Jane Shearer

I published my first novel, 'Broken is Beautiful', in 2023. I am relatively new to writing fiction for publication, having had a career in science, scientific writing and grant writing. Although one could also say that grant writing is writing fiction...


Genre:

  • Adult Fiction
  • Non-Fiction
  • Technical

Skills:

  • Academic Writing
  • Editing
  • Research
  • Technical Writing
  • Website Content

Branch:

Otago/Southland

Location:

Gibbston

Publications:


Thoughts in Uncertain Times

https://janeshearer.net/

Broken is Beautiful

How do you mend the broken, be it toasters, relationships or people? Julia once re-created broken objects to be better than before. However, a series of earthquakes triggered Julia's descent into apathy and now she's lost the will to repair anything, including herself. She's going to a support group for help - Obsessives Associated. Each member has their own obsession to overcome - eating plasterboard, amassing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, brand-name tattoos. Finding a friend in Lynda, a doll-obsessed marathon runner, Julia feels as though she's finally on the mend until a dilemma fragments the group and threatens to break Julia all over again. Which glue repairs fractured humans?

Broken is Beautiful is a novel about breaking, mending and how to be friends across ideological divides. 

3Eyes Publishing March 2023