The Lady in the Park
My Inspiration for Writing A Bright Light There’s a park in my hometown where I love to take a daily walk. When my boys, Jalan and Devan,...
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Amanda Hughes
- Dec 12, 2022
Tarot Stories: The World is a Full Circle
From jotting notes to publishing, my first book took me a year and a half to complete. I started the process by making voice notes with...
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Amanda Hughes
- Dec 5, 2022
Tarot Stories: The Judgement Card and Purpose
I love to travel. Wanderlust is one of my strongest motivators. From January through December of 2019, I traveled the entire year. The...
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Amanda Hughes
- Nov 30, 2022
Tarot Stories: The Sun and Redefining Happiness
Throughout my lifetime, I have dedicated a lot of thought to the concept of happiness. I’ve studied the idea from a psychological lens,...
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Amanda Hughes
- Nov 28, 2022
Tarot Stories: The Moon and the Writer's Triad Mind
Psychiatrist Carl Jung posited a human collective unconscious informed by complex psychological phenomena such as instincts, feelings,...
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Amanda Hughes
- Nov 21, 2022
Tarot Stories: The Star and a Reassessment of Self-Care
Mama, me, and Daddy at my grandparents' home in Winter Haven, Florida, November 26, 1995 “I had to examine, in my dreams as well as in my...
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Amanda Hughes
- Nov 13, 2022
Tarot Stories: The Tower and an Epiphany
Disney's Coronado Springs Resort, winter 2022 Contrary to popular belief about human beings, I love change. I love trying new things,...
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Amanda Hughes
- Nov 7, 2022
Tarot Stories: The Devil Went Down to Georgia
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been haunted. By words a child should never hear, by scrutinizing adults, by schoolyard bullies, by...
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Amanda Hughes
- Oct 23, 2022
Tarot Stories: Temperance and the Balance of Life and Craft
Balancing my personal life and moments of creativity has been an interesting dance. As a rule, I’ve always separated the two, writing...
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Amanda Hughes
- Oct 16, 2022
Tarot Stories: Death to Fearful Writing
The main character of the very first novel I wrote and published was a 30-something-year-old woman who fell in love with (and commenced a...
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Amanda Hughes
- Oct 3, 2022
Tarot Stories: The Hanged Man and Reframing Social Media
Few aspects of my life cause me as much pain and suffering as social media. Conversely, social media is an incredibly convenient and...
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Amanda Hughes
- Sep 26, 2022
Tarot Stories: Justice
My grandfather, whom I affectionately refer to as the very Southern epithet, “PawPaw,” was a Pentecostal pastor. A charismatic man, the...
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Amanda Hughes
- Sep 12, 2022
Tarot Stories: Wheel of Fortune... and Redirection
Kids are often asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” As far back as I can remember my answer to that question was, “An artist...
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Amanda Hughes
- Jul 27, 2022
Tarot Stories: The Hermit
From the Vault This story was originally published in March 2021 as an Instagram post. It still resonates to this very day, and I think...
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Amanda Hughes
- Jul 13, 2022
Tarot Stories: Strength
From the Vault This story was originally published in May 2021 as an Instagram post. It still resonates to this very day, and I think...
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Amanda Hughes
- Jun 12, 2022
Tarot Stories: The Chariot
The differences between the traditionally published author’s experience and the self-published author’s journey are staggering. In this...
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Amanda Hughes
- Jun 1, 2022
Tarot Stories: The Lovers
As a writer, if you’re anything like me, then by now you’ve taken some of the tarot cards’ meanings quite literally... no pun intended....
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Amanda Hughes
- May 2, 2022
Tarot Stories: The Hierophant
You are the writer of your story, you are the holder of your pen. As the five-star reviews start flowing in, championing your work and...
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Amanda Hughes
- Apr 11, 2022
Tarot Stories: The Emperor
As you venture through the tarot, getting to know and learn the cards, you will soon discover which cards are your favorites—the ones to...
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Amanda Hughes
- Mar 28, 2022
Tarot Stories: The Empress
My Meme and me, looking at a dress pattern in 1981. I was wearing the unbleached muslin prototype. My maternal grandmother, whom my...
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Amanda Hughes
- Mar 21, 2022
Tarot Stories: The High Priestess
The High Priestess reminds us of the famous Greek declaration inscribed on the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, “Know thyself.” A wise and...
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