Mapmaker by day, spec fic writer by night. Opinions my own. Codex. She/her. A RIVER WIDE (horror novella) coming SEPTEMBER from Interstellar Flight Press. Currently raising a toddler, so I have ten whole brain cells. http://amandajmcgee.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/amcgeewrites.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/amcgeewrites.bsky.social/post/3mz3shiyozc2p"you can be a space communist who leads from the front and loves classical music and theater" is the most delightful sentence and basically my entire north star. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Oct 2026 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:vp3dfvuweinm7o7sfggihkey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz3shiyozc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/amcgeewrites.bsky.social/post/3mz3sfkeo4c2pThinking this morning about the fifteen AI generated interview questions I edited this week at the dayjob, of which maybe two of them made it unscathed into the final ten question list after three rounds of edits.30 Oct 2026 12:39 +0000at://did:plc:vp3dfvuweinm7o7sfggihkey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz3sfkeo4c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/amcgeewrites.bsky.social/post/3mz3ryj4ucc2pMe trying to explain this to my place of work at least monthly. Also the "moving everything to the cloud and having no local back-up" version of this -- makes me scream. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Oct 2026 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:vp3dfvuweinm7o7sfggihkey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz3ryj4ucc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/amcgeewrites.bsky.social/post/3myuqyjspvs22Reminded that this is where the cool kids hang out.27 Oct 2026 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:vp3dfvuweinm7o7sfggihkey/app.bsky.feed.post/3myuqyjspvs22https://bsky.app/profile/amcgeewrites.bsky.social/post/3mxeilb6jvc2hToday is one of those days where I can tell I have used up most of my juice for the week and I am going to have a hard time producing more things. Please tell me something entertaining to combat my malaise.08 Oct 2026 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:vp3dfvuweinm7o7sfggihkey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxeilb6jvc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/amcgeewrites.bsky.social/post/3mxaxmtjmos24Made it to the new part of this book that I wrote, so now we get to transcribe for a while instead of revising line by line. Huzzah!07 Oct 2026 03:06 +0000at://did:plc:vp3dfvuweinm7o7sfggihkey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxaxmtjmos24https://bsky.app/profile/amcgeewrites.bsky.social/post/3mx5mgopxhk27Inside me there are two wolves.... [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Oct 2026 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:vp3dfvuweinm7o7sfggihkey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx5mgopxhk27https://bsky.app/profile/amcgeewrites.bsky.social/post/3mx5idxh7lk2iIf you missed my reading yesterday, the recording is still up on Twitch and soon it will be over on YouTube (details to come). We had such a lovely time! www.twitch.tv/csecooney https://www.twitch.tv/csecooney05 Oct 2026 17:54 +0000at://did:plc:vp3dfvuweinm7o7sfggihkey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx5idxh7lk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/amcgeewrites.bsky.social/post/3mwz2i2jggs2mSomeone told me that a peer spoke very highly of me professionally at work recently and I felt honest-to-goodness surprise, which just goes to demonstrate how significant my imposter syndrome is in all aspects of my life.03 Oct 2026 23:35 +0000at://did:plc:vp3dfvuweinm7o7sfggihkey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwz2i2jggs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/amcgeewrites.bsky.social/post/3mwll6cdxik2gThere are many things I experience in a day that I cannot share on social media, which is good! But it does at times make me wonder how to engage here.28 Sep 2026 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:vp3dfvuweinm7o7sfggihkey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwll6cdxik2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/amcgeewrites.bsky.social/post/3mw6y4zzeqc2dIt's 10:44 and I have a deep desire to eat snacks.23 Sep 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:vp3dfvuweinm7o7sfggihkey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw6y4zzeqc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/amcgeewrites.bsky.social/post/3mvzthbvvgs22Every coping mechanism for staying organized and on-track that I have collapsed in August and I've spent September picking up the pieces. Who knew that having three major life events in the space of two weeks might affect my ability to brain?21 Sep 2026 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:vp3dfvuweinm7o7sfggihkey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvzthbvvgs22https://bsky.app/profile/amcgeewrites.bsky.social/post/3mvzs4dfy3k22Had a wonderful time at my book launch event yesterday. Thanks to everyone who came!21 Sep 2026 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:vp3dfvuweinm7o7sfggihkey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvzs4dfy3k22https://bsky.app/profile/amcgeewrites.bsky.social/post/3mvnptchx422eThe problem with eating lunch at 11 am is that it is 2 pm and now I am hungry.16 Sep 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:vp3dfvuweinm7o7sfggihkey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnptchx422ehttps://bsky.app/profile/amcgeewrites.bsky.social/post/3mvkvtbpjz223This Sunday is my in-person book launch at Second Cafe in Downtown Roanoke. All events on my site: https://amandajmcgee.com/upcoming-events/15 Sep 2026 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:vp3dfvuweinm7o7sfggihkey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkvtbpjz223https://bsky.app/profile/amcgeewrites.bsky.social/post/3mvkuaqauo226What a week. What a year.15 Sep 2026 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:vp3dfvuweinm7o7sfggihkey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkuaqauo226