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  • Wrangling the Doubt Monster -- Excerpt

    An illustrated excerpt from my new book, Wrangling the Doubt Monster: Fighting Fears, Finding Inspiration. The book is a hybrid of prose and prose-poetry, with illustrations, to inspire and encourage self-doubting creatives of all stripes. This excerpt features some of both.

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  • Greetings from a Self-Doubting Artist (Short Video)

    A short, confessional piece setting the stage for all artists wrangling with self-doubts. An oral essay that accompanies my book, Wrangling the Doubt Monster: Fighting Fears, Finding Inspiration.

  • Doubts, Mistakes, and Faulty Judgments (Essay)

    This essay originally appeared on several parts on my weekly Substack, Doubt Monster. It is not included in my book, Wrangling the Doubt Monster, but it is very much on topic, and on brand, for my preoccupations with creativity and self-doubt.

  • Amy on Selfish Gift Podcast -- 1 minute convo clip

    I appear on numerous podcasts to discuss creativity and writing. This one-minute clip (audio only) is from the Selfish Gift podcast, where I'm discussing a particular aspect of creativity. 

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About Amy L.

2024 OTW Artist   Baltimore City  

Welcome to a peek inside my restless mind. I write novels, plays, poetry, and creative nonfiction as a means of exploring my temporary role on the planet and how I may be of service to others. To that end, when I’m not crunching words for my own pleasure, I formally coach other writers seeking their own best path to writing and publishing a book; teach writing workshops to help writers hone their craft; and run creativity seminars to help multimedia artists manifest their… more

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Wrangling the Doubt Monster: Fighting Fears, Finding Inspiration

An advanced reader's copy of the book. Pub date: Jan. 14, 2025. 

  • Wrangling the Doubt Monster: Fighting Fears, Finding Inspiration
    Available for Purchase

    • Short-Circuiting Phobias Through Creativity

    A guest blog on the Jungle Red Writers blog site, hosted by four best-selling authors. My sponsor for the blog is famed crime novelist Hank Philippi Ryan. 

    • Short-Circuiting Phobias Through Creativity

      A guest blog on Jungle Red Writers.

    • Your Self-Doubts are Never Going Away--And That's Okay

    This essay originally appeared on Medium in a publication called Irrelevant Matters.

    • Your Self-Doubts are Never Going Away--And That's Okay

      An essay I wrote for Medium.

    • Creativity and the Moment: Is This Yours?

    An essay from my weekly Substack, Doubt Monster. 

    • Creativity and the Moment: Is This Yours?

      An essay from my weekly Substack, Doubt Monster.

    • How to Write a Book--Author Interview

    Best-selling author Lisa Tener hosts a website that features interviews with authors. I spoke with her associate, Maya Stokley, about the process behind and origins of writing Wrangling the Doubt Monster.

    • How to Write a Book--An Interview with Author Amy L Bernstein

      An interview with me that was published online.