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Liz Amos 09/08/2023 Liz Amos 09/08/2023

What’s next?

Now that my first novel is published, people to tend to ask me: what’s next? The short, honest answer is: I don’t know.

Liz Amos 22/06/2023 Liz Amos 22/06/2023

I’m so glad I didn’t cancel my book party.

Liz Amos 03/05/2023 Liz Amos 03/05/2023

I had a moment recently when I emphatically decided to cancel my book party.

Liz Amos 04/04/2023 Liz Amos 04/04/2023

Like many people, I was more affected by the pandemic than I initially realised.

When I try to notice the start of the healing, I find myself standing with Agnes Martin in the Tate Modern.

Liz Amos 02/03/2023 Liz Amos 02/03/2023

Navigating other people’s expectations can be tricky.

I learnt a lot from Afi Tekple – the main character in ‘His Only Wife’.

Liz Amos 02/02/2023 Liz Amos 02/02/2023

No one warned me that building a website would be soul-work.

I didn’t expect to face crippling perfectionism.

So, the subtitle of this book caught my attention: “Japanese wisdom for a perfectly imperfect life.”

Liz Amos 05/01/2023 Liz Amos 05/01/2023

I’m always on the lookout for elders.

Becoming an adult and becoming a competent human are two different things. I need guidance from people who have gone ahead.

People like Ruth Asawa.