My Back Pages in Forward Motion

writer creator Amy A. DeCew office candid headshot
writer creator Amy A. DeCew office candid headshot

With degrees in anthropology, design, and sustainable business practices, I bring a multifaceted perspective to contemporary issues.

My fascination with arcane subjects like international financial and taxation regulation reflects a deeper desire to understand and reshape the systems that govern our lives.

And as someone with hidden disabilities and a complex medical picture, defying American policy to stay alive, employed, and out of poverty has been like tilting at windmills. Let's get real; I've spent so many decades weaving between the land of the living and the dead that I fired the ferryman and redecorated hell. Let me how you feel about the paint colors when you get here.

What I'd prefer to see in this world are environments of inclusivity, where diverse skills and backgrounds are welcome. The time for change is always now, and the question of building it is always "how?".

The rage, the call for change, the sassy side-eye, and the search for a paycheck as someone always unwanted; do you live there, too? Far too many people do, and I write for them, to them, with the range of emotions and issues we face at a cataclysmic time in geopolitics and planetary survival.

Want to face it together, instead of alone?

Projects

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assorted title book lot
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a close up of many different colored papers

Book Writing

Freelance Writing

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girl wearing grey long-sleeved shirt using MacBook Pro on brown wooden table
And More!

Like many people, I wrote and published my first book during the pandemic, taking a dark comedy turn through the personal and global impacts. Through a mix of policy analysis, social commentary, and creative storytelling, fact meets fiction in purpose-crafted characters and questions for our challenging times.

As a freelance writer, I've worked with clients to engage, inform, and sell. And sometimes just create oddball, goofy fun. Like many people, I've changed industries as the economy shifted, so I have niches that you might not expect. Lifelong learning? Check. Work reinvention? Check. That's become a standard part of the employment landscape.

In addition to my writing career, I take on additional projects here and there. Living with major health issues means participating in the ways that I can, always finding more paths to be employed. As a society, we're doing a poor job of including disabled people in earning power. If you are also on the journey to break through that barrier, welcome!