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Amanda Writes

Whether painting or writing, I'm interested in the hidden emotional landscapes that shape our lives. My work explores what happens when people move beyond fear, expectation, and performance to rediscover curiosity, connection, humor, and aliveness. I hope each story and each painting invites viewers to look more closely—not only at the work itself, but at themselves and the people around them.

Current Projects

Novels

Producing Beck

with an editor

At sixty-two, Anna embarks on an unexpected journey where music, art, memory, and imagination become inseparable from the search for a life fully lived. As she learns to linger with beauty instead of chasing the next distraction, she discovers that transformation begins with attention. Producing Beck is a story about creativity, longing, and becoming fully alive—and the realization that the greatest love stories sometimes begin within ourselves.

The Aliveness Project

In progress

Drawing from years of supporting Alzheimer's caregivers and helping clients navigate life's major transitions, The Aliveness Project explores what happens when responsibility slowly eclipses identity. Instead of promising reinvention, it offers invitations to reconnect with curiosity, creativity, relationships, and purpose. The book encourages readers to cultivate a life that feels deeply lived—one intentional choice at a time.

What We Do With What We Have Left

In progress

Three women in their sixties and seventies arrive at unexpected crossroads after decades of marriage. As they confront loss, fear, faith, and the identities they've inherited, each must decide whether the years ahead are for simply growing older—or finally becoming themselves. Inspired by real friendships, this novel explores the courage to choose curiosity over fear and possibility over regret.


Plays

Wide Open Living

completed, production planned for 2027

A single typo sparks a cascade of misunderstandings that turns an ordinary retirement community upside down. What begins as comic mayhem becomes an unexpected lesson in assumptions, labels, and the stories we tell about one another. As neighbors discover lives far richer than appearances suggest, the community learns that understanding rarely begins with certainty—it begins with curiosity.

The Woman in the Corner

completed

Inspired by Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, this psychological drama follows a woman who has spent years becoming invisible inside her own life. As buried truths emerge, she must decide whether to remain in the role others expect or step into the person she has always been capable of becoming.

The Letter was Red

completed

Inspired by the themes of The Scarlet Letter, this comedy follows a respected widow whose mysterious red letter ignites rumors, assumptions, and comic chaos. As neighbors eagerly rewrite her story, the play gently asks why speculation is so much easier than understanding. With warmth and humor, The Letter Was Red explores reputation, reinvention, and the surprising freedom that comes when curiosity replaces judgment.

The Father Complex

In progress

A witty reimagining of Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud's historic journey to America, The Father Complex combines psychological theory, historical personalities, and theatrical comedy as two of history's greatest minds struggle with each other almost as much as the ideas that made them famous.

The Raccoon Ballet

In progress

When a condemned opera house becomes home to an unlikely ballet company of raccoons, they hatch a plan to save the building that has sheltered generations of performers—human and otherwise. Equal parts satire and heart, The Raccoon Ballet celebrates art, history, and the surprising places where beauty can be found.


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