Introducing…ME!

I’m baaaack!

I am old enough now that I can look upon my life and see patterns. There have been, of course, the normal transitions that all of us undertake–evolving from child to adult, finding the right grown-up fit for ourselves, parenthood (or not), work to support habits like eating –and if we’re lucky enough to have survived all that–elder maturity. Some choose vocations that are a lynchpin for life. Others, like me, have what I like to call “a wide and varied resume”, though the underlying theme is of service work.

My life has been anything but boring –not one with a fun or adventurous tone—but with a more calamitous flavor. And things get switched up about every ten years or so. I have experiences that are interesting, and funny, and sometimes shocking–even a couple of occasions that could be called “near-death”. Certainly not one I would have chosen but have endured, nonetheless.

Yet… here I am.

Welcome to my newest incarnation, Amy the Author.

I have been writing all of my life. From my Dear Diary laments of my teen years to things like mind-numbing operations manuals for my cleaning business. I’ve written as the voice of and for others as well as a few (as many of you have read in recent years) rather ire-filled political rantings. I even finished my first novel which is just a fictionalized memoir, but in retrospect, a necessary bridge to get to where I find myself now. The jury (read: my publisher) is still out on that one.

It has been in the last year that I have decided to focus my compulsion to clack out words on my laptop to actual storytelling, compiled into a book, and sold for income. And I have opted to start in the “Cozy Mystery” genre.

“Well… I didn’t see THAT coming!” those of you who know me may be saying.

Me? Cozy? I can hear the laughter now.

If nothing else, I can be a chameleon when I need to be… but now it’s time to again change how I support myself by attempting to work “smarter”. And honestly, I need something a little less… physical than the housecleaning that has been my bread and butter.

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