The Author 

I have spent my whole life reading fairy tales and fantasy novels (along with other kinds of books), but only the last nine years writing them. I have also spent almost twenty years working as a sexologist and hypnotist, as well as a writer.

I self-publish my nonfiction work and am now preparing to self-publish The Guild of Ornamental Hermits books in late summer and fall, 2026.

A few personal notes: I’m currently in remission from cancer. I’m a neopagan polytheist who lives quietly but restlessly with several cats, in the US Pacific Northwest. My pronouns are ze/zir and she/her.

For information about my freelance and nonfiction work, please see my Author/Writer website. For my fiction, please see my Books2Read Author Page. My Goodreads Author page needs to be revised with new links to the new editions.

My Own Witch of the Waves Press

Since I’m self-publishing these books now, I decided to name my own imprint: Witch of the Waves Press. The name comes from a free store I established as a twelve-year old hippie in 1967, in a small room in the bottom floor of the La Jolla Cove beach house where my family lived. I strung beads and made other things and put up a sign, basically inviting anyone and everyone to come and take an item, or leave one, or both! You see, I had foot traffic because Love-Ins were held on Sundays in the park across the street from my house. So why not hearken back to my first initiative in order to name what is probably my last? This seems… round… somehow. So, there we are!

The Guild of Ornamental Hermits Series – New Editions

Short Stories – eBooks originally published on Amazon, will be self-published soon.

Nonfiction Books

Marsh, Amy R. 2025. How to Break Up With a Chatbot: The Thinking Human’s Guide to Managing Digital Desire.

Marsh, Amy R. 2023. How to Make Love to a Chatbot: The Thinking Human’s Guide to AI Erotic Roleplay.

Ibid. 2023. Entrancing: Hypnotizing Your Way to More Pleasure, Romance,& Sex!

ibid. 2022. Sexological Hypnosis: Overview, History, & Techniques. Self-published paperback and eBook.

ibib. 2014. Sex Squicks & 100 Other Things You Didn’t Know About Sex (Love’s Outer Limits #1). Sizzler Editions.

Contributing Author

ibid. 2014. “Penis Slang and Invective.” In  M.  Kimmel, A. Kennedy, and C. Milrod, eds. Cultural Encyclopedia of the Penis. Lanham, MD: Alta Mira Press.

ibid. 2014. “Hypnosis.” M.  Kimmel, A. Kennedy, and C. Milrod, eds. Cultural Encyclopedia of the Penis. Lanham, MD: Alta Mira Press.

ibid. 2014. “Gastronomy.” M.  Kimmel, C. Milrod, and A. Kennedy eds. Cultural Encyclopedia of the Penis.  Lanham, MD: Alta Mira Press.

ibid. 2011. “Kid Chrysalis.” In R. Pepper, ed. inTransitions of the Heart—Stories of Love, Struggle, and Acceptance by Mothers of Transgender and Gender Variant Children. San  Francisco: Cleis Press.

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