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Veronica Leigh's avatar

I've never heard the term of highly-sensitive person. I'll have to look more into it. Thank you for shining a light on it, kind of wonder if I'm the same way. Cozy horror is more my cup of tea than super, deep dark horror. The book I read of yours, "Writers' Retreat," is another good example of the kind of horror I can read. Not sure if it was Cozy Horror per se, but it kept me engaged with all its twists and turns, but I wasn't too creeped out to go to sleep at night. LOL! :~)

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J.P. Choquette's avatar

Oh, thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed Writers' Retreat--it was a lot of fun to write. I think my books all have gothic-undertones and can be spooky without icky. :) Yes, I hope you'll check out the highly-sensitive person trait further. Let me know if you learn something new! It might be especially helpful in your new job with kids.

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Carol Ann Jones's avatar

This is a very interesting article. Thank you for the explanation, I get it. I’m sharing with some important people who will really like to hear this. Thank you!!

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J.P. Choquette's avatar

Thanks very much for sharing the article, Carol. I hope it's helpful and appreciate your taking the time to do that and leave a comment. Do you know some SPS folks? I'm assuming that's why you're sharing it, but it could be for other reasons. :)

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Carol Ann Jones's avatar

Yes :)

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Michele Deppe's avatar

Excellent article! Reading this acquainted me with a new term, and, like you, I like SPS much better. The information about how this works with the adventures sensitive people take through stories and other types of art is fascinating and so helpful. Thank you!

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J.P. Choquette's avatar

Thanks, Michele, I'm so happy that you found it useful and that you learned a new term. I love learning new things so that's always exciting to hear. I'm glad you weighed in, thank you!

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