Author Archives: Amber

Sometimes it is enough

Posted on June 2, 2013 by

Sometimes a day starts with sunshine and coffee and tears.  Not chest wracking sobs, but the tears that spill from fullness.  From a night spent with friends who let you talk about your lost daughter.  From the day ahead, which … Continue reading →

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The narrative difference between fiction and real life

Posted on May 28, 2013 by

You’ve probably heard some version of this saying: Fiction is real life without the boring parts.  I don’t know where this came from and am too lazy and under-caffeinated to google it but I agree with it.  I try not … Continue reading →

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Fist Pump! I’ve been lucky in love and reading

Posted on May 7, 2013 by

I went through a long stretch of books that were… meh… okay.  I was desperate for a book that would woo me and win me, a book I could love.  Since I’m a smarty, I checked in with my librarian … Continue reading →

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In praise of Scriva Liz, kayaking, and straight talk about tough books

Posted on May 3, 2013 by

I have this spectacularly epical (thanks MB for coining the best word ever) critique group called Viva Scriva and each and every member is someone I want to hug tightly and feed cookies for ever and ever.  Today, however, I … Continue reading →

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Up with books and readers. Down with literary snobs. via @matthaig1

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

This post by Matt Haig entitled 30 Things to Tell A Book Snob is too good to keep to myself. There is something innately snobby about the world of books. There is the snobbery of literary over genre, of adult … Continue reading →

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THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN — Go read this extraordinary book right now

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

Love. LOVE. LOVE! If you haven’t read this year’s Newbery winning book THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN by Katherine Applegate, please remedy this situation.  This is an amazing book in so many ways.

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Two early morning things–Rumi and “flow”

Posted on April 14, 2013 by

This now is it. Your deepest need and desire is satisfied by this moment’s energy here in your hand. -Rumi I know I’ve written about the marvelous book FLOW by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi before, but as I sit here on Sunday … Continue reading →

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Calling All Young Writers – I’m teaching a free, transmedia storytelling workshop this Friday

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

BOOK FAN FRIDAY – YOUNG WRITERS, BIG FUN Book Fan Friday is a workshop for tweens and teens who love to write. April 12, 2013 @ 4:30 pm Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd. Beaverton, … Continue reading →

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Wide Open Spaces (Required for Writers)

Posted on April 2, 2013 by

My family and I spent spring break in a rented house on North Andros, the largest island in the Bahamas but one rarely frequented by tourists.  There are no large resorts or mega-hotels, no gift shops, no high end spas. … Continue reading →

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You Do NOT Have To Save the World

Posted on March 17, 2013 by

On VivaScriva.com, a blog about critique and the writing process, I recently blogged about using Publisher’s Marketplace to get a handle on what kinds of manuscripts are and are not selling in today’s YA market.  (Get the nitty gritty details … Continue reading →

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