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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
As stated, she is an (independent) escort (and former stripper). You can find a more detailed background here. (And, for those of you who must know what the blogger looks like, here are some portraits.)
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.
If you feel compelled to contact her, you can follow the Contact tab at the top.
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 theme. Quite lovely in its original form, isn’t it?
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.
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New visitors:
This is the personal site/blog of Amanda Brooks, author of The Internet Escort's Handbook series. If you're over here because you heard of the books and are interested, just click here to go to the book's site and blog.
TexasGoldenGirl doesn't really deal with the books -- it's my personal site. To continue exploring here, use the menu above.
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Copyright Notice
Notice of copyright: The After Hours blog is copyrighted (c) 2002-2008 by Amanda Brooks. All rights reserved.
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Personal Update (7/2/08)
Book #2 is on its way. Slowly. But getting there.
I'm finally ready to rejoin life. Slowly, too.
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Geeky
I've discovered the pleasure of working with Brian Gardner's WP themes. His free stuff is nearly flawless and his more expensive stuff is mind-blowing. 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.
