The Indie Ink Awards recognize outstanding independent and small press books. The awards are now open for voting, and Little White Flowers has been nominated for five awards! They are:  *Best Book Cover and Cover Artist *Best Setting *Writing the Future We Need: Asexual or Aromantic Representation *Writing the Future We Need: Mental Health Representation *Writing the Future We Need: Neurodivergent Representation by a Neurodivergent Author  It is a huge honor to be nominated,

The Bangor Authors' Book Fair and Literary Festival took place on Saturday, December 13th, 2025 at the Bangor Public Library , and it was a blast! Thank you so much to everyone who made it possible and to everyone who attended! After a brief setup, my day kicked off with the Writing for Mental Health panel. Emma G. Rose , Morrigan Gaines , and I spoke about our experiences with our own mental health and with writing mental illness while Keith Young moderated. I feel like we

On October 8th, I had the pleasure of being a guest author at the AANE Creative Writers Group. It was wonderful to get to share a little bit about myself and my work with such an engaged group. I also enjoyed hearing fellow guest author Jennifer Brozek share about her work and experiences. It was a lovely evening, and I am grateful to the Association for Autism and Neurodiversity for giving me this opportunity! Amber standing in front of a bookshelf before the AANE Creative

On Tuesday, September 23rd, I gave my talk Gendered Fictions about Autism: Writing Better Representations of Autism into Fiction. For the first half of the event, I provided a brief presentation, and then the second half was reserved for discussion. I also donated a copy of Little White Flowers to Fogler Library. It was a wonderful event. People asked such great questions, and we had some good conversations about gender, autism, and representation. I feel like these conversat

On Tuesday, September 23rd, I will be giving a talk about my late autism diagnosis, the intersection of gender and autism, and writing fictional autistic characters. It will take place at UMaine in the Bangor room at 11:00 a.m. Learn more about the talk here .

Little White Flowers has been added to the Autism Books by Autistic Authors Project . The project is “an (ongoing) attempt to catalogue all books—non-fiction and fiction—written about and related to autism by Autistic authors.” As discussed in the preface, the main character of Little White Flowers, Alice, is autistic, and her story provides a window into the autistic experience.