Blog Intro

I always suck at this sort of thing, so, I’ll keep this brief. My name is Amanda Hall and this is my blog. I am a freelance artist and novelist and this blog is basically a log of my activities. Mostly, it will be about the creative stuff pertaining to my freelance mural work and writing but occasionally there will be things like movie and TV show reviews and some personal things chronicling my spiritual journey as well.

The Painter

2016 has been the year when I finally got up the courage to pursue my art as a career. I discovered oil painting and it is something that I truly love doing. People usually enjoy seeing my artwork progress as I work on a piece, so, this will be the focus of this blog: posting about my current projects and showing updates about them, particularly my learning process, since I am self-taught.

The Writer

I have been writing stories for about 14 years and have just recently gotten the desire to do it professionally. I always have a current story that I’m working on, so, that will be the double focus for this blog: posting updates about my progress on a current story.

The Critic

I love watching movies and TV shows. I love cinema theory and actors and actresses. I’m not so much a “fan” in the way of idealizing the actual people but I respect and love the craft of filmmaking and acting. The secondary purpose of this blog will be to occasionally post reviews of whatever I’m currently watching. They won’t always be wholesome films or shows so I will be sure to always mark whether a movie or show has a particular rating, so that readers can avoid stumbling into a review for something that is not appropriate.

The Mormon

I am a returning member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I haven’t always been and I’ll never presume to be perfect but this is a big part of my life and something that I am continually striving to grow towards. Sometimes I will feel prompted to share an experience or explain background for certain things, so, this will come up occasionally.

So, that is this blog! Welcome and feel free to comment or ask questions.