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The Making of Plunged Ashore (aka New Book Out Soon!)

Thea van Diepen

I don’t know about you, but when I dream, I have some places that show up in my dreams over and over. Some are real (or the dream version of real) locations. Others are unique to dreamland. When I was a teenager, I had several dreams where I was in an underwater cavern or grotto (and could breathe underwater, in case anyone was concerned!). That’s really all that happened in most of them; I swam around in the grotto and

Revisiting The Illuminated Heart: We are not Alone

Thea van Diepen

Seven years ago, I wrote and published The Illuminated Heart and, seeing as it’s 2020, it seems appropriate for some hindsight. *waits until the groans subside* In case you don’t know, I wrote The Illuminated Heart during Camp NaNoWriMo, which is the summer edition of National Novel Writing Month (November), so I find it a propos that The Illuminated Heart is in a Storybundle during Camp NaNo. I mention this partly because cool timing and partly because I’m finding myself

Behold the Crossing the Veil Storybundle (including The Illuminated Heart!)

Thea van Diepen

I’m excited to inform you that The Illuminated Heart is in the Crossing the Veil Storybundle! If you haven’t heard of Storybundle before, it’s a fantastic way to get a curated set of books at whatever price point you think it’s worth (or can afford!), while supporting authors and, if you want, charity as well. Crossing the Veil, curated by Rhonda Parrish, is a bundle of books about psychopomps- a being who guides souls from the world of the living to

Sneak Peek at New Fiction Coming for Subscribers!

Thea van Diepen

Hello! If you haven’t signed up to my short fiction subscription yet, you’ll want to before June 1st. Why? Because the next set of short fiction for subscribers contains not one but two stories and a poem! And one of those stories? Quite literally introduces a new world I’ve not previously published anything in. But I promised you a sneak peek. So let’s get to that 😁 Sneak Peek #1 There was once a cat who sat under a cherry tree in bloom, contemplating the flowers. “Do

New Author Store and Monthly Short Fiction Subscription!

Thea van Diepen

*waves excitedly* Hiiiiiii there are new things on the site! As of today, you’ll be able to buy my ebooks (and The Tree and the Grave) directly from me. The only things that won’t be in the store are anything published through a publisher, aka the Kitten Psychologist series and the short story “I Never Expected the Stars.” Otherwise, you’ll be able to get all of my stories directly from me! On top of that, you can now sign up