Have you wondered what my business name Amanuensis Writing Emprise means or how it came about? For that matter, how do you pronounce amanuensis?

Pronunciation of Amanuensis – “a man you en sis”

I first met my husband in college. I knew of him because he was my youth pastor’s brother. He got injured at work and wasn’t able to take notes during class, so I offered to copy my notes for him and pass them along so he could study. We ended up spending many hours together in the library and in the hallways between classes exchanging notes. Eventually, one of our professor’s (who ended up performing our marriage ceremony) began referring to me as his amanuensis because I was copying notes for him. An amanuensis is one who copies manuscripts.

My writing is more than copying other people’s works, but in many ways, there is nothing new under the sun. In my writing, I take what I have read and learned in the Bible, and other sources, and recreate lessons which help me understand and practically apply what I have learned. So, the writing portion of the title makes perfect sense.

The last word in my entire business name is “emprise.” An emprise is an adventurous enterprise. I love words and creating acrostics. All of these things led me to the name Amanuensis Writing Emprise. I decided to create a definition of my own for AWE:

n. an adventurous enterprise in which I’m called to write about my journey.