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About Me

I am Caroline Hadley, I am sixteen, and I write young adult Christian speculative fiction. I enjoy maintaining a healthy lifestyle, reading, and being with my family. I have won a Silver Key and a national Gold Key for my short stories in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Currently, I am adapting one of those stories into a novel. I am involved in a teen writing group at my local library and am working for my high school literary magazine. If you want to connect with me and chat, visit one of my social media pages or comment on a post!

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I created this blog to help teens on their writing journey through Godly encouragement and knowledge on the craft. I want to encourage, educate, and learn more myself. If you love writing and working hard I'm here to help. Here, you will find writing tips, book reviews and recommendations, writer-friendly recipes, and encouragement. I pray my passionate words will inspire you to create and serve in meaningful ways. If God has chosen you to write, follow that calling. It's important. You can do this.

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