Getting around…

Ah! You found me! So, I know this is a different set up (been like this a few months, but hey, life is what it is, right?), so here goes:

(Just changed themes… again… I get bored easily) Right above this post is a bar of links to pages… the following is what each of those pages has to offer.

Want to know more about me? About Ms. Adams

Got a question? The link right next to that.

Want to buy one of my books? Move your arrow a little further over to the right and you’ve found “What’s Published So Far” … you’ll find links there for both print and e-book options. The poetry book at the bottom doesn’t have an e-book option for the simple reason that poetry formatting and Smashwords don’t agree very well. I may have another option, if you *really* want an e-book of my poetry.

As I publish another book, it’ll go at the top, or close to the top, of the “What’s Published So Far” page.

All of this may be moot, as I may be going back to a Macintosh OS very soon (and by that, I mean before the end of this month), which means a better web design program, and I can go back to the beloved Macintosh goodies again. Linux, it’s been “fun” and I’d still take you over Windows, but Mac has my heart. Sorry Charlie.

(And if anyone watching my site all these years hasn’t figured out that the webmistress and the writer are one and the same… well… whoops! What can I say, I get amused writing about myself in 3rd person once in a while.)

Short stories…

Once I get more shorts finished (not the sewing kind! The writing kind!), I’ll likely assemble a book of some sort of short stories… this is likely a LONG way off, considering most of my short stories are still in “idea”/”half-done”/”crap, I really need to re-write that” stages. I do have one that I’ve been messing with the longest and will be submitting that to the NIWA anthology for this year. It’s my beloved piece and I hope it gets in. I didn’t get into last years’ anthology since I didn’t know about NIWA in time, but hopefully… maybe… this year. If so, you WILL be hearing about it from me. And I’ll post a link on the “for sale” page when it gets released… if I get in. I’ve been holding on to this thing for so long. Submitted it to one place and got rejected (I don’t think it was technically “sci-fi” enough, which is fine… since it isn’t really “sci-fi”), so I hope it gets into the Anthology.

As for a future collection of my own shorts… we’ll see…

For a father who nudges me in the right direction…

Today is my father’s 85th birthday. He will likely treat it as any other day, but this is a special day. See, my dad reminds me that when I’m frustrated about other things in my life, to just keep on writing or taking pictures. To keep on doing the things I love doing, in spite of all the other things around me. If not for him, my first two books would still be languishing in various stages of eternal editing.

But they aren’t. They are out. Because of him.

I may not be the perfect daughter, far from it, actually. I fall entirely too often. Stumble even more often. He has been there to help me up, dust me off and encouraging me to keep going. He has been my cheerleader for so many years. When I want to scream at the world because things aren’t working out like I would like them to, he reminds me to just breathe. Keep going. Stop looking back so much. The past is the past. There is nothing any of us can do to change it, but we can change our future. We can keep moving forward and keep doing what we love to do. I learned that from him. Whether he actually ever said any of it or not.

He’s moving a little slower now, but he’s still my dad. And I love him for being himself. He’s a saint in my book. Well, not in any I’ve written yet. But in my own personal book, certainly there. So, Happy Birthday Dad. You stand strong in the face of everything life hands you. You are my hero. I love you.

 

Nothing Major or Anything

I’m a member of NIWA, the Northwest Independent Writers Association. We’re gear up for our debut at OryCon. I’m a volunteer on the convention committee, so I’m used to the whole thing, but this is the first most of them have dealt with the ‘behind the scenes’ stuff. Bwahaaaaahaaaa!!! *cough*ahem* Back to editing the second volume of the trilogy.

New format for a while…

So, here’s the new home of Amanda Parker Adams. Enjoy!

Check out the What’s Published So Far… page at the top of the page for links to where you can buy Library Cat-A-Log, her revamped (and renamed) poetry book Time Misspent, and her latest release: Remember Me.

(Webmistress’ Note)

So, after much frustration with the design program I’m currently using on my Linux machine, I’ve changed gears to redirecting here, to a wordpress blog. Eventually, I’ll get a new Mac (yeah, a LONG way out, unless a miracle happens), and go back to Dreamweaver and decent design again.