Blogs at AmyLouJenkins.com: Choose Your Journey

Green and Wildish Blog: Celebrate and Advocate for Our Earth

Find book reviews, green living resources and ideas, advocacy opportunities, personal essays, and spotlight on species and the natural world. Visit Green and Wildish. Go to Green and Wildish page and blog.

Writing Blog: Write the Stories You Were Meant to Tell 

Dive into your own stories. Find expert advice, author interviews, craft lessons and the proven paths to finding and writing your stories. Go to First-Person Writing page and blog.

Amy Lou's Author Posts: Books, Courses, Writing, and News

Explore Amy Lou's writing life, articles, essays, reviews, teaching, and more. Also visit Amy Lou's author page and blog.

Before ‘Wild’ by Strayed there was ‘Tracks’ by Davidson

Amazon Link Long Before the Memoir ‘Wild’ by Strayed there was ‘Tracks’ by Davidson Tracks: A Woman’s Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback by Robyn Davidson, Knopf … Read more

Jane Goodall’s Top Three Books

Jane Goodall Turns 90 Top Books by and About Jane Goodall Let’s celebrate the remarkable Dr. Jane Goodall on her 90th birthday by exploring her best-selling books and sharing … Read more

Plant Native: Bringing Nature Home Review

Bringing Nature Home How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants, Updated and Expanded by Douglas W. Tallamy BRINGING NATURE HOME: HOW YOU CAN SUSTAIN WILDLIFE WITH NATIVE PLANTS BY … Read more

Weird And Wonderful

Weird and Wonderful Nature by Ben Hoare a Book Review Weird and Wonderful Nature: Tales of More Than 100 Unique Animals, Plants, and Phenomena by Ben Hoare, DK Treasures, 2023, … Read more

Breath of a Whale, Book Review

The Breath of a Whale: The Science and Spirit of Pacific Ocean Giants A Green and Wildish Book Review The Breath of a Whale: The Science and Spirit of … Read more

Books about Nature and Parenting

Nurturing Nature: A Parenting and Nature Reading List and Gift Guide Part of our Series on Gifting Books For parents seeking inspiration in merging the joys of parenting and … Read more

Master Personal Essay Writing

Crafting Compelling Narratives: Master How to Write Personal Essays  Create meaning from  experience and analysis by weaving your narratives into personal essays that resonate with readers. Let’s  unravel the … Read more

Fun Words

Readers Crave Novel Experiences: Fun Words May Be a Part of Meeting Their Expectations Find More Than a 100 Examples Some words feel fun to the ear and are … Read more

Formatting Manuscripts

Format Your Essay or Article for Submission. Use this guide to format your manuscript for submission to JWP anthologies.  Free Pdf guide also available. Formatting your Article or Essay … Read more

What Does It Mean to Eat With Grace

What Does it Mean to Eat With Grace? Previously Published in the Muir View To Eat with Grace features work from Tamar Adler, Jane Hirshfield, Barbara Kingsolver, Maxine Kumin, Gary … Read more

Shooting a Deer: the Integrity of Deer Hunting

Shooting a Deer Previously Published in Sport Literate Magazine and the anthology Corners: Voices on Change under the title Shooting a deer. This title makes an aspirational connection to George … Read more

The Lost Words

MacFarlane and Morris Save the Lost Words

Macfarlane and Morris Save the Lost Words in a Spellbook .   When the Oxford English Dictionary removed entries related to the natural world, Macfarlane and Morris saved the … Read more