Getting to know someone can be tricky at the best of times, particularly when the only way to do that is through a computer screen. Yet, here we are. So, let me start by saying hello and welcome to Amy Louise Writes.

If you like chatty, life updates and the occasional post about travel, then Amy Louise Writes should be on your following list! I upload once or twice a week, but I don’t put pressure on myself to publish content super-super regularly; I want whatever I post on this blog to be posted because I want to write about it, not just to hit those weekly figures.

I love the blogging community and want to make Amy Louise Writes a place for others to connect. My ‘weekly round-ups’ feature a blogger I’ve been loving that week.

On a more personal note…

I’m living back at home in Staffordshire with my family now that I’ve finished my English Language and Creative Writing degree at the University of Gloucestershire. I’m on the hunt for a full-time job, so finger’s crossed! It’s all very exciting but also very strange… you can read more about this here.

I have an adorable yet hyperactive dog called Bonnie, who I love to pieces. Oh, go on then, here’s a picture of her.

I come from a little village in the Midlands, where I grew up with my sister. Coming from such a small place meant that moving to Gloucestershire for uni was quite a change in lifestyle for me – no waiting around for buses! No tractors! No cows blocking the road! No need for my parents to drive me everywhere! It was a change for the better because university has definitely helped to improve my confidence. That’s why I’d love to eventually move back to the South West.

So, this blog is here to document my life updates, my occasional trips away and to talk about life in general. Thanks for reading.