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20 August 202129 October 2021

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Issues Of Second Draft Journals (scroll for links)

Second Draft Journals are created by A.F.S. Green (writer) and Dixie Roach-Foxton (artist), a mother-daughter duo in Ontario, Canada. This series of paperbacks is titled Second Draft Journals because those who will remember the COVID-19 pandemic will likely think of their life in two parts: what happened before the pandemic (our first draft) and what happened after (our second draft).

At the time of writing, the COVID-19 pandemic continues but there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Whatever you desire from a journal, I’m confident that we have an issue for you!

Issue 5 of Second Draft Journals: A Dignified Collection

This is a celebratory issue that includes all of the original art and short stories featured in the previous four issues. Printed in vibrant colour, complete with goal-setting and lined pages (white and tinted pages), this journal is perfect for you and your loved ones.

Available on all Amazon marketplaces, including Canada, the USA, Australia, the UK, and Japan.

Issue 4 of Second Draft Journals: For The Child In You

This is our first black-and-white issue. Enjoy the original works of art as printed or colour them in. (Which is great for stress relief!) It has lined pages, goal-setting pages, and blank pages (in case you like to doodle).

Enchanted Outlines (the short story in this issue), explores the secret world of colouring books as the characters in little Easton’s colouring book come to life! It’s for the child in all of us and is great for kids.

Available on all Amazon marketplaces, including Canada, the USA, Australia, the UK, and Japan.

Issue 3 of Second Draft Journals: Fly In The Face Of Fear

This issue is available in two sizes (8.27″x11.69″ and 6″x 9″). Printed in colour, it is the first one that has both white and tinted lined pages! With lots of lined pages, goal-setting pages, and original works of art throughout this issue, it’s one of our favourites.

Take Flight, the short story offered in this issue follows human and avian characters as they face their fears and an unlikely friendship forms. Fun for kids and adults alike!

Available on all Amazon marketplaces, including Canada, the USA, Australia, the UK, and Japan.

The Storytellers’ Compact Size (6″x9″) is available on all marketplaces, including Canada, the USA, Australia, the UK, and Japan as well.

Issue 2 of Second Draft Journals: A New Beginning

This issue is available in two sizes (8.27″x11.69″ and 6″x 9″). It is printed in colour with original works of art, goal-setting pages, and lined pages for you to journal, brainstorm, and take notes as you please. It’s perfect for the serious writers in your life!

The short story included in this issue reminds readers that Looks Can Be Deceiving (which is its title), as a group of friends examine the snap judgments that they make when they see an elderly lady sitting at a bus stop in their community. Heartfelt and hopeful, you’re sure to enjoy Looks Can Be Deceiving.

Available on all Amazon marketplaces, including Canada, the USA, Australia, the UK, and Japan.

The Storytellers’ Compact Size (6″x9″) is available on all marketplaces, including Canada, the USA, Australia, the UK, and Japan.

Issue 1 of Second Draft Journals: A Time Capsule For Hospitality

Second Draft Journals: A Time Capsule For Hospitality (Issue 1)

This issue is available in two sizes (8.27″x11.69″ and 6″x 9″). Published in the spring of 2021, our first Second Draft Journal was inspired by the plight of small-business owners (restaurateurs, in particular) during the COVID-19 pandemic.

If These Walls Could Talk (the short story in this issue) follows a restaurateur and his group of friends that is narrated by the very walls of a restaurant itself.

Second Draft Journals: A Time Capsule For Hospitality is printed in colour, with original works of art, goal-setting pages, and plenty of lined pages to use as you please.

Available on all Amazon marketplaces, including Canada, the USA, Australia, the UK, and Japan.

The Storytellers’ Compact Size (6″x9″) is available on all marketplaces, including Canada, the USA, Australia, the UK, and Japan.

Life is a work in progress. Enjoy your second draft!

A.F.S. Green

Staycation For The Soul: A Collection Of Short Stories

Female reindeer fight for equality and respect in the North Pole after a multi-generational cover-up is discovered. A masterpiece narrates its journey through time. An atheist talks to God. A premature baby decided when to be born. A mature dog finds a new life after the death of her beloved owner.

In Staycation for the Soul: A Collection of Short Stories, each story is imaginative and heartfelt. A.F.S. Green’s first collection is for anyone looking for a short break from their day-to-day life with messages of hope that are sure to reverberate long after the last page is read.

*Intended for readers who are 8-years-old and up (at the discretion of their parent or guardian).

Available on all Amazon marketplaces, including Canada, the USA, the UK, and Australia.

The Ties That Bind

It was unfathomable that Angel would lose her twin sister, Eve, to an underground community in early 2009, but after Eve was attacked, things started to change — quickly.

The Ties that Bind is the premiere novel in a series about sisterhood and friendship, lust and affluence, and control and loss. When a seductive woman and a man with smouldering good looks present the twins with the keys to a world where lines are blurred between tradition and an alternative culture, professionalism and desire, and loyalty and a sexy, taboo lifestyle, which path will each sister choose?

*Intended for a mature audience, 18+.

Available on all Amazon marketplaces, including Canada, the USA, the UK, and Australia.

I’ve started publishing under the pen name, A.F.S. Green (formerly, ‘Amber Green’) and I’m excited to do everything in my power to ‘make it’ as an author (because if not now, when?).

I hope you’ll join me on this journey and allow me to stay in touch with you by signing up for my email list.

It’s A Go!

A.F.S. Green (aka Amber Green)

28 December 202028 December 2020

A Shift in Thinking

Pre-pandemic, I thought that signing a deal with a major publishing company was my only ticket to literary success, so I started publishing short stories in hopes that I would attract their attention and build an audience while I focused on my freelance writing business. Then COVID-19 hit.

All of a sudden, publishing my own full-length novels was a better idea than to wait for professionals to take notice of my work, so I started writing a novel I thought would be enjoyed by a mature audience (likely adult women).

In the last year, I published my first novel, The Ties That Bind (which is the premiere novel in a series I’m writing intended for a mature audience) and my first short story collection, Staycation for the Soul: A Collection of Short Stories.

I turned the short story that started my foray into publishing, Musings of a Masterpiece (which is available in Staycation for the Soul: A Collection of Short Stories) into a screenplay and my work has been sold and enjoyed by people in Canada, the USA, the UK, Australia, and Japan. (Which is incredible! Thank you to everyone who has read and purchased my work.)

What’s on the Horizon?

Throughout 2020, my focus has shifted from merely wanting to attract attention from people in the industry to a desire to become a respected professional in publishing as time goes on. (I would like to help other writers as I progress and grow, so I am starting a writers’ group in 2021.)

Though The Ties That Bind is the first novel I published, it’s not the first novel I wrote. I completed my first novel (an untitled work of fantasy intended for readers 16+) in the summer of 2019.

Since we’re in a 28-day lockdown in Ontario, I am focusing on editing and publishing it as soon as possible.

If you’d like to receive updates and special offers as I continue on my journey, please join my mailing list.

Give life the green light. It’s A Go!

A.F.S. Green

4 August 20204 August 2020

A Toast to Publication

Toastmaster magazine, August 2020 issue (‘Virtual Camaraderie’, page 5)

My heartbeat would race and my whole body would shake. I would be out of breath and I’d speed through whatever I had to say so I could sit back down and escape the front of the room. This would happen every time I presented. (And once in a while, it still does.)

I’ve always been a better writer than a speaker. I was aware of this from an early age and actively avoided public speaking opportunities.

In order to combat this, I joined Toastmasters (a non-profit organization intended to develop public speaking and leadership skills) in my early twenties. I loved my original Toastmasters group in downtown Toronto, but life got in the way.

After a hiatus, I rejoined Toastmasters and I have been a member of my club for the past two years.

As we seek to adapt through the COVID-19 pandemic, I virtually visited Toastmasters clubs around the world. My letter was published in the August 2020 issue of Toastmaster magazine (‘Virtual Camaraderie, page 5). It’s thrilling to be published by a magazine that is distributed internationally.

Though the COVID-19 pandemic has existed as an end to ‘the way things used to be’, it also serves as the beginning of a new chapter. In addition to publishing my first novel this month, I will be starting my podcast.

I look forward to providing you with updates on my blogs (The Write Results and It’s A Go!) by the end of the month.

Take care!

Give your life the green light. It’s A Go!

Amber Green

19 May 202019 May 2020

What’s your story?

All of us have a story to tell. The COVID-19 pandemic serves as a reminder that we live life without knowledge of the hardships we’ll face nor a guarantee of the number of pages we have the absolute privilege to turn on our personal journey to the back cover.

Fortunately, the opposite is also true. Luck is often examined in hindsight, but we have no idea what love, friendship, success, and joy await us.

If you’re able to do so, I hope that you take some time — even a few precious minutes — to journal or record a video every few days to build an archive of your experience through this moment in time. Good or bad, remember that you won’t feel this way forever; the Greek philosopher, Heraclitus, was correct when he stated that “change is the only constant in life.”

Take some time to reflect, revise, and recharge. If your inner voice — or the narrator in your head — has been telling your story in a morose tone (even when times are good), pay attention and practice switching it up.

Everyone has a story. Including you.

What plot twist does today’s chapter revolve around, what’s the tone of the next few pages, and (just as importantly) what will your story reveal, overcome, and celebrate in the future?

Give life the green light. It’s A Go!

Amber Green

8 May 20208 May 2020

A Digital Keepsake for Any Occasion

Though I use my blog/It’s A Go! Publishing to explore new topics and spread the word about my e-books (available on Amazon), I am also a freelance writer (The Write Results is my company).

If you’re looking for a heartfelt, thoughtful digital keepsake, I’d love to create a personalized video for you that you can email your loved one or post on their social media pages.

I’ve received glowing feedback about the videos I’ve created, as giving the gift of a digital keepsake is perfect if you’re observing physical distancing measures, avoiding stores, or busy managing our “new normal”.

They’re perfect for any occasion, including:

Mother’s Day
Birthdays
Thinking of you
Sympathy
Father’s Day
Graduation
Anniversary
Remember when…?

CAD $25 for a custom video (*up to 13 slides- like this presentation)

Contact me (Amber) for details: info@thewriteresults.ca

I look forward to connecting with you. Take care!

31 December 20197 January 2020

2019: Year of the Phoenix

2019 may be the year of the pig in East-Asian/Chinese astrology (it remains so until January 24, 2020), but for yours truly, it has been the year of the Phoenix (like that in ancient Greek folklore).

I burned my preconceived notions and tired formats to the ground through three major shifts and accomplishments in my professional life this year:

I started my own publishing company, It’s A Go Publishing, in order to self-publish electronic short stories available through Amazon (Kindle) and Kobo. Each story is/will be written with a message of hope, empowerment, and inspiration intended to permit each reader to enjoy, pause, and reflect. In time, I seek to build an online following that I will use to leverage a highly coveted publishing deal with a major publishing house for my first novel. Speaking of which,
I completed my first novel earlier this year, which is the first installment of a trilogy. In my pursuit of a literary agent, I have already been the beneficiary of great kindness from other writers and professionals in the publishing industry, who have served as learned cartographers as I continue to navigate my travels through the literary landscape.
I shifted and redefined the focus of my freelance writing business, The Write Results.

I emerge from the ashes with these experiences and sage lessons as a businesswoman with a new sense of purpose, an impregnable answer for the oh-so-necessary, “What’s my why?” and continued feelings of gratitude for all of those who have helped me along the way.

Whatever your business- whatever your purpose- I hope that you will join me as I bring the heat in 2020.

Extinguish the doubts and fears that have been holding you back and illuminate your dreams until your mission is ablaze. Like the Phoenix, rise from the ashes of your past lessons and welcome a renewed, revitalized version of yourself this new year.

It’s A Go, 2020! Let’s light it up!

Amber Green