I’m Jen – writer, coach, and a fan of Mother Earth.
I’ve been writing and working to help the planet for years, and now that I write fiction our planet’s future is often part of my stories.
Latest News: I took second place in a Flash Fiction contest with my story, Looping Crush.
Visit my writings page to read more of my short stories and poems.
My debut series, In A Captured State, is a dystopian trilogy that takes place five generations after a climate apocalypse.
Book One, The Abducted, is targeted for release in 2027.
ONLY THE RICH ARE FREE
AFTER A CLIMATE APOCALYPSE
Here’s a brief description of Book One
In A Captured State: The Abducted
Greed may try to destroy the human race but love can win out over slavery and a brutal dictatorship.
Five generations after a climate apocalypse, Earth is divided into two worlds – those who prepared and built an underground utopia called Sanzarth, and those who struggled to survive the devastation and slowly rebuilt on the surface a world called NeoEarth.
When Peoria turns seventeen, she learns why teens in her underground world disappear, why life isn’t as perfect as some would believe, and how Sanzarth’s government covered it up.
Captured and turned into a NeoEarth slave, Peoria finds herself on a surface she’d been told was uninhabitable. And at the mercy of her captor, Dashara – a newly appointed NeoEarth hunter who is figuring out how wrong her job is.
But, while the lives of Peoria’s family and community in Sanzarth are threatened she’s faced with saving herself and her new family – others who are enslaved. People who call her their leader. As she resists this responsibility, and her abductor, Peoria must fight for her own life so she can escape to save her sister from the same fate.
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.
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.
To reach Jen, write to her: jen.thilman (at) gmail.com