Ever since I knew I would write—and way before, when I began to write—writing has been an absolute. Absolute in that it is extremely difficult for me to imagine myself without the written word. Writing is not simply an expression, but is what keeps me in life. I cannot go as far to say writing is life for I could exist without it; but I do not want to.
Descriptedlines is a place for me to publish: a solution to my paper problem. Most pieces tend to musing, literary or whatever, while others are “Reading Notes,” my version of the Book Review.
Me
I’m Amber Ruth Paulen, grown on a farm in Howard City, Michigan. I left the USA on a one-way ticket when I was twenty-two. Between that time and now I have lived in cities and towns, travelling whenever I can. I have been living in Italy, outside and in Rome, for about five years now, with the talented Simon Griffee. During this time I have finished my first manuscript, The Body’s Long Madness and am seeking publication.
and…
Certain writers’ works are sown into my life’s fabric: Henry Miller, above all and beyond, Simone de Beauvoir’s autobiography The Prime of Life, DH Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Dostoevsky and more Dostoevsky and more recently: John Cheever and the city of Rome.
Thank you for reading and reading
(and yes, Facebook and Twitter)
Amber