Amethyst Qu
Bio
Seeker, traveler, birder, crystal collector, photographer. I sometimes visit the mysterious side of life. Author of "The Moldavite Message" and "Crystal Magick, Meditation, and Manifestation."
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Stories (85/0)
In the New Year, I Resolve to Stop Rushing Around Like a Headless Chicken
The specimen in the feature photo inspired an entire chapter in my new book, Crystal Magick, Meditation, and Manifestation. Its peaceful, non-shouty good looks remind me of the natural beauty all around us.
By Amethyst Qu5 months ago in Psyche
Stop Spinning the NaNoWriMo Hamster Wheel of Fortune
I'm a full-time writer/self-publisher on a one-woman mission to grumble about all the fake writing advice floating around the interwebs. Since w e’re on the run-up to the alleged national novel-writing month of November, I guess it's time for my annual words of warning about the writing life.
By Amethyst Qu7 months ago in Writers
Brown Pelicans and Brinksmanship
“Live each day like it’s your last, ’cause one day you’re gonna be right.” — Ray Charles April 17, 2010, was an extremely breezy day to visit Queen Bess Island, a bird breeding spot offshore Grand Isle, Louisiana, but there was a boat already chartered and so we went. The boat was bouncy, and my photographs blurry, but you get the idea.
By Amethyst Qu9 months ago in Earth
Did A Yellow-Crowned Amazon Save a Lost Language?
A while back, I was listening to an audiobook biography of the life of explorer and prolific writer/naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, and I came across a mention of his talking pet parrot of 30 years. As a parrot owner myself, I was left wanting to know more.
By Amethyst Qu9 months ago in Petlife
What Did We Lose When We Abandoned the Science of Weather Control?
Did you know the United States once had a President’s Advisory Committee on Weather Control? Of course, you didn’t. It was in the long ago-- so long ago it was formed under the administration of a president who got famous by first being a general in a pretty big war that our side actually won.
By Amethyst Qu10 months ago in Earth
You Can Earn a Full-Time Living Writing Fiction
For several years now, I’ve been earning the majority of my income by writing fiction under a variety of pen names you’ve never heard of. And it isn’t anything special about me. Thousands of authors you’ve never heard of are quietly making a full-time living creating fiction.
By Amethyst Qu10 months ago in Journal