I’m Jen – writer, coach, and super-fan of Mother Earth.

I’ve been writing and working to help the planet heal for years, and now that I write fiction our planet’s health is often part of the story.

My debut series, In A Captured State, is a post-climate apocalyptic dystopian novel that takes place five generations after Earth is devastated and has become barely habitable (description below).

Book One, Sanzarth to NeoEarth, is targeted for Spring 2026.

Beta Readers needed – sign up here.

Here’s a brief description of
In A Captured State: Sanzarth to NeoEarth

In 2174, five generations after a climate apocalypse, humans live underground in Sanzarth, a preplanned Utopia. The only glitch is that young adults are disappearing.

When strong willed Peoria is abducted on her 17th birthday by Dashara, an unseasoned hunter from the surface world, she finds out the truth: humans did survive on the surface and they’re enslaving people from her underground world.

Unsure of who to trust, these two women must fight the conflict between their worlds, and their feelings towards each other. To do this, they will have to take on a system that requires everyone but the rich live In A Captured State.

Sign up as a Beta Reader and get a free copy of the book once it’s published, and opportunities to save on the rest of the series.

Interested? Fill in this quick interest survey and I’ll notify you when Beta Reader registration opens.

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Develop your writing skills

Because I love learning and sharing the craft of writing, I offer a FREE Fiction Writers’ Prompt and Critique Group. Click the link to register or if you would like to learn more about joining us to practice your writing craft.

Whether you’ve been writing for a while or have an idea for a story and want to see if you can get it on the page, check out my monthly Fiction Writers’ Group. It can help you develop your skills to write a great story.

Visit the How I Write page, also available on the menu.
I explain how I’ve developed my writing, still a work in progress, and provide useful resources to help you learn (they’re the ones I use). There’s a few more to come, but my favorites are there. I don’t get paid to share these.

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To reach Jen, write to her: jen.thilman (at) gmail.com

Please hit the link below to help me edit and publish my dystopian post-climate apocalypse fiction series and continue holding free writers’ events, like the one above.