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Writing is such a strange part of me; I'm so different when I write. That's why I don't like to read what I've written read out loud; I'm timid, but my writing isn't. I'm afraid of people who know me, reading my writing, and saying, "That's not Hannah. She's not brave or confident. She's faining confidence. She's pretending to be someone she's not; she's using writing as a fantasy world to be who she wants to be in real life."
True, I would like to be braver, who wouldn't? But I don't use writing as some alternate reality. I'm just confident in my writing. I don't know why, maybe I received enough good feedback on it to think I'm good, maybe I feel like, when written down, my thoughts hold more, Oomph. Maybe it was just a safe place to be myself, and I had enough time to reflect on who I was without fear of judgement. Now that I think about it, writing has healed me in many ways.
When I write, as myself, I can't tell a lie, about who I am, how I feel, what I believe, why would I need to? I wrote it, I know it and believe it, it doesn't matter what you have to say about it, it's already written, and I love it. It gets my heart right with God, like the Holy Spirit ministering to me through it, teaching me things. I have confidence in my writing, not as a talent, not in my skill- I have quite a few cringe-worthy writings that need editing. I have confidence in 'what' I'm writing.
I've made a promise to myself, to only write stories that circle around God, what He's done for us, and building our relationships with Him; everything I have is from God. How could I even dare to use something as powerful as writing for my pleasure, instead of His glory? He is the author, I am only the pen.
Betas Needed
Short story, 2k words, villainous mermaids, adult themes, eluded sexual assault, domestic violence. Need feedback by Monday if you're interested :) send me a note!
Christian Spec Group
Hey! I just created my own group for Christian Speculative creators to promote the best Christian Speculative fiction through reviews, art, excerpts, fanart, and fanfiction and hopefully cultivate fanbases for this content. If you make or enjoy reading Christian Speculative fiction, I invite you to join at https://www.deviantart.com/christianspecworks and start sharing your work or finding others you can love. The first book I'll be reviewing is The City of Snow and Stars by S. D. Howard, a dark, Christian fantasy dealing with abuse, trafficking, and the difficult road to healing. Spoiler, it was spectacular and I'm upset I have to wait for book 2 lol. Anyway, check out the group if you're interested and thanks for stopping by! Hannah
Guess who's back.
Hey guys, I've spontaneously unarchived all of my art because I found someone had stolen and reposted one of my images on another site. But hey, it's as good a day as any to come back and tell you I'm on the road to finishing my first book in a G/t Urban Fantasy series called Where The Honeybee Lies, (series called Milk and Honey).Hoping to get a cleaned manuscript to the editor this September so I won't be posting much if any right now, other than updates and info on that project. The book takes a look at the realities of human (or Bruni) trafficking, cptsd, and the difficult road to healing from such traumas. Although the story begins in gritty tones and follows dark, disturbing themes, most of it is set in a cozy, London group home for rescued Bruni, with a cast of fun, heartwarming characters, and hints at a grander, magical world behind the scenes. I really wanted to combat some of the many toxic YA Fae Romances I've seen in popular reading circles recently with a story that's
MOVING
Hi all, I'm making some changes to my social media presence in regards to artwork AND my writing! Due to some well needed organization and hard decisions, I am moving everything on this account into storage!
I've left the stories up temporarily (because I recently discovered one of my favorite stories had been archived by an artist and I was SO sad and I can't do that to you guys without warning) but they will be going into storage soon!
I might make a final post with more detail about what I'm doing but for now if you want to make sure you can find my work, I'm on insta @ hbpenart and @ author_hannah_christine
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the fact is you are brave in your writings just like I am it's an inner bravery and you gotta learn to let that inner bravery out just wait I've got an awesome poem coming up that's going to blow everyone away who knows me I'm like that with sign language too I can say God bless you and Jesus loves you and I'm sooooo brave with my hands but now I'm getting more brave in my speech too because I'm reading my poems out loud and getting the strength and courage from God so I say you should ask God to give you boldness like the men who prayed in acts for boldness see how quickly they got it I bet He'd give that boldness to you too pray every day Lord give me boldness for today and give me someone to talk to someone to bring into the kingdom 
God bless I hope that you get that confidence btw even talking to people like if I wasn't typing I'd be scared nervous and panicky but God is helping me through it my testimony is too long to share but I'll tell you one small part of it I was always put down and talked down to so when I finally got out of the hole I was still too scared to talk to anyone one day my friend offered for me to go to a group called spur which is all about Christ and they preach the message every Wednesday night they give a sermon and they a lot of times have challenges for the groups like divide into groups and talk about what you did and what's hard for you and I was so scared the first time I said what's going on good in my life is I might be moving to an apartment with section 8 voucher and what's hard for me is talking to a group of people even talking to one person I'm never good at socializing and that night I spoke to a lot of people and we all got promise cards can you guess what mine was this is totally God He said Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Him who strengthens me and that's my story of when Christ gave me boldness and I know He'll give it to you because you are doing His work
God bless I hope that you get that confidence btw even talking to people like if I wasn't typing I'd be scared nervous and panicky but God is helping me through it my testimony is too long to share but I'll tell you one small part of it I was always put down and talked down to so when I finally got out of the hole I was still too scared to talk to anyone one day my friend offered for me to go to a group called spur which is all about Christ and they preach the message every Wednesday night they give a sermon and they a lot of times have challenges for the groups like divide into groups and talk about what you did and what's hard for you and I was so scared the first time I said what's going on good in my life is I might be moving to an apartment with section 8 voucher and what's hard for me is talking to a group of people even talking to one person I'm never good at socializing and that night I spoke to a lot of people and we all got promise cards can you guess what mine was this is totally God He said Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Him who strengthens me and that's my story of when Christ gave me boldness and I know He'll give it to you because you are doing His work