But thinking in this way turns God’s work and […]
Simmer Starters – May 13, 2016
Posted in Controversies, Culture and Politics, Motherhood, Philosophy and Worldviews, Publishing, Simmer Starters on May 13, 2016 | 1 Comment »
Since I missed my Simmers last week I had a lot of saved links to choose from!  There are some really good articles here. 🙂 Don’t Let Your Girls Grow Up To Be Moms (Gretchen E K Engel) – Don’t be turned off by the provocative title of the post.  There are really important things to […]
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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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