Author Archives: Amanda Ching

Let’s play a game called Wear Your Hijab after Election Day How to play: step out of the house and take a deep breath and wait. Let’s play a game called Wash the Graffiti Off Your Storefront Let’s play a … Continue reading →

Think on this: You always say #yolo but you never do it. You may froyo, and you may watch Logo, but they are not early as iconic a hashtag as #yolo. That can change today. You can live a hashtag, … Continue reading →

A conversation from this morning concerning tomorrow’s B-52’s concert A dialog poem, by Amanda Ching Me: Shake that cosmic thing Kid: No. Me: Shake that thing. Kid: No. Me: Shake it. Kid: No. Me: Shake it. Kid: No. Me: Oh … Continue reading →

I know that it has been a million years since I have written anything. In my defense, I have no defense, so the two things right there should cancel out anything that might possibly tarnish my record. What record you … Continue reading →

I have gotten quite a few requests for a list of my editing prices lately, and it occurs to me that I usually do that in email on request. I am getting tired of copying and pasting for everyone, and … Continue reading →

So it isn’t just January, but also February (and March) in which I am falling behind. A great deal of this has to do with the fact that I have been watching TV, which I think they said is bad … Continue reading →

I don’t normally put trigger warnings on shit, for reasons that I am too exhausted to talk about, but I will admit that I can see how this might be upsetting in a sense, so please, if you are one … Continue reading →

So the other day, someone posted on of those memes, you know the ones we all used to love to do in emails: “86 things you would never guess about me except for the fact that you might because I … Continue reading →

Last week’s “unpopular opinions” was such a smash hit that I decided to whine about more shit, this time pissing off a lot of authors. HAVE FUN! I LITERALLY HAVE NOTHING MORE TO SAY TODAY. LITERALLY. FIGURATIVELY. WE NEED A … Continue reading →

Recently I have started brainstorming for content for this blog, because I have to write. And I have started writing, oh yes indeedily do. But not fiction. THINGS. Back in the day when we all thought the internet was a … Continue reading →