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The internet is filled with misinformation. Some of that is about me. So, I'm going to set the record straight by saying a bunch of things about me and my books that are true, so if you read things other places, you can be all, "Nah, that's not true. Here. Check out Amanda's blog." I'm twenty-six years-old, not twenty-seven, twenty-five, or any other age.  I live in Austin, Minnesota, not Minneapolis. I like Minneapolis a lot. I just don't live there.  I have published eight books and one novella, so there are nine works that you can purchase from  Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple, and Smashwords.  I've written 19 books.  All of my published full-length novels are available in both ebook and paperback.  Three of my full length novels are priced at $.99 in ebook, and my novella is priced at $.99. The other five books are priced at $2.99. All my paperbacks are priced at $8.99 and $9.99.  I was never traditionally published. I still have not been traditi...

Every year, Eric tries to force everybody he's ever met into Oscar bets with him. I'm pretty sure that I'm the only who's ever beaten him, but every time we got against each other, we're like a point or two away from each other. We love the Oscars. Here are my picks for the evening: Best Actor: Colin Firth Best Actress: Natalie Portman Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo Best Director: Darren Affronsky (Black Swan) Best Picture: Black Swan (Eric says it will be The King's Speech , and he's probably right, but I already locked in my vote) Best Original Screenplay: Inception (I'm not convinced this will win - but it should win) Best Adapted Screenplay: The Social Network Best Original Score: Inception (this is actually the win I'm most excited about - the Inception score is totally and completely brilliant and NEEDS to win) Best Documentary: Exit Through the Gift Shop Best Foreign Film: Biutiful  Best Visual E...

What you may not know about me is that I love rodents. Hamsters are my favorite, but I love rabbits, chinchillas, guinea pigs, mice, gerbils, and rats. I watched an episode of Hoarders tonight, and this neat place called North Star Rescue took in over a thousand rats. They're working to find them all homes. Also, on the main page of their site, they say the recently took in a lot of hamsters as well. I've secretly harbored a fantasy for years of running a hamster sanctuary, and it's great to see a place like North Star Rescue working like they are. I'm too far away to adopt an animal from them or volunteer my time (they're in California), but they have a PayPal button where you can donate money. They also have a list of supplies they need and an address to ship them. So, if you're an animal lover, and if you can, please donate or send supplies. And if you're nearby, I encourage you to volunteer or adopt a rat or hamster. They really do make excellent pets....

It's Saturday night, at 9:30. I'm in my jammies, watching a Lifetime movie with Hayden Paniettiere, and Eric is sleeping on the couch next to me. I'm a very exciting person. I also filled out forms to go see a dentist, and I'm very excited about it. The dentist sounds very fancy. Eric was making fun of me for being so excited to go to the dentist, but I am. This movie is scaring me about going to other countries, but it's also makes me want to go to Europe. They have such pretty buildings there. All the buildings here are crap. Well, not all of them. But a lot of them. I like this place. It's probably my favorite place in all of Austin, MN. My friend Pete is getting married there this fall, and I'm jealous, because it's such an awesome place to get married. You can't tell from the outside, but they have really pretty starlights and awesome balconies and stuff.  Here's in the inside of the Paramount: This is the really pretty church/pavillion that...

Today I have a guest post from J. L. Bryan - author of Jenny Pox and the newly released Haunted E-Book . He's having a lot of really fun giveaways to go along with the release of his latest book, and he's a great writer, as well as a terrifically swell guy. So enjoy his post, and check out his boo ks. Lesser-Known Ghosts of the Upper Midwest For my Haunted E-book Tour stop today at Amanda’s blog, I thought it would be nice if I showed some research initiative and dug up some famous ghosts of the upper Midwest, which must have its share of them, with all those dark forests and desolate dairies. But if they’re already famous, do they really need more press?  Instead, I decided to talk about some less well-known ghosts.  These ghosts are so little-known, in fact, that you probably won’t find much information about them, no matter how much time you spend researching them.  So, here they are, in the order in which I invented them: 1.       The Polka...

Jacob Wetterling is still missing. When I was a kid, I used to lay awake at night a lot, imagining where he might be. I always thought he'd be in Egypt. I don't know why exactly. But I just thought nobody would look for him there, so he might be there, and nobody would know. He might be there alive. I think less about where he is now. Sometimes I still do. I imagine that he was brainwashed, and he doesn't know who he is. But he's an adult now, and he's far away from who ever kidnapped him. He's a little damaged from the experience, but he's met a nice a girl, and he's going to therapy and moving on with his life. I don't know if I believe that's true. But I hope it is. When the FBI began digging up around his neighbor's house last year, I sorta had a mini-breakdown. It occurred to me - like really occurred to me for the first time - that he might not be alive. I watched footage of the farm being exacavated on a news broadcast, and I ended up...

The latest word on the street is that Joseph Gordon-Levitt will play the Holiday Killer in the upcoming The Dark Knight Rises . Eric told me this on Friday, and I was so excited when I found out that I literally tripped on the stairs while running up to get my copy of The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale. I grabbed it to show Eric pictures of the Holiday Killer, but of course, he didn't care, and just wanted me to show him illustrations of the Riddler. But still. I'm very, very, very excited. In more exciting news: If you're a follower of my blog, you may have noticed my frequent mentions of Eric (the above Eric obsessed with the Riddler). He's my roommate, platonic life mate, and life guru. Starting Tuesday next week, he will also be my assistant. This is especially cool for us because his goal in life has been to be a personal assistant. In fact, we've been good friends for like ten years or something, and throughout the duration of our friendship, our mu...