Writer, editor, poet and creative adventurer Amanda Kimmerly flutters between many colorful flowers. Her poetry has appeared in Full of Crow, Pear Noir!, REAL: Regarding Arts and Letters, and Poetry for the Masses, with fiction in Storychord Magazine and book reviews in Fringe Literary Magazine and Black Heart Magazine. She is the co-author of the invented language guidebook, The Way it Grows: An Introduction to Dvarsh, with Robert Stikmanz, whom she also works alongside as the Editorial Director of publishing company, Confabule.com. To support her mission to evoke beauty and wonder through words, and to nurture her humanly existence, Amanda dedicates her time and tools to refining the worlds of other authors through her editing and coaching services, Polished Pear Creative Editing. She is Stratum Comics’ recommended editor, as well as assistant to PR-related material. Find her at www.about.me/amandakimmerly.