My friend and fellow author, RJ Conte, has a new book out! This time it’s a Christian rom-com – and guys, this book is laugh-out-loud funny. đ Her protagonist, Cleo, has one of the best character voices. She’s unorthodox and random and brazen, and somehow RJ manages to marry this hilarity seamlessly together with the deep, heartfelt […]
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Blog Tour: “My Fault” by RJ Conte
Posted in Blog Hops, Book Releases, For Your Amusement on June 16, 2018 | 2 Comments »
Ten Things Writers Are Thankful For
Posted in Encouragement, For Your Amusement, Inspiration, Writing on November 21, 2017 | 4 Comments »
1. Our charactersâall the precious details about them and their lives, how they entertain us, and how they keep us company at all times. 2. Coffee/tea/cocoa/wine…our writing beverage of choice. Also SNACKS! 3. That non-writing friend or family member who asks how our writing is going. Sometimes we feel like nobody in our lives cares […]
What Really Happens When You Set Aside a WIP After 10 Years of Revisions
Posted in For Your Amusement, My Books, My Life, Writing on February 8, 2017 | 11 Comments »
An Autobiography of the Past 7 Months in GIF Form Last June I set aside the trilogy I’d been striving to revise for 10+ years, because I could no longer see the forest for the trees and it had problems I could not see a way to fix. It’s gone about like this… Step One:Â First, […]
Simmer Starters – February 26, 2016
Posted in Christian Living, Controversies, For Your Amusement, Literature, Scripture, Simmer Starters, Writing on February 26, 2016 | 4 Comments »
Narrating Dreams & Visions (Mythcreants) – Sleep stuff fascinates me!  This is a good breakdown of information about things like sleepwalking and sleep paralysis, as well as suggestions about how to write dream sequences and visions. In TKT I actually fall afoul of one of their tips to not change tense or switch between 1st and 3rd POV. […]
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. đ Is a Surrogate a Mother? (Michelle Goldberg) – Long article that illustrates the kind of moral conundrums and heartbreaking situations we’ve created in […]
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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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