Squishy Blueberry
Squishy Blueberry was born many years ago and was my first imagined character. At the time, he represented to me the things I wanted to embody more in my own life: a childlike inquisitiveness, unbounded confidence and zest for life, and deep present moment awareness. In addition to being a loyal muse and funny companion, he is responsible for my (ad)venture into a life outside the lines pursuing ways to bring my visions and dreams for children's media to life.

Picture Books

I started bringing Squishy to life visually in 2013 and created two picture books. While the books are more like illustrated poetry than a traditional story, they are a window into the whimsical, abstract, imaginative world that Squishy Blueberry explores on his adventures. You can get print-on-demand and kindle copies on Amazon.

TV Show Dreams

​I'm working to develop Squishy Blueberry into a kids TV show that teaches social, emotional and mindfulness lessons. I still have work to do, such as testing out the different characters on people to see which ones resonates the most, to help inform the final pitch decks and episodes. If you take the quiz below, I'd love to hear which character you are - send me a message: amanda@dinklingpublishing.com.

Squishy Blueberry

Norba the Turtle

Sir Pepe

Beauregard

What's in a Name?

How did Squishy Blueberry get his name? It's not what you think!

Perfect Sense
Perfect Sense arose from a place of outrage as I processed a decade of toxic positivity, magical thinking and spiritual bypassing. It is a journey towards meeting reality head-on, but stopping by intense cynicism on the way. It started out in book cover format under the title, The Science of Getting Real, and then evolved into more traditional 1 - 4 panel strips and renamed Perfect Sense. Currently working to transfer off social media (aka S&M) and move to a webcomic platform such as Webtoon or Tapas. This will take some preparation and work, but once I do I will provide the link. In the meantime you are welcome to join my  email list ​ that sends out biweekly-ish philosophic musing interspersed with comics and other drawings.. 

Hollyfrost
Hollyfrost explores life's metaphysical and mental health issues through the eyes of neurodivergent tweens. It is geared towards people who like to explore complex concepts deeply, like South Park does, but prefer more PG rated content.

Comic Strip

After moving to LA, I became overwhelmed by all that goes into developing a TV show. And because I didn't have animation skills and was still working on longer-form story telling, I brought some of the themes in the episode ideas to life in comic strips. I initially created a set of 20, which I started redrawing in Procreate digitally. That has taken a back burner though to my other projects for now.
Copyright @2023 Amanda I. Greene

Imagine the News

A few years ago, I started noticing how books like Brave New World and 1984 seemed to be coming true, and it was tempting to see them as prophetic. But over time, I've started started to wonder if they may have also helped create the future by planting the seeds in our minds? Was it all really inevitable? What if we started imagining the good news we want to see and hear? More than just broad concepts of "peace," but very detailed stories of GOOD things happening. Would that help usher in a brighter future? Well, that's what I'm trying to find out. 

I have written a dozen or so and now looking for a channel to share them.  Coming soon!

The Silly Philosopher Tweets

This account was created as a space where I could let my smart-alec,
sarcastic, silly self free though I haven't been using it much lately