AmeliaElizabeth

AmeliaElizabeth

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I'm attempting to write.

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Waterloo, Canada
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About Me

I'm an eighteen-year-old Canadian university student studying archaeology. Writing's my passion and--sometimes--my lifeline. Typically I'm an enthusiastic and happy person, which I guess goes against the whole 'melodramatic artist type' stigma. That's a good thing, because I don't believe in stereotypes. I've written a list of short stories, and two novels--one is post-apocalyptic, and the other can be described as an urban fantasy/supernatural mash-up. I love writing, so I'm happy to have found this site!

I really really appreciate reviews (who doesn't) and if you comment on my work, I will go read some of your stuff. I love finding new talent and inspiration from unexpected places.

A blog which I run that is full of things that inspire me can be found here.

Why are we reading, if not in hope of beauty laid bare, life heightened and its deepest mystery probed? Can the writer isolate and vivify all in experience that deeply engages our intellects and our hearts? Can the writer renew our hope for literary forms? Why are we reading if not in hope that the writer will magnify and dramatize our days, will illuminate and inspire us with wisdom, courage, and the possibility of meaningfulness, and will press upon our minds the deepest mysteries, so we may feel again their majesty and power? What do we ever know that is higher than that power which, from time to time, seizes our lives, and reveals us startlingly to ourselves as creatures set down here bewildered?.We still and always want waking.
--Annie Dillard, The Writing Life (Harper, 1990), 72-3.



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Posted 3 Months Ago


Hi :)
Thanks for the ad
Send me read requests anytime and I'll do the same.
And have a wonderful week ahead. Michael

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Posted 3 Months Ago


Things are okie here thank you :)

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Posted 3 Months Ago




Whats good? Hopes things are fine on your side :)
~Shelby

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Steps to Happiness

Everybody should know:

You can't be all things to all people.
You can't do all everything at once.
You can't do all things equally well.
You can't do everything better than everyone else.
You're human, just like everyone else.

So:

You have to find out who you are and be that.
You have to decide what comes first and do that.
You have to discover your strengths and use them.
You have to learn not to compete with others because no one else is in the business of being you.

Then:

You will have learned to accept your own uniqueness.
You will have learned to set priorities and make decisions.
You will have learned to live with your limitations.
You will have learned to give yourself the respect that is due, and you will be on the road to being the best "you" that you can be.

Dare to believe:

That you are a wonderfully unique person.
That you are the only one just like you in all of history.
That it is more than a right, it is your duty to be who you are.
That life is not a problem to solve, but a gift to cherish.
You will be able to stay on top of what used to get you down and achieve the impossible.

~ Author Unknown