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I’ve been playing around with my website the last couple of days and made this weird banner graphic. Jellyfish and northern lights... I think that sums up my writing style pretty well! 💚 Check it out and let me know what you think 😊 You can even sign up for my newsletter (I started one!) and read the story of how I became a writer! 💚 #authorsofinstagram #authornewsletter #jellyfish #northernlights #auroraborealis #northernwriters #canadianwriter #scifi #scifibooks #scifiart #lunarpunk #solarpunk #greendream #writerscommunity #writerslife #booknerdigans #writershelpingwriters

💝 A gift to my fellow writers 💝 If you are not following @mj_mcgriff do yourself a favour and click on through right now. I’ll wait... 💝 There. That’s better. Now, sign up for her Content Creative newsletter and binge listen to her podcast! 💝 Don’t you feel smarter now? I do. I have been following Margaret for a while now, and when she launched Content Creative earlier this year I was on board right away. She has a way of breaking down the whole “how the feck do I market myself as a writer” thing into easy, actionable steps. 💝 It can be so overwhelming to think about when all you really want to do is write. But Margaret will show you how marketing yourself is actually very similar to writing a book! 💝 I finally got around to listening to The Content Creative Podcast this morning and I’m blown away. If you’re looking for something to listen to on your morning commune or while you fold laundry and curse at your children’s unmatched socks, subscribe now! You won’t regret it. My mind is going a mile a minute with ideas for my own brand and how to implement some of her suggestions this year. 💝 Who are you favourite experts on writing craft or marketing? Share away! Let’s all be brilliant together! 💝 #writershelpingwriters #writerssupportingwriters #contentcreator #contentmarketing #marketingtips #newsletters #writerslife #podcastersofinstagram #beallyoucanbe #bestwriters #getsmarter #writerscommunity #writerslife #writercommunity

What’s the last book you started but couldn’t finish? 🌙 I’m pretty stubborn. If I start a book, I will usually power through to the end even if I’m not thrilled with it. But this weekend I just had to give up on one. 🌙 YEAR ONE by Nora Roberts fell so flat for me I couldn’t even force myself through the 25% mark. Now, I should preface this by saying I am not a Romance reader. I have read one other of Roberts’ books, because I like to branch outside of my usual just to gain different perspectives and add depth to my own characters’ emotional arcs. I read JEWEL OF THE SUN a few weeks ago. It was predictably sappy, the depiction of Ireland was painfully romanticized, and the characters were almost caricatures. BUT, in reading it, I felt Roberts’ love for Ireland and the way she believed in her characters. It might not be my favourite genre, but I felt she handled it well. So I was intrigued to find she has branched into a post-apocalyptic paranormal series, and happily downloaded YEAR ONE. 🌙 This, I think, is what happens when a prolific writer is forced out of their niche in order to satisfy their publisher’s desire to wring a little more money out of the cash cow’s raw, bleeding nipples. 🌙 Also, I apologize for that image. 🌙 I have never read anything so god awfully devoid of life and emotion as this book. This is Nora Roberts applying her formula to a genre she doesn’t understand or care about. It’s like she challenged herself to see how many cliches she could cram into each sentence. The characters are not even cliches, they are paper dolls hoping someone dresses them up in a pretty cliche when they grow up. 🌙 The writing is so devoid of emotion that it reads like the outline of a novel rather than the novel itself. 🌙 I feel so ripped off I just had to rant. 🌙 Anyway, if anyone read this and enjoyed it, I’m sorry. I hope we can still be friends. But we must never speak of this atrocity again. 🌙 Can someone recommend a good post-apocalyptic novel for me to cleanse my palate on, please? 🌙 #postapocalyptic #yearone #noraroberts #romance #paranormalromance #badbooks #donotread #bookreviewer #bookrecommendations #bookrecommendation #bookrec #bookrecs

What are you reading this weekend? I just finished SUNVAULT: STORIES OF SOLARPUNK AND ECO-SPECULATION. It’s my first foray into the #solarpunk genre as a reader, though I think I’ve been dabbling in it with my writing for a while. 🌞 I’ve talked on my blog about the need for fiction that explores our future in a more constructive way, that looks too solutions instead of just dissolution. 🌞 The most common pushback I’ve heard is that if we solve all of the environmental problems our stories will lack conflict and become sappy, romantic, utopian fantasies. 🌞 But my argument, which SUNVAULT proves perfectly, is that there is more to story conflict that the socio-political and environmental disasters presented to us in post-apocalyptic novels. By finding solutions to current problems, we don’t eliminate conflict. As writers it is our job to consider how the conflicts will shift. 🌞 Have you read any solarpunk? What are your thoughts on the genre? 🌞 #sunvault #ecospeculation #environmentalfiction #environmentart #climatecrisis #climateaction #climatechangeart #scifibooks #bookreview #dystopianreads #utopia #visionsofthefuture #futurism #futurist

Any Harry Potter fans here? I’ve been super sick for the last week and a half. It literally hit the day I sent off my manuscript to my beta readers and hasn’t let up since. So I haven’t been very productive at all. Just reading, drinking tea, fiddling on my phone, napping, and generally feeling sorry for myself. 🐍 One of the things I have been fiddling with is the Pottermore website! I have always been a Slytherin, much to my children’s disappointment. I’ve taken the test many times at multiples stages in my life and it’s always the same. No coincidence that the only tattoo I have is a big snake on my back! Slytherin for life! 🐍 You can only take the patronus test once, though, and I’ve put it off. I was joking with another writer friend the other day (hi @authorjensenreed !) that I hoped mine was something cool like a raven or a wolf, but that it was probably more like an angry weasel. She encouraged me to take the damn test and find out... 🐍 And I was almost right, you guys. I got HYENA lol. That’s pretty much a big angry weasel 😂 anyway, I was thrilled that my patronus suits me so well. I think it’s perfect. Slytherin/Hyena prettt much tells you everything you need to know about me! 🐍 Comment with your own house and patronus below! And let me know if it suits you or not! #harrypotter #pottermore #slytherin #griffindor #hufflepuff #ravenclaw #hogwartsexpress #patronus #ibelieveinmagic #booknerdigan #booklover #booknerd #readerforlife

Is anyone else completely fascinated by bioluminescent or phosphorescent plants and animals? 🐙 The world is full of some pretty amazing things. I love when SF explores the possibilities of the natural world. 🐙 I’m indulging in this a little with my second novel in THE TIMEKEEPERS TRILOGY. In the tunnels beneath the City, Ghost finds lots of interesting places. Underground grottos filled with bioluminescent plants and fungi are just one of many unusual settings I can’t wait to share in book 2, GHOSTLIGHTS. 🐙 I feel like bioluminescence has a lot of potential in SolarPunk and Environmental Futurism. 🐙 Do you have any unusual plants or animals in your current WIPs? What’s your favourite book-movie scene that explores the infinite possibilities hidden in the natural world? 🐙 #solarpunk #ecospeculation #sunvault #ecofiction #environmentalart #futurism #bioluminescence #bioluminescent #phosphorescent #glowinthedark #dystopianreads #postapocalyptic #theendofthefuckingworld

S.C. Jensen in Uncategorized 18/04/201926/02/2020 33 Words

“Seaglass” by S.C. Jensen on The Arcanist!

My story is live on The Arcanist today! If you’d like to read “Seaglass,” the story I was ranting about HERE. Click this link: it will take you past the Medium paywall 😊 Enjoy!

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4 thoughts on ““Seaglass” by S.C. Jensen on The Arcanist!”

BJ Sikes, author says:

18/04/2019 at 09:17

Congratulations! It’s a great story!

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1. S.C. Jensen says:
  
  18/04/2019 at 11:07
  
  Thanks! And thank you for your help with it 😊
  
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TanGental says:

20/04/2019 at 13:15

very enjoyable Sarah

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1. S.C. Jensen says:
  
  20/04/2019 at 13:31
  
  Thanks!
  
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