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Month: December 2021

  • Quiz: Which Daughters of the Sea Character are You?

    About eight months ago, I posted one of my most popular topics on Pen & Ink – Quiz: What Kind of Mermaid are You? Everyone enjoyed the quiz, and after that, I got a ton of requests from readers to do more quiz posts. And now I finally have. So here you are with the […]

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  • Interview with Gary Bower

    A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of interviewing a professional author in person: Gary Bower. Gary writes books for toddlers as well as teenagers. He has written over a hundred books and published a number of them. His novel, Gulliver Wimple and the Gems of Dara Mhor, is one of my favorite books…

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  • The Short Story Contest First Place Winner!

    I’m going to get straight to the point here: we have a first-place winner for the Pen & Ink Short Story Contest! And here is the moment you all have been waiting for; the moment when I will announce this winner! The first place winner of the short story contest is… . . . .…

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  • The Short Story Contest Second Place Winner!

    Hey friends, welcome back to Pen & Ink! I will be sharing the second place winner of the short story contest with all of you today. First, I’ll announce who it is, then I will share the winner’s story and what I liked about it. So here we go! . . . . . .…

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  • The Short Story Contest Third Place Winner

    Hey readers, today I will finally be announcing the third place winner of the Pen & Ink Short Story Contest I did last month. First, I will share who the winner actually is, then I will be sharing the story written by the winner. Are you all ready? . .  . . . . .…

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  • Interview with Aletheianna Mercy

    Happy Monday, readers! Today I will be sharing an interview I did with a 13-year-old blogger and writer, Aletheianna Mercy. Aletheianna has a blog called Notes of a Feather Pen that was recently launched. She shares writing tips, prompts, and more! If you’re interested, you can find her blog here. So here is the interview!…

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  • Contest Submissions Due Tomorrow!

    I’m just popping on here really quick to let you all know that the short story contest ends tomorrow! If you haven’t submitted your story yet, then please do so before 12:00 AM tomorrow night. I will be announcing the winners very soon, at the beginning of August. I’m super excited about this! So if…

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  • The Wingfeather Saga Book Review

    Hey friends! Today I’ll be giving you a book review on one of my favorite book series of all time: The Wingfeather Saga. This is a post for A.K. Cromwell’s Rainy Day Writer Blog Tour, celebrating the launch of her new blog, the Rainy Day Writer. Be sure to follow along with the tour and…

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  • How to Make an Outline for your Novel

    Hey Pen & Ink readers! This is the second post in my blogging series, Outlining Your Novel. If you missed the posts from last week and the week before, Should I Outline My Novel? and Interview with K.M. Weiland, make sure you go ahead and read that before continuing on today’s post: How to Outline…

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  • Identity is Now Available for Kindle Pre-Order!

    Big news: My novel, Identity, is finally available for Kindle pre-order on Amazon! 🥳 So now you can order Identity and receive the ebook version of it by February 2023. I’m still working on the third draft, so that’s why the date is still so far in the future. But I’m super excited for you…

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Identity is now available for purchase!

About Me

Hello, my name is Annabelle Batie, and I’m a 14-year-old writer and bookworm. I have been writing stories for as long as I can remember, but I’ve only been writing seriously for about two years. I homeschool in Traverse City, Michigan, with my three younger siblings and parents. I hope you enjoy my blog!

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  1. Great review! This seems like something I might enjoy – and maybe like a good sister night kinda movie. Thanks…

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