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New Novelette: “A Dog’s Thanksgiving: A Middlewich Tale” Now Available

NOW AVAILABLE! A holiday/dystopian novelette told from the point of view of Lucy, a dog living in a rural New England community at the end of the world. Can holidays and dystopian stories mix? Read A Dog’s Thanksgiving and find out! Things […]

Teresa TennysonNovember 7, 2025November 7, 2025

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The Middlewich Chronicles

What’s Next for Middlewich?

As many of you know, Five Years is Book 1 of The Middlewich Chronicles. That means the poor citizens of Middlewich will face more tribulations, which they will hopefully overcome. At present, the main story consists of two more books, making the […]

Teresa TennysonJuly 21, 2025July 21, 2025

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How Dystopian

Why I Read (and Write) Dystopian

I have loved a good dystopian novel ever since reading Orwell’s 1984 in high school English class. The part of my brain dedicated to enjoying dystopian tales is yoooge. (My brain also contains a similarly-sized space for British horror movies, but that’s a topic […]

Teresa TennysonJuly 8, 2025July 8, 2025

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Independent Publishing Academy

Yes, I Have No Agent. Here’s Why.

I don’t have an agent. Should I have an agent? Do I, as a fiction author, need an agent? What’s it like to have an agent? To answer the last question first: I don’t know what it is like to have an […]

Teresa TennysonJune 27, 2025July 8, 2025

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How Dystopian

In Defense of the Cozy Dystopia

…and Also, What is a Cozy Dystopia? The cozy dystopian genre is not a thing. Yet. I want to change that by raising awareness of existing cozy dystopian novels and with my own debut novel, Five Years. To be clear, cosy dystopian […]

Teresa TennysonJune 25, 2025July 8, 2025

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“Five Years” is Coming to a Farmers’ Market (Possibly) Near You!

I will be making my first public appearances to support my new novel, Five Years, this weekend. Five Years is Book 1 of The Middlewich Chronicles, a dystopian trilogy set in what used to be rural New Hampshire. One small town has […]

Teresa TennysonJune 18, 2025July 8, 2025

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Independent Publishing Academy

To ISBN or Not to ISBN?

To buy your own ISBN or not: that is the question that many new independently published writers have. Many self-publishing experts insist you need them; others say they aren’t necessary. So which is it? Bottom line, most self-published authors don’t need to […]

Teresa TennysonJune 9, 2025July 8, 2025

The Middlewich Chronicles

Check Out My New Book!

I am announcing the release of my new novel Five Years, a dystopian tale about politics in a small town within a dying world. A new resource might change everything.

Teresa TennysonMay 30, 2025July 8, 2025

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How Dystopian

Real-Life Idiocracy: Life in a Post-Truth World

There’s nothing more fun than a good conspiracy theory. But they’re dumb, and they’re ruining our lives.

Teresa TennysonJuly 26, 2023July 8, 2025

How Dystopian

Reviving Two Birds with One Stone

Language policing initiatives don’t work. They teach people to be overly sensitive about words that are intended to be insults. Even worse, they backfire, undermining objectives of promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Teresa TennysonJune 13, 2023July 8, 2025

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