Laura Rae Amos » writing

about, baby:

Laura Rae Amos // 29 // writer // Michigan-native, metro D.C. transplant // wife // mommy // sometimes musician // Buddy's Pizza // "the quiet girl" // Democrat // tree-hugging hippie // Christian (with agnostic tendencies) // B.A. English, Creative Writing // cosmopolitans // defectively shy and kind of antisocial // a shamefully dorky Sims 2 habit // Netflix movies

about page, with all the gory details

works in progress

on facebook // on flickr // on twitter // on Goodreads // email: laura.rae.amos (at) gmail (dot) com

right now:

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz // Good Dick // Self-Help by Lorrie Moore // crunchy fall leaves // Everybody by Ingrid Michaelson // pumpkin pancakes from Trader Joe's // Glee // playing "Brick" by Ben Folds Five

murder of innocent laptop keyboards

to date, 3 keyboards have died to produce these stories

keyboard #1: death by coffee, knocked over by child carrying a broomstick // keyboard #2: death by ice water, my fault // keyboard #3: gravely ill and possibly dying, questionable illness (cursor jumping?), seeking replacement...

you said:

someone clever said:

"fitter, happier // more productive // comfortable // not drinking too much // regular exercise at the gym (3 days a week) // getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries // at ease // eating well (no more microwave dinners and saturated fats) // a patient, better driver // a safer car (baby smiling in back seat) // sleeping well (no bad dreams) // no paranoia // careful to all animals (never washing spiders down the plughole) // keep in contact with old friends (enjoy a drink now and then) // will frequently check credit at (moral) bank (hole in wall) // favours for favours // fond but not in love // charity standing orders // on sundays ring road supermarket // (no killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants) // car wash (also on sundays) // no longer afraid of the dark // or midday shadows // nothing so ridiculously teenage and desperate // nothing so childish // at a better pace // slower and more calculated // no chance of escape // now self-employed // concerned (but powerless) // an empowered and informed member of society // (pragmatism not idealism) // will not cry in public // less chance of illness // tires that grip in the wet (shot of baby strapped in back seat) // a good memory // still cries at a good film // still kisses with saliva // no longer empty and frantic // like a cat // tied to a stick // that's driven into frozen winter shit (the ability to laugh at weakness) // calm // fitter, healthier and more productive // a pig // in a cage // on antibiotics." --Radiohead

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Posted under whatever by Laura on Sunday 12 June 2005 at 11:33 am

What I want is for this page to be a working portfolio of my stories. And thus, it becomes a sort of project in wishful thinking, at least to start. Hopefully some day there might be information on where you can find my published work, and other announcements. We’re allowed to dream around here!

Or at the very least, you can take a peek at what I’m currently working on

In Progress:

Paper Birds (novel, first-ish-draft?) – estimated 30%

The Static (short story, first draft) – done, in edits

Wednesday Night Shift (flash fiction, final) – finished, currently out seeking a loving home