Amy L. Bernstein's Blog

The Lowdown on a Bookstore Signing

Authors dream of bookstore signings where eager fans line up at the door and the author gets writer's cramp from signing books for hours on end. Ka-ching! goes the cash register. The store manager beams. Readers leave ha...

A Mood Survey to Name Your Doubts

Do you ever second-guess your purchases?

A 10-Year Transformation

If I can do it, so can you...

The Magic in the Room

I created a new workshop last year, Manifest Your Creativity, with no idea if this out-of-the-box collection of activities and reflections would actually work in a roomful of strangers.

Digging Deeper into Doubt

You know the saying, "Once you're holding a hammer, everything looks like a nail." Well, I've had a firm grip on that hammer for some time. In my hands, it's the topic of doubt and I'm exploring it every which way. Natur...

A Fast Costume Change

I wouldn't blame you for thinking that a "writer" basically does one thing, which is to write. But actually, many of us make a lot of costume changes on any given day or week--from essayist to novelist, from teacher to m...

The Doubt Monster Comes to Town

It's book launch day!

Connecting Through Creativity

The image of the lonely writer hunched over her keyboard (or pad of paper) can be quite misleading. Sure, there are days when you need to be alone with your imagination. But I'm basking in the glow of connecting with so ...

Welcome to My Literary Ecoverse

In my lifelong quest for perfect harmony, peace, and contentment���wait a sec���am I crazy? This is an impossible goal! The world is chaotic and ���nasty��� seems to be winning���

Put Your Doubt Monster on the Shelf!

The little book every creative person needs now.