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Amy Burns

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Amy Burns was born in Birmingham, Alabama and now lives in Texas. She studied English and Philosophy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has a Ph.D. in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow, and has served as Editor of Unbound Press, Spilling Ink Review, Mulberry Fork Review, and The Dillydoun Review (currently). Amy’s fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and interviews have appeared in journals and anthologies both in print and online. Her first novel, Leaving is My Colour, was published by Freight Books on 16 February 2017.

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Amy Burns I’m in a perpetual state of writer’s block. It’s my default mode. There is nothing I have found yet to cure it. My only advice when dealing with write…moreI’m in a perpetual state of writer’s block. It’s my default mode. There is nothing I have found yet to cure it. My only advice when dealing with writer’s block is to think of it in slightly different terms. I think of it as – I’m either writing or I’m not writing. That relieves some of the negative connotation which preys on my insecurities. Be kind to yourself, ease off on the pressure, stop trying to force words onto the page, don’t obsess about it, and you may find that by thinking less, you’ll understand more about how to get around your own version of writer’s block.(less)
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If you follow my website, Amy Elizabeth Burns, you may have seen a post called Message in a Bottle. The idea for Message in a Bottle came from a book of writing prompts which I’ve had for a long time. It was the first prompt and, if you read the post, you’ll see why I couldn’t quite get past it. So, me… being OCD-Deluxe, couldn’t just skip ahead and do other prompts in the book. I had to do them i Read more of this blog post »
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