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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Sonja Livingston's short, speculative essay, based on her ancestor's experience of the Irish famine, is live on the Brevity Blog. With amazing art by Char Gardner. #writingcommunity #nonfiction #essays #litmags @dintywmoore.bsky.social tinyurl.com/4y5avvjk

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Bridget Horan Rises from the Dead and Speaks Words Into My Ear | Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Back from my travels and reunited with my boy, Tiberius 💕 #dogsky #chi-pin #chihuahua #smooshface

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

View from my hotel room this morning. Folks gathering for the #peoplesmarch in Philly, joining many happening around the country today.

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Spent the day in one of my favorite cities, #Philadelphia, PA! Glad to see that even historic Elfreth’s Alley has a Little Free Library. #booksky #library #books #reading

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

All the ❤️❤️ for poets Michael Mercurio and Robbie Gamble @mwmercurio.bsky.social @robbiegamble.bsky.social

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Had a marvelous time at the Lesley University MGA alum reading yesterday! What a talented group of folks.

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Just a beautiful honey oat milk latte at Café Nero in Cambridge, MA. Looking forward to seeing Lesley MFA friends tomorrow :-)

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Don't give up! Your story matters. In 2024, "267 authors got memoir deals as of December 15th. This is 85% higher than 20 years ago... the past several years have been consistently high, with most years between 279 and 322 memoirs sold annually." #memoir #writingcommunity tinyurl.com/ynxunyp5

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Fear Not: Publishing is Alive and Well — Yes, Even for Memoir and Literary Fiction

By Peter Mountford As 2024 draws to a close, I’ve been sifting through the stats on Publisher’s Marketplace for the year and am pleasantly surprised that SO MANY books have been accepted for public…

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

I just like to throw this out there once in a while. There's no reason my dog's name is Tiberius.

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

If you're stuck on #memoir structure, I found Nash's Impact Outline to be helpful. It switches the focus from "this happened, & then this happened" to "this happened, & because of that, this happened." Free resources here, too. #writersky #writingcommunity #amwriting jennienash.com/memoirbluepr...

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MemoirBlueprint — Jennie Nash Book Coach

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I've started using blue text for the parts of my memoir that are reflection--the moments where author Amy is making connections and sharing realizations that the character Amy may not be able to do yet. #memoir #amwriting #writingcommunity #writinghacks #wrtiersky #bluefont

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

93 resilient writers and counting! Still room for more--let me know if you'd like to be added to the pack. Don't forget to click through and follow everybody. #memoir #trauma #cptsd #ptsd #writingcommunity #writers go.bsky.app/MG3fqTH

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Impressed with how much there is to to see at the Smith College Museum of Art, including this Rodin sculpture ( Walking Man) #art #rodin #sculpture

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Normal or not, loneliness hurts like a sickness. It has the impact of a disease. My reading choices lately make a lot of sense: Too Loud a Solitude, The Remains of the Day, and Vaster Wilds. #loneliness #trauma #survivor #abuse #adulting #earlyriser amygrier.substack.com/p/loneliness...

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Loneliness and the Adult Survivor of Childhood Abuse

We can understand ourselves better by contextualizing and reflecting on our loneliness. We're not lonely because we're broken, and it's not our fault. But it still hurts.

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Latest publications from alums and faculty of the Lesley University MFA program, including me :-) Lesley people are the best. cambridgecommonwriters.org/publication-...

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Saw this book in an indie bookstore in Northampton, MA. The featured model is Tiberius’ long-lost twin! #dogsky #chihuahua

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Great to see my review of Elizabeth Shick's THE GOLDEN LAND up at The Compulsive Reader! This is a beautiful novel about how Myanmar's violent political unrest tears a family apart, and how younger generations are left to deal with the fallout. compulsivereader.com/2024/11/29/a...

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Happy Pie for Breakfast Day! Pie and coffee = happiness. #usholidays #thanksgiving #pumpkin

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

My review of Elizabeth Shick's THE GOLDEN LAND is up on The Compulsive Reader! This is a beautifully written novel about how political chaos leads to family chaos, & how younger generations must deal with the fallout. #fiction #novel #booksky #reading compulsivereader.com/2024/11/29/a...

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A Review of The Golden Land by Elizabeth Shick – Compulsive Reader

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

While I travel for the holiday, Tiberius is being cared for by his sitter, and he is giving her all the smiles. #dogsky #chihuahua #dogs

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Yesterday I couldn't think of the words "garbage disposal" so I told my sibling that I ran the "sink throat blades." #writingcommunity

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

"By trusting the ingredients of my own life as a guide, it became clear that the tools and techniques of narrative apply to both true stories and imagined ones, the reader always being guided toward a particular emotional experience." @richardscottlarson.com #memoir substack.com/home/post/p-...

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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #57: Richard Scott Larson

"The most difficult thing about writing this book was learning how to apply what I’d studied in fiction workshops to a project centered on my own experience and personal development..."

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Anesce Dremen 许梦安 @anescedremen.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

As difficult holidays approach, I wanted to share a resource for anyone who is estranged from their family: www.togetherestranged.org Together Estranged has virtual support groups and has a calendar full of events for December. Please share.

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Home Page | Supporting Those Estranged From Family

Together Estranged supports and empowers people who no longer have relationships with family members due to trauma, abuse or neglect.

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

We now have 80 resilient memoirists writing about toxic families, abuse, and estrangement! Room for more if you're writing on those topics, whether you write books, essays, flash, micro, whatever length. #memoir #memoirists #writingcommunity #CPTSD #trauma #survivor #estrangement go.bsky.app/MG3fqTH

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

What's your favorite gluten-free pancake flour? Normally I use Bob's chickpea-based GF flour. Works great. Today I used a rice flour-based mix, and it's--squeaky? When I chew it? And doesn't rise, even with baking powder. #pancakes #sunday #glutenfree #gf #cooking #breakfast #squeaky

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Just completed the new 9-page intro to my memoir and I gotta say, it feels fantastic. I have a clarity about this book's purpose that is energizing and I love it. For all you adult survivors of child abuse: I see you. You are not alone. #memoir #CPTSD #trauma #survivor #writingcommunity #amwriting

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Just gonna throw this out there and see if there are any #polycythemiavera folks around. #bloodcancer #cancer #MPN #PV #pvera

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

It's the #piano time of the day! And Friday! Gonna keep working on that #Chopin valse and that #Debussy piece and maybe #Faure's Sicilienne. And enjoy a nice glass of red. Piano is the best complement to writing those tough #memoir scenes that I know. #classicalmusic Here's a kitty.

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Can just mashed potatoes be a dinner?

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Guess who turns NINE years old today? Tiberius, that’s who! Got him during my divorce after my 4-lb chi died & I lost my other dog to my ex. He kept me from getting lost in my grief by insisting that his needs be prioritized at all times. Must have worked: we’re both still here! #dogs #divorce

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Really shoulda worn gloves when I put that hot pink dye in my hair just now.

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Up to 75 resilient survivors writing about trauma and family estrangement! Still room for more if you'd like to be included in the pack. #memoir #memoirists #writingcommunity #amwriting #CPTSD #trauma #resilience #writingsupport #estrangement go.bsky.app/MG3fqTH

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I'm on number x of rewriting the opening of my memoir, where x = so many times I lost count. #amwriting #writingcommunity #memoir #hook

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Is it just me, or is Chopin's Valse in C# minor really that tricky to play? I feel like I should have a handle on it by now. It still trips me up. But I love it. #piano #classicalmusic #Chopin

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Something new on my Substack. I went through this weird, horrible time where I kept losing stuff. #grief #loss #CPTSD #divorce #memoir #trauma amygrier.substack.com/p/when-grief...

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When Grief Manifests as Real-Life Metaphor

On the inexplicability and humanity of loss

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

My Facebook memory from a year ago: "I’m in my doctor’s waiting room where they’re playing a slow, easy listenin’ piano version of Smells Like Teen Spirit. Did I die? Is this hell?"

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Curious if anyone else uses #trello to manage their book outline. I'm putting my scenes on cards so I can add descriptions and move them around. Also logging research on cards. How do you manage your outline (if you outline)? #writing #memoir #writingcommunity #WritingQ

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I've reached 50 writers and decided to share, but will keep adding as requested. If you haven't yet asked to be included but would like to be, let me know in the comments! go.bsky.app/MG3fqTH #memoir #memoirists #CPTSD #trauma #estrangement #survivor #resilient

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Amy ☀️ @amygrier.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Some years ago, Streetlight Magazine published this piece that is now revised and a key scene in my memoir. Please check them out--they are a great litmag. streetlightmag.com/2015/09/28/s... @streetlightmag.bsky.social #memoir #litmags #writing

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Something Like Poker by Amy Grier | Streetlight Magazine

Something Like Poker by Amy Grier

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