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The Blog: Switzy Thoughts
Notes from a creative life, with detours into narrative and nonsense.
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Reflections on Writing “An Act of Charity”
Read more: Reflections on Writing “An Act of Charity”Reflections on writing the short story “An Act of Charity,” an overly complicated story about the aftermath of a small heist. If I could have kept one story out of the Legacy Collection, it would have been this one.
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Reflections on Writing “The Second Story on Her Arm”
Read more: Reflections on Writing “The Second Story on Her Arm”Reflections on the process, themes, and experiments behind the short story “The Second Story on Her Arm,” a character-driven story told through memory.
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Reflections on Writing “Jailbird”
Read more: Reflections on Writing “Jailbird”Reflections on the creative process, themes, and inspiration behind my flash fiction short story “Jailbird,” a flash in the pan escape adventure.
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Reflections on Writing “Blood for Blood”
Read more: Reflections on Writing “Blood for Blood”Reflections on the creative process, themes, and inspiration behind the short story “Blood for Blood,” a tale of vengeance and justice.
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“Everybody Scream,” Florence + The Machine, and Creative Freedom
Read more: “Everybody Scream,” Florence + The Machine, and Creative FreedomListening to “Everybody Scream” by Florence + The Machine got me thinking about what it feels like to experience creative freedom. What does it feel like as a space to be present in? What is the visceral, whole-body sensation when…
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Welcoming Autumn at Home With Small Touches
Read more: Welcoming Autumn at Home With Small TouchesRather than a decorating guide, this post talks about sensory ways to cue mind and body into shifting into an autumn mindset, turning inward and gathering inspiration for creative work.
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Amanda is a writer and artist currently based outside Greensboro, NC. Her background includes journalism and digital content strategy, with published nonfiction spanning food, travel, and business profiles. Her fiction features characters who follow their own codes, blurring the lines between good guys who do bad things and bad guys who do good things.
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