Amanda Greenslade (Profile)
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05 November 2006
Amanda Greenslade is a fantasy novelist who writes for entertainment, enlightenment and escapism. In her Chronicles of Astor, she presents a world where spiritual magic is part of everyday life, from the shape-changing Rada to the flame-wielding Zeikas. If you enjoy high fantasy with tonnes of action and range of hidden messages and analogies, this is the series for you. Check it out at www.amandagreenslade.com.
Skills and experience:
Amanda completed a Bachelor of Communication majoring in writing and screen production at Griffith University in 2003. Amanda is a multi-skilled communicator and designer, with knowledge and experience in writing, editing, graphic design and layout, web design, email marketing, social media marketing and ebook creation. The reason she pursues so many different forms of expression is because of her fascination with technology and a desire to learn as much as she can.
Amanda runs her own marketing business and uses her writing and design skills on a daily basis. In her spare time she works on her own writing, watches TV series on DVD, reads sci-fi & fantasy and builds websites (including this one). With her first child born in September 2010, Amanda is actively engaged in the challenge of juggling her work-life balance.
History:
Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on 20 July 1982, Amanda was raised in a healthy, happy home with an older brother and an older sister. She began writing at a young age and completed her first manuscript at age ten. It was an 8,000 word novella about a white bobcat in the wilds of the Canadian rockies. With a passion for animals and creativity throughout childhood and her young adult years, Amanda continued to bring her interests into everything she did.
A bachelor of communication at Griffith University was much like a glorified arts degree, but Amanda is thankful for the breadth of learning it encompassed, from creative writing and video production through to marketing, psychology and literary criticism. If there's one main thing she learned from her time at university, it was how much she still has yet to discover.
Publications:
She has had one item published in book format, in a collection of essays about fantasy editor and author Lin Carter. A number of her articles are also published on The Specusphere, including:
Gamespeak: A glossary of Gaming Terms
Girlpower Fantasy: A review of Final Fantasy X-2, a game review
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, a movie review
The Dark Knight, a movie review
State of Emergency, a book review
The Fable of Good and Evil, a game review
Interview with Tim O'Connor about Little Shop of Horrors
Farscape: Peacekeeper Wars, a tv-movie review
Interests:
She enjoys reading fantasy and science-fiction novels, listening to movie soundtracks and trance music, playing games, going to see movies and spending time with her family and friends. She has been an animal-lover since childhood and spent seven years going to a Ponyclub. She currently has three cats and one dog.
How to contact or find out more about Amanda:
Go to Amanda's listing on The Specusphere directory
Go to Amanda's home page:
www.amandagreenslade.com
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