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icicle at sunset
I wrote "icicle at sunset" from a prompt at our Community Write-In on the Snow Moon. Upon listening to all the creations, I was struck by the inherent impermanence of an icicle.

Amber Byers
Feb 281 min read


Mountain as Mentor
I’m an active gal. Always have been. Since moving to South Africa from Boston in 2013, I’ve discovered many happy places here. One of them is a mountain. Any mountain really. I’m not persnickety. I just love a good mountain.

Amber Byers
Feb 154 min read


"You are" Poems
These tiny poems are freeing because they don't have to make sense. What does it mean to be a gleam in a buffalo's eye? What does it mean to be yesterday? Or a Saturday? What if whatever you wrote made perfect sense and no sense at all?

Amber Byers
Apr 30, 20252 min read


The Three Phases of Creative Living: A Gentle Approach to Self-Expression
Creative living isn't about waiting for the perfect studio, the right materials, or that elusive "someday" when we'll finally have enough

Amber Byers
Feb 12, 20254 min read


Creating a Compelling, Award-Winning Story in the Flash Fiction Context: An Alternative to NaNoWriMo
As November approaches, many writers are gearing up for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), an international writing event in which wr

Amber Byers
Oct 31, 20225 min read
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