New Blog Layout, New Perspectives

My last blog post was over two years ago. In the time it has taken me to write two blogs, so many events have happened that have changed the course of history. We all know about those, so I will not recount them here. Instead, here are some thoughts on the last two years from […]

The Mermarium: A Verse Novel (The Caged Creature Chronicles Book 1) by Amanda N. Butler

The Mermarium: A Verse Novel (The Caged Creature Chronicles Book 1) – Kindle edition by Amanda N. Butler. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Mermarium: A Verse Novel (The Caged Creature Chronicles Book 1). — Read […]

First Blog of 2018? More Like 20-LATEteen

It’s been too long! Find out what Amanda has been up to!

On Writing a Poem in Old English

I can’t ignore a challenge. It is physically impossible for me. When I’m presented a challenge, I don’t buckle under pressure – the only thing I buckle is my seat belt. So when I came across Word Hoard Press, an online lit mag that publishes poetry in Old English and other Nordic languages – I […]

Week 2 of #CampNaNoWriMo

In a turn of events that was not expected this time last month, I have met my page/poem goal for Camp NaNoWriMo. That’s 60 new poems to add to the verse novel manuscript. But it’s not done yet. This second week, I had a revelation. I recognized something was missing in the initial draft – […]

Week 1 of #CampNaNoWriMo

The first week of Camp NaNoWriMo has come and gone, and I am confident in the progress I’ve made. My Camp project is finishing the verse novel I started earlier this year. I set my goal at 60 pages, representing 60 poems. By the end of the week I had written 42 poems/pages. It helped […]

Back for Camp NaNoWriMo!

Camp NaNoWriMo is becoming more poet-friendly every year. When I first started participating back in 2012, goals were based on word count. When I listed my project on my camper’s site this year, I noticed that a variety of ways were included in the project categorization. I’m finally able to list my project as “Poetry” […]

How Stained Glass Can Inspire Your Writing

Okay, I may have used a misleading title. It should read: How My Memories of Stained Glass Classes Inspired My Writing Practices Today and What You Can Learn From the Resulting Metaphor. I was involved in a lot as a kid. Like, A LOT. Ballet, jazz, tap, Irish step dancing, Girl Scouts, swimming, horse back […]

The Year of Poetry

It is now May, one month away from the halfway point of 2017. Time flies! I have dubbed 2017 the Year of Poetry. I set the goal of submitting to 50 publications this year. So far, I’ve submitted to 25! I celebrated #NaPoWriMo by attempting to write a poem a day. While some days I […]

#NaPoWriMo 2017

Around this time every year, I start planning for #CampNaNoWriMo – but this year, I will not be participating. I have dubbed this year my Year of Poetry, in which I focus on writing and submitting poems, my favorite genre to write. That’s why I will be participating in #NaPoWriMo – National Poetry Writing Month […]