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Amy Wallen

@amylizwrites

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Bestselling Author & Baker. Purveyor of writing retreats and Savory Salons. ⬇️

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New overdue Substack. Sad but true. Link in bio. by @amylizwrites

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7 days ago

MEET YOUR VAMP. Amy has collected obituaries of common folk since before newspapers became extinct. Her faves include obits for the ceramicist for the stars, the inventor of the poodle skirt, and the leader of the mariachi band who played at JFK’s funeral. She hopes to one day accomplish something extraordinary that will go in her obit.

Join us Thursday, 10/15 at Kensington Club for a spooky night of true stories! Tickets available at the LINK IN BIO. (Don’t worry, you can still get ‘em at the door.) by @amylizwrites

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8 days ago

It’s gonna be hot this weekend Beautiful People. 🥵I keep this toner in my fridge and spray a little on my face, neck, décolletage, inner elbows, wherever throughout the day. I have AC and it still feels refreshing. I’m not known for any beautification techniques, but this is a secret that needs to be shared. How do you keep your cool?💜🩷💕 by @amylizwrites

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15 days ago

Bring your 3-min stories, a set of ears, your guffaws, some Kleenex, and your intellect and join us. 7pm DimeStories at @thebookcatapult where, guess what, you should be buying a few books while you’re there! Please do. They will like you and so will I. We love stories!! Come to read and stay to listen. Hmm r n m s by @amylizwrites

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a month ago

😎Wednesday Sep 16 7pm @thebookcatapult! 🗓️Do you have a tiny story with a big heart or giant story that fits inside a < 3-min capsule? Bring it and read it at DimeStories—the prose open mic that has been every month for 22 years. I’ll be hosting this week so that means 3 mins is 3 mins! Come to listen if you don’t want to step up to the mic. It’s always good for laughs and crying and carrying on. by @amylizwrites

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a month ago

I wish I had Hazel’s life. Ever so slightly cooler today. by @amylizwrites

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a month ago

Hazel finds this heat to be deplorable. Her opinions are her own. by @amylizwrites

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a month ago

On a hot September day when I can find the energy to read a book, there is still lust in the garden of our construction site. I’ll take it as a good sign that there’s something pleasant to come from the dusty discombobulation. (Don’t judge me on my videography.) by @amylizwrites

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a month ago

Every time I see a flag at half mast now, I think, “could it be?! Oh please let it be.” I’m a hopeful soul. But alas this one was for a good soul. RIP Dolly. 💜🎶 by @amylizwrites

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2 months ago

One way to completely distract yourself from the outside world is to tear apart your inside world. Goodbye blue bathroom that looked like the bottom of a swimming pool and back bedroom that stayed 450 degrees. Our house is 96 years old and it’s getting a hip replacement because it wants to live to be 196. Thank you, termites, for the lacy design in the framing. I put my finger through the wood and it turned to powder. The termites have chewed their last morsel. So many stories in this house. A man visiting from NYC showed up as we demo’d the back room. He had rented the back room in the 90s. I’ve had so many folks show up over the years and tell me about their time living in this house. It’s filled with happy memories. Thanksgivings, Christmas, romantic break-ups, staircases that moved, walls rearranged. It’s a happy place that believes in change and life filled with friends and gatherings. We will survive this remodel and maybe you’ll come visit! 🔨🛠️💜💃🏻. by @amylizwrites

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2 months ago

Everyone! Just finished this book late last night. Kept me up for three (3!) nights. It’s so creepy good with werewolves of London, Jack the Ripper, dark alleys, mansions, creaky floors, purple poison, and dreams! Dreams! I had chilling-to-the-bone, stay-with-you-all-day dreams of my own night before last. If you love a little terror that makes your heart beat faster, your ears stay perked, and your fingers turn the pages faster than you can read, then you must have this book in your hands immediately! Plus, it has a love and appreciation for women that will make you swoon. @elizabethdelozierwrites is so brilliant. I’m so glad she’s in this world. taken in South Park, San Diego by @amylizwrites

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2 months ago

Yep, a winner of a day at the KPBS Book Festival. Beat the heat with the literary fiction panel I moderated with @rasheed.newson.author @daniel_m_lavery @mononoke97, caught a glimpse of my pal and deliriously good author @elizabethdelozierwrites. Not in the photos, but started my day with horror with @s_faxon_author @thenewdumas and @denniskcrosby. Stopped in to see @amadhara moderate a cool group of movie folk. In the green room ran into @huda.almarashi. My day is complete. Carry on. by @amylizwrites

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2 months ago