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Amanda J. Evans

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Amanda J Evans is an award-winning writer of paranormal and fantasy novels as well as children’s stories. Amanda lives in Oldcastle, Co. Meath, Ireland with her husband and two children. She was published in several journals and anthologies in 2016 and 2017. Her first novel Finding Forever won Best Thriller in the 2017 Summer Indie Book Awards and her second novel Save Her Soul won Silver for Best Paranormal in the Virtual Fantasy Con Awards 2017. Amanda has a publishing deal with Handersen Publishing and her first children’s book, “Nightmare Realities” was released on the 25th of September 2017. Her latest story, Hear Me Cry, a fantasy romance telling of an old Irish myth won Book of the Year at the Dublin Writers Conference in June 2018. ...more

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Have you ever had a character turn out differently than the way you intended when you first started writing them?
Amanda J. Evans Thanks for your wonderful question Theresa. Yes, this has happened on more than one occasion. When I first began writing Save Her Soul, Drake was quit…moreThanks for your wonderful question Theresa. Yes, this has happened on more than one occasion. When I first began writing Save Her Soul, Drake was quite a nasty character and one that I thought was going to cause a lot of trouble for Kate. He turned out to be a character that really surprised me and the way he changed made for a fantastic story.

When writing Hear Me Cry, May was a character that surprised me. I wasn't expecting her to be so pivotal to the storyline and I also never anticipated that final chapter either. It was the first time I ever cried when writing a book.

In the new book, I'm working on Winterland, there are quite a few surprises and characters that I wasn't expecting but I'm enjoying it so far and can't wait to see how it turns out. (less)
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Amanda J. Evans I thought he'd fallen out of bed. Little did I know, the thumping sound was that of his life ending, a bullet muffled in the ears of a thirteen-year-o…moreI thought he'd fallen out of bed. Little did I know, the thumping sound was that of his life ending, a bullet muffled in the ears of a thirteen-year-old girl.(less)
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Hear Me Cry
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From Those Death Left Behind
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Writing Tips : 1 Comparison Kills Creativity

In this weekly series of blog posts, I’m going to focus on writing tips for beginners. These are tips I use in my coaching practice and that I found the most useful for my own writing practice. There will be a weekly image (as below) posted on Instagram along with a blog post, and a live video discussing the tip on my Facebook page.

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