About This Blog
Well, I finally did it! I took the leap and started my own writing blog. A blog where I could solely be me, the girl behind the name – Estella Grace.
No, that’s not my real name, it’s my pen name. Estella means star, “Star of Grace.” I came up with this alter ego about a year ago because I aspired to be her. I pictured this woman to be out of the 1940′s – a housewife with utter grace and poise wearing dresses and heels to clean the house. I mean she could have another side – a side of her that she could never show, perhaps I am that girl right now…
About me: I was born and raised in northern New Jersey around glass half empty conversations. I am a tomboy at heart wearing sweatshirts and jeans. I speak my mind. I live for music which is why songs are attached to many of my posts. I call myself a work-in-progress, because I am. 6 months ago I was a completely different person (I’m much cooler now). I partook in a show called “I, Caveman,” which aired on Discovery, where I had to survive under extreme conditions with 9 other castmates living as cavemen. It’s an experience that stripped me down to the core, allowing me to rediscover who I was without anything, food included. After I returned to civilization I had a new outlook on life, embracing my fears and evolving into the person I am most afraid to be; the writer – the artist.
Writing can be scary, sharing a piece of your soul with the world. It’s frightening for me, which is why I put this blog off for so long, but I almost forgot – I wrote a book, a memoir of my life story titled Fix You so I better get comfortable with sharing my work.
I write from the heart: the emotion of what I am trying to feel and convey to the reader so please forgive any typo’s. I am not perfect and I revel in imperfections because that is what makes the world go-round. I am far from a 1940′s house wife…I am single, I curse a lot, and I love to karaoke, but I will put my best foot forward with my writings and make baby steps toward becoming “Estella Grace.” I imagine her to be kind and selfless.
Let’s mark it on the calender, shall we? As my half year resolution, I pledge to become nicer, kinder to those around me, and most of all toward myself. I tend to be my own worst enemy, a victim of low self-esteem. I would like to believe in people more, giving them the benefit of the doubt when they are flighty, and to laugh when I spill things.
Here’s to life and tapping into what is real. Estella Grace here I come!
- Amy Passantino
“To write is to inspire…”
For more info. about my upcoming book please email me: apassanti@hotmail.com
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