by Amanda | Sep 13, 2013 | Life, Thoughts
This month, I will be (sporadically) participating in Blogtember with Jenni. The prompt for today was a self portrait. This is a poem I wrote back in 2005, and recently reworked/updated. I hope you enjoy. A Self Portrait in Sound I am a symphony, a harmonic cacophony...
by Amanda | Jun 13, 2013 | Life, News, Thoughts
Late last night, the final results of the 2013 NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge were announced. And I’m happy to say that, in a contest that started out with about 800 people from all around the world, I made it through all 3 rounds and ended up in 5th place....
by Amanda | Apr 11, 2013 | Life, News
Exciting news, folks! I’ve been taking part in the annual NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge for a few years now. If you’re not familiar with it, it’s a writing contest that consists of 3 rounds: the first round you have a week to write a short...
by Amanda | May 17, 2012 | Book Talk, News, Thoughts
I’ve made no secret of the fact that I am a bookworm, but I haven’t really talked much about books and reading and writing here, because I had another blog where those kinds of things were talked about. This is going to change. I’m going to be...
