About Me

I am a contemplative. I realized a few years
ago that I've been writing in my head all my life, and decided
it's time to write it all down.  I enjoy playing with words. If you have
something you need help writing down, I'd love to sink my verbal teeth into it!
My husband and I are musicians who love to share our musical literacy with
others. We offer private instruction, party planning, and literary services.
Amy L Maris
My Book List:

Jane Eyre  Charlotte Bronte
Count of Monte Cristo Alexander Dumas
Space Trilogy CS Lewis
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Steven Adams
Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austin
Ruthless Love Brennan Manning
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens
Hamlet William Shakespeare
The Railway Children Elizabeth Nesbitt
Something wicked This Way Comes Ray Bradbury
The Artist's Way Julia Cameron
The Space Trilogy CS Lewis
War and Peace Tolstoy
The Portable Patriot Joel J Miller and Kristen Parrish

Confession

...I had known from the beginning I might never get away with it. Still, the thrill of trying led me to the
first step and after that there was no turning back.

That first taste of blood, figuratively speaking, led me on and on until I became so entangled, so
enmeshed in my 'craft' a crack cocaine addict would have looked like a casual user compared to my
insatiable thirst.

As I said, the first step was more like mere dabbling, a sip ever so delicate and oh so moderate. That
first foray led to another, and another. Soon, I was steeped in desire.

Then there was the inevitable rationalization. The ensuing groupie identification. As long as I hung out
with others who were 'like-minded' they would not only salve my conscience, but enable my now
helpless state of addiction.

I needed.

Everyday.

No place or time was immune.  The thing consumed me, burned in my bones. It was a fire that could
not be quenched but by more. Ever more.

And now, I am a slithering mass of possession. There is no escape. It has become my identity.
Whether the world, or even another soul will ever know, matters not. It is true.

I am a writer.