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Amie Rose

Bronzes DO have more fun!

About Me

I am the following in an ever-shifting order: Writer, Reader, Dreamer, Scholar, Crafter, Engineer, Reviewer, Singer, Hiker, Wisher.
I am also the author of the "Bronze Dragon Codex," available in the summer of 2008 from Mirrorstone Books.
For more info about me, please visit my website .
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My Interests

Writing, Children's Literature, Crafts (pretty much all types), Nature, Gadgets, Ren Faires, Greyhounds, Singing, Genealogy

I'd like to meet:

Interesting people! You can never have enough in your life.
Speaking of people, my friends list is currently ordered according to when I met people. Now people can see who has come into my life when. After people I know personally come the artists (authors, visual artists, and musicians) I admire.

Music:

Depeche Mode, Metallica, U2, Tom Petty, Rob Zombie, The Corsairs, The Clarks, Gaelic Storm, Nine Inch Nails, Ozzy Osborne, Loreena McKennit, Mediaeval Babes, 80s Music, Pink Floyd, Pyrates Royale,

Movies:

THE DARK CRYSTAL, all time favorite, hands down.For everything else, fantasy, fantasy, and more fantasy. Also historical, good dramas, cartoons, and horror. NO ROMANTIC COMEDIES!!!!Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, Silence of the Lambs, The Shawshank Redemption, The Shipping News, Donnie Darko, Brotherhood of the Wolf, The Last Unicorn, Labyrinth, Pirates of the Carribbean, Crash, Hotel Rwanda, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Harry Potter, Pleasantville, Star Wars (4, 5, and 6 ONLY!), The 13th Warrior, 28 Days Later, Anne of Green Gables, The Aviator, Best in Show, The Breakfast Club, A Bug's Life, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Clue, Constantine, The Counte of Monte Cristo, The Craft, The Crow, Dawn of the Dead (remake), Dazed and Confused, Death to Smoochy, Dolores Claiborn, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Edward Sissorhands, Evolution, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Fifth Element, Fight Club, Finding Neverland, Finding Nemo, Flatliners, Fried Green Tomatoes, From Hell, Gangs of New York, The Gift, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Go, The Goonies, The Green Mile, House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects, The Hours, I, Robot, Kingdom of Heaven, K-Pax, Legend, The Lost Boys, Madagascar, Memento, A Mighty Wind, Misery, Monsters Inc, The Mummy, Nationa Treasure, Natural Born Killers, The Neverending Story, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Ninth Gate, The Order, Rat Race, The Red Violin, Return to Oz, Rob Roy, Sahara, Saved!, Saw 1 & 2, Secondhand Lions, The Secret Garden, The Secret of NIMH, Serenity, A Series of Unfortunate EVents, Se7en, Shaun of the Dead, Shark Tale, Shrek 1 & 2, Signs, Sin City, Sleepers, Sleepy Hollow, Snow White: A Tale of Terror, Spirited Away, The Stand, Stigmanta, To Kill a Mockinbird, Gone with the Wind, Unbreakable, Underworld 1 & 2, Urban Legend, Walk the Line, Whale Rider, White Oleander, Willow, The Village, Young Sherlock Holmes

Television:

Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, Lost, Joan of Arcadia, Carnivale, Millenium, X-Files, Twin Peaks, M*A*S*H, Law and Order, VeggieTales, My So-Called Life, The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, Survivor, Gilmore Girls, Doctor Who, Heroes, Rome, Amazing Stories, Kingdom Hospital, The Sopranos

Books:

Books: The Last Unicorn, The Prydain Chronicles, Chronicles of Narnia, The Dark is Rising series, A Wrinkle in Time, et al, Ramona Quimby, To Kill a Mockingbird, Anne of Green Gables, Tamsin, The Green Mile, The Stand, Deerskin, Rose Daughter, Little House Series, Weetzie Bat, Dragonlance, Speak, Blood Secret, Blue Bloods, Corbenic, The Blood Stone, Coram Boy, Bridge to Terebithia, Daphne's Book, The Changeling, Mermaid's Song
Authors: Peter S. Beagle, Lloyd Alexander, Madeline L'Engle, Stephen King, Margaret Atwood, Robin McKinley, Francesca Lia Block, Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Alexandria LaFaye, Hillary Homzie, Han Nolan, Lisa Rowe Fraustino, Amanda Cockrell, Jamilla Gavin, Katherine Patterson, Mary Downing Hahn, Zilpha Keatly Snyder, Byrd Baylor, Rumer Godden

Heroes:

Queen Elizabeth 1, Joan of Arc, Anne Frank, Brian Froud, Jim Henson

My Blog

Bronze Dragon Codex Takes Flight!

Sorry this is belated, been a busy week!  Bronze Dragon Codex was released one week ago on June 10!  I've done a few signings already and, best of all, saw a 10 year old girl reading it!&nbs...
Posted by Amie Rose on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:39:00 PST

Bronze Dragon Codex now available for pre-order!

Wow. It's really up there! I turned in the revisions October 1, but you can actually pre-order it. The cover isn't up yet, but I've seen it and it's GORGEOUS. Check it out and add it to your wishl...
Posted by Amie Rose on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:49:00 PST

Book by my alter ego

R.D. Henham's first book is now available for pre-order from Amazon!http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786949252/103-58288 54-5309422 Isn't that cover pretty? Mine will be done by the same artist (onl...
Posted by Amie Rose on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 02:47:00 PST

Update

So, been a while.  Things are moving along these days, with book, wedding plans, life in general.  Starting to think about next summer at school, as it will be my last one.  :(  B...
Posted by Amie Rose on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:22:00 PST

Salem

January 11, 1996 to November 21, 2006. On November 21, 2006, about 9:15 AM, I bid farewell to my longtime friend and companion, Salem. Salem was a retired racing greyhound that came to live with me...
Posted by Amie Rose on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 07:18:00 PST

Halloween!

Ok, if you didn't see on my profile, my birthday is on Halloween.  And I love love love it.  I do it all, decorating, pumpkin carving, sitting on the front porch for trick-or-treaters. ...
Posted by Amie Rose on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 05:04:00 PST

News from Cloud Nine

I have a book contract!  Well, I got an email notifying me about a book contract today, and I assume contract will soon follow.  WHOOHOOO!  I'm so psyched about this.  Will post mo...
Posted by Amie Rose on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 01:44:00 PST

People you find on MySpace

Sadly, MySpace feeds stalker tendencies.  I've found a few friends on other friend's sites.  I've taken to typing in names of people I know and seeing if they turn up.  I've found a few...
Posted by Amie Rose on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 07:52:00 PST

October!

I do love October.  It seems so fitting that Brian's and my engagement party was the last day of September, to usher in my favorite month.  The party, by the way, was WONDERFUL!  Every ...
Posted by Amie Rose on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:15:00 PST

Announcement!!!!!!!!

Ok, now that all the people that we wanted to tell in person have been told, I can post this publically. Brian and I are engaged!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
Posted by Amie Rose on Sun, 06 Aug 2006 05:59:00 PST