Amy Impellizzeri, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/author/aimpell/ Fri, 15 Jan 2021 15:38:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Write Like No One Is Watching https://booksbywomen.org/write-like-no-one-is-watching/ https://booksbywomen.org/write-like-no-one-is-watching/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2021 09:50:39 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=34152 I’m trying my hand at erotica for the first time in my life.  I’m working on something that opens with a murder. But it’s also kind of funny. I’m finally getting this book of my heart out. I’m writing short stories with my boyfriend that are just for us.  This is a sampling of the […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/write-like-no-one-is-watching/feed/ 2 34152 Telling the Story That Haunts You https://booksbywomen.org/telling-the-story-that-haunts-you-by-amy-impellizzeri/ https://booksbywomen.org/telling-the-story-that-haunts-you-by-amy-impellizzeri/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2020 08:05:55 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=17344 Telling the Story That Haunts You I told my first ghost story in the fall of 2015 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the annual Women’s Fiction Writers Association Retreat. I was embarrassed at first, because the truth was, I believed it. I really did.  I heard them.  I saw them. At a writing workshop run […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/the-science-of-writing-by-amy-impellizzeri/feed/ 2 26146 The Case for Mentorship or Who’s Teaching Whom? https://booksbywomen.org/the-case-for-mentorship-or-whos-teaching-whom-by-amy-impellizzer-and-brianna-ridley/ https://booksbywomen.org/the-case-for-mentorship-or-whos-teaching-whom-by-amy-impellizzer-and-brianna-ridley/#respond Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:18:16 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=25592 This year I have the great privilege of mentoring an intern from my high school alma mater – a talented student who is applying to college programs and developing her writing portfolio alongside her role as co-President of the high school’s Writing Club. We check in regularly to discuss writing – both the craft and […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/the-case-for-mentorship-or-whos-teaching-whom-by-amy-impellizzer-and-brianna-ridley/feed/ 0 25592 An Open Letter to My Future Writer Self https://booksbywomen.org/an-open-letter-to-my-future-writer-self-amy-impellizzeri/ https://booksbywomen.org/an-open-letter-to-my-future-writer-self-amy-impellizzeri/#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2018 16:12:25 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=23645 An Open Letter to My Future Writer Self, First, congratulations, because if you’re reading this, you’ve survived quite a bit. Personal struggles and heartbreak and dismissal from those who thought your dream was not a worthy one. You’ve raised three amazing kids alongside a writing career, but only after years of child-raising alongside a demanding […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/an-open-letter-to-my-future-writer-self-amy-impellizzeri/feed/ 5 23645 Reaching New Audiences https://booksbywomen.org/reaching-new-audiences-by-amy-impellizzeri/ https://booksbywomen.org/reaching-new-audiences-by-amy-impellizzeri/#comments Thu, 25 Jan 2018 12:46:12 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=21411 Before I became a professional novelist and after I left my previous corporate law gig, I spent several years on the executive team of a start-up company, Hybrid Mom, helping mom entrepreneurs and designers tell their stories and market innovative new products. Originally a print magazine, Hybrid Mom moved into the e-commerce world in 2009 […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/reaching-new-audiences-by-amy-impellizzeri/feed/ 2 21411 Own Your Truth https://booksbywomen.org/own-your-truth-by-amy-impellizzeri/ https://booksbywomen.org/own-your-truth-by-amy-impellizzeri/#respond Tue, 17 Oct 2017 06:30:54 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=20684 Hello, my name is Amy Impellizzeri, and I am addicted to … My newest novel, THE TRUTH ABOUT THEA, centers around a woman who ends up in rehab for social media addiction, and I confess that the idea for this novel came to me in jagged pieces over the last few years in which I […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/own-your-truth-by-amy-impellizzeri/feed/ 0 20684 Symmetry and Picasso: What I’ve Learned From My Third Grade Art Students About Writing https://booksbywomen.org/symmetry-and-picasso-what-ive-learned-from-my-third-grade-art-students-about-writing/ https://booksbywomen.org/symmetry-and-picasso-what-ive-learned-from-my-third-grade-art-students-about-writing/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2016 14:04:19 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=16464 Every year I present a week-long program at my kids’ elementary school called “Art Goes to School.” It’s a wonderful idea sponsored by the local art institute. I meet with volunteers weekly throughout the fall to study a portfolio (which changes annually) of about 20 reproductions of pieces located in art museums throughout the world. […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/symmetry-and-picasso-what-ive-learned-from-my-third-grade-art-students-about-writing/feed/ 6 16464 Literary Love https://booksbywomen.org/literary-love/ https://booksbywomen.org/literary-love/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2016 10:25:27 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15025 In honor of Valentine’s day, we asked 5 authors about Love in Books! First literary love? Amy E. Reichert (Author of The Coincidence of Coconut Cake and Luck, Love & Lemon Pie): My first book boyfriend was probably Laurie in Little Women —the quintessential boy next door. Amy Impellizzeri (President of the Women’s Fiction Writers […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/literary-love/feed/ 4 15025 Dear Writers of All of the Stories I Read in 2015 https://booksbywomen.org/dear-writers-of-all-of-the-stories-i-read-in-2015/ https://booksbywomen.org/dear-writers-of-all-of-the-stories-i-read-in-2015/#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2016 10:22:56 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14692 Dear Writers of All of the Stories I Read in 2015  (An Open Letter From a Fan.) Dear You, I am a HUGE fan. Maybe your biggest fan. No really. (Ok, maybe your Mom ranks slightly higher than me. But only just slightly.) I’ve seen the way you make magic. Real magic. Not the sleight […]

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