Author Archives: Amanda Ching

I know it’s not an actual Aviatrix (creme de violet + champagne), so I bastardized the name a bit. 2 jigger gin (re: pour about a knuckle high in this glass) 1 jigger creme de violet (re: add it until … Continue reading →

I’m not sure how much you could say I am a runner.  I can do a 5K in 36 minutes if I have been properly encouraged, and yeah, that’s not the optimum time for someone my age, but dammit, I … Continue reading →

Reblogged from Margaret and Helen: HELEN: Margaret, I ventured into new territory today. I tuned into Fox News. It was kind of like going to the zoo… not so scary once you learn the animals can’t get out of their … Continue reading →

Sometimes in life, no matter how much you love something, you have to let it go. That is today’s unfinished story, which I am releasing into the wild. Go in peace, little buddy. Go in peace. Rollback Perhaps you’ve been … Continue reading →

I and the rest of the Alice authors were interviewed over at Writers’ Tea Party, which is doing a thing this week on Candlemark & Gleam. In it, I talk about the inspiration for House of Cards, how i plot … Continue reading →

Reblogged from Whatever: A friend of mine is a physician who wants to speak about transvaginal ultrasounds but whose position makes it precarious to speak publicly about it. So I’m letting this doctor borrow my site for an entry to … Continue reading →

I suck at reviews, but I feel like I need to type some shit today that doesn’t have to do with plastic Virgin Mary trying to kill someone. A wildly funny, irreverent tale of murder, mayhem, and the mob. When … Continue reading →

It’s been a week, and I had no idea that this would be as insane as it has been. I’m not going to address reaction to the work in a critical way, because people are allowed to like/dislike it for … Continue reading →

Summary: In the not-so-distant future of Virginia, the Personhood Act has outlawed abortion and chemical birth control. That doesn’t mean they don’t exist, though.  ILU-486  for Evil Dr. Em and the twitter brigade Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot … Continue reading →

Dear Mr. Vonnegut, Upon contemplating writing this letter to you, I was rather nervous about what you might think of it. I had pondered what you might think of me should I say something you mighn’t like, or what your … Continue reading →