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Creative Writing Exercise II: Dixit

Posted on July 11, 2015 by Amanda Livingston

I was able to assist teaching my second writing workshop today at my internship, and it was so much fun. I’m in a workshop with two nine-year-olds from New York City. One of them loves to write fiction, and another one … Continue reading →

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An Explanation.

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Amanda Livingston

Hi! I’m back. I haven’t posted on WordPress in about 2 weeks, and this is my explanation blog post as to why. (I hate doing this because I hate excuses and this seems like an excuse post. I’m going to … Continue reading →

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Blogging 101 Day Nine: Get Inspired by the Neighbors– The Harry Potter Tag

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Amanda Livingston

Today’s assignment: write a post that builds on one of the comments you left yesterday. Don’t forget to link to the other blog! I’m going to be doing this post a little differently, considering that I’m a couple of days behind on … Continue reading →

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I was leaving Target.

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Amanda Livingston

I had made a plan with my friends to meet them for dinner, but I’d gotten off of work early and decided to head there to kill some time. I browsed for a while, and then picked out a face … Continue reading →

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The Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Amanda Livingston

Hooray! I was nominated for the Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award by driftinglexi. Thank you so much Lexi, it means so much that you thought of me/considered me for this award! I’m honored. I love reading your posts and I’m happy … Continue reading →

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Happy Father’s Day!

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Amanda Livingston

Today is Father’s Day, so I’d like to take this opportunity to talk about my dad. My dad is one of the best people I know. He is an upstanding guy– he’s an outstanding guy. He’s always thinking about five million … Continue reading →

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The Encouraging Thunder Award

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Amanda Livingston

Samantha over at The Chemist’s Journal  just nominated me for the Encouraging Thunder award, for which I am so honored and grateful. Thank you so much Samantha for thinking of me and my blog! From what I can tell, the Encouraging … Continue reading →

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Gratitude Journal 1

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Amanda Livingston

Joyce over at Sitting Idly (who I met through Blogging 101) introduced me to a new type of blog post called a Gratitude Journal. Basically she explained to me that a Gratitude Journal is where you list 5 things you are grateful … Continue reading →

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Blogging 101, Day Four: Identify Your Audience

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Amanda Livingston

Today’s Assignment: publish a post you’d like your ideal audience member to read, and include a new-to-you element in it. Today I’d like to talk about someone that I care about a lot– my sister Carly. Carly is 17 years … Continue reading →

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Amanda’s Library

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Amanda Livingston

When I moved out of my mom’s house two years ago, I had to pick and choose which books I wanted to keep and take with me to my dad’s. It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to … Continue reading →

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