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Wrangling the Doubt Monster: Fighting Fears, Finding Inspiration

Wrangling the Doubt Monster: Fighting Fears, Finding Inspiration

Inspiration for every creative person. Bernstein positions self-doubt as a companion to be managed, not as an adversary to be vanquished.

2025

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ILLUMINATION

Five Myths About Writing We Can Live Without

Conventional wisdom will not make you a brilliant writer

May 2

Five Myths About Writing We Can Live Without

May 2

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The Bigger Picture

How to Explain Stuff Well

A methodology for reducing confusion

Aug 26, 2022

How to Explain Stuff Well

Aug 26, 2022

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ILLUMINATION

Knock, Knock: Is There an Author Living Inside You?

Exploring your inner ingredients — passion, persistence, imagination

Mar 28, 2022

Knock, Knock: Is There an Author Living Inside You?

Mar 28, 2022

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The Writing Cooperative

The Book Marketing Trio You Need to Succeed

Once your manuscript is finished, the real work begins

Apr 18, 2022

The Book Marketing Trio You Need to Succeed

Apr 18, 2022

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ILLUMINATION

Listening Hard to Write Well

The creative act of capturing meanings between silences

Jan 18, 2022

Listening Hard to Write Well

Jan 18, 2022

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The Bigger Picture

And the Walls Came A-Tumbling Down

AI and the democratization of publishing

Dec 13

Cosimo de Medici. Wikimedia Commons.

Dec 13

I Refused to Host a Podcast. Now They’re Coming for Me.

A dose of humor on a stressful day. You’re welcome.

Nov 5

I Refused to Host a Podcast. Now They’re Coming for Me.

Nov 5

Pursuing Authenticity

Being ‘real’ takes courage — and hard work

Oct 5

Pursuing Authenticity

Oct 5

Published in
Blow Your Stack

Everyone’s a Critic Now

Our ubiquitous weigh-in culture isn’t good for artists

Aug 14

Everyone’s a Critic Now

Aug 14

Published in
Age of Empathy

How to Embark on a News Fast

Strategies for taking control of your information feed

Jul 20

How to Embark on a News Fast

Jul 20

Amy L. Bernstein

Amy L. Bernstein

Book Author

I write stories that let you feel and make you think. Fiction, essays, poems. Whatever the moment — or zeitgeist — requires. More at https://amywrites.live.

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