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About “After Hours”
This blog was started after its author, Amanda Brooks, realized she had things she wanted to discuss but they did not readily fit into a publishable, marketable form. Nor was she going to spend the time posting her thoughts on various discussion boards. Although she had been aware of blogging for a couple years before she started this blog, she hadn’t seen much purpose in it for her. Now she has.
The name of the blog is based on Amanda’s experiences working night jobs. It was always after work (after hours, if you will), that everyone dropped their “work” face and the most interesting discussions ensued. Anyone who has worked night jobs knows that such discussions are rarely linear and the topics discussed very random.
“After Hours” is not a news blog, a daily journal or an overly intimate look at Amanda. It is her ongoing, after-work discussion where random thoughts become essays. If this interests you, great! If not, then keep searching. You probably won’t like any of the links she’s posted either.
About Amanda Brooks — Escort, Author, Advocate
As stated, she is an independent escort (and former stripper). You can find the “official” bio here.
She formed Golden Girl Press, LLC to publish her series of books for escorts and is known as a self-publisher with attitude. The series: The Internet Escort’s Handbook. She’s also started a nonprofit. She maintains her original site (this one), as well as a few others. For an idea of everything she’s doing, you can go here. Or visit her Media page.
If you feel compelled to contact her:
hiamanda [AT] goldengirlpress [DOT] com
Old clients and old friends are especially welcome if they’ve lost her email address over the years. Warning: Amanda is quite behind on her emails. Quite.
Does she or doesn’t she?
She does. Want to meet her?
About the design of this blog
Only dedicated readers will have made it this far 
Amanda believes in giving credit where it is due. The hard work of others deserves to be noted.
The current look and coding work is courtesy of Brian Gardner – WP designer for the millineum. The designer who successfully knocks him off his perch will have to be so amazing and incredible that none of us will probably be able to look at their work and live. So…Brian is it. (Oh, and Brian’s a nice guy too, even though he’s incredibly busy and well-known.)
This theme is Brian’s Whitespace. It no longer seems to be available on his site, but plenty of other beautiful free themes are. If you ask him for a copy of this theme, he’ll probably have it on file somewhere and will share.
One day Amanda hopes to totally create her own look but until she’s that inspired, she will rely on others to help her along. Every time the look of this blog changes, so will these credits.
Geeky
I've discovered the pleasure of working with Brian Gardner's WP themes. His free stuff is nearly flawless, his newly open-source Revolution is mind-blowing and he's actually a nice guy. Although his work is easy to use right out of the box, there's infinite fun to be had by customizing (i.e., destroying) it. As you can see here.
