Amy Miller

Louisville, KY USA
15 Years Experience

Professional Experience

I am a freelance writer, essayist, and blogger working in Louisville, KY. I completed MFA in writing with a concentration on nonfiction in 2014 and also hold an MA in English. I have published articles, guest posts, and essays in both local and national magazine, online papers, and literary journals,, and my blog posts have been nationally syndicated. Additionally, I have many years of grant writing experience. I enjoy humor writing and writing about family/parenting, the arts, home and gardens, education (I have taught college writing for 7 years), travel, food, and women's issues, to name just a few subject matters. I am looking to freelance full-time. Please contact me for more information.

Expertise

Reporter 2 YearsProducer (new media) 5 YearsWriter 10 Years

Specialty

Arts & Humanities 25 YearsFamily, Children & Teenagers 10 YearsBooks & Literature 25 Years

Industries

Academia Teaching 7 YearsNewspaper - Community 2 YearsNonprofit 4 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • The (Louisville) Paper (10+)
  • Under the Gum Tree (1-2)
  • Underwired Magazine (1-2)
  • BlogHer.com (1-2)
  • http://mamazine.com (1-2)
  • Offbeat Families (1-2)
  • Skirt Magazine (1-2)
  • insiderlouisville.com (10+)
  • The Louisville Review (1-2)
  • [PANK] Journal (1-2)

Awards

Metroversity Writing Award

Associations

AWP

Other Work History

Grant writer: Capital Children's Museum (D.C.), Louisville Public Media (Louisville, KY); Adjunct Writing Professor: University of Louisville, Jefferson County Technical College; Writing Instructor: Arts & Healling, Shape & Flow Writing Studio; Museum Researcher: Kentucky Science Center, Kentucky Center for African American History; Literacy Teacher: The Langsford Learning Center (Louisville)

Computer Skills

Word, Excel, Pagemaker, OS 10, Word Press, Blogger, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr

Equipment

laptop, iPhone with recording app & camera

References

Stephanie Brothers, Jen Woods, Claudia Cervenak, Bronwyn Williams

Work Samples

Neighborhood Planning and Preservation Making Good Old Fashioned Neighborhoods a Thing of the Future
(The Louisville Paper 5/14/2013)
A profile of the nonprofit Louisville, KY organization Neighborhood Planning and Preservation and their leader Martina Kunnecke. This organization battles Metro Council and developers to landmark and protect historic buildings in and around Louisville, KY.
Mama Likes: LEGO Kidsfest
(The Louisville Paper 3/2/2013)
My monthly parenting/entertainment column for The Louisville Paper. This article focuses on the traveling LEGO show LEGO Kidsfest.
The Risky LIfe of Publisher Jen Woods
(The Louisville Paper 10/11/2011)
A profile of Louisville maverick publisher, Jen Woods, who started the for-profit press Typecast Publishing which publishes the print journal The Lumberyard and online journal The Sawmill.

Essays

My Son Talks A Lot (Even In The Movies)
(BlogHer.com 5/16/2013)
Featured post on popular blogging aggregator, BlogHer.com: This post, originally written on my blog ADDled (addledliving.com) is about an unfortunate event that happened when my husband and I took our kids to see Iron Man 3. Hint: my son talked too much.
Wear It On Your Sleeve
(Skirt! Magazine 9/1/2011)
Essay about my sensitive son.