Amanda J. McGee

Mapmaker by day, spec fic writer by night. Opinions my own. Codex. She/her. A RIVER WIDE: Interstellar Flight Press (TBD). IG: @ amcgee.writes

[Amanda J. McGee @skylit1]

Want to know what I do? Here's a thread of some of the places you can find my work. Starting with A SINISTER QUARTET, published by @mythicdelirium. A collection of four darkly wonderful tales to give you goosebumps. https://t.co/5eOQdTZ61o

[Amanda J. McGee @skylit1]

I'm so pleased to see a surge in Appalachian fiction right now. It's super timely.

[Nat'l Endow f/t Arts @NEAarts]

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[Amanda J. McGee @skylit1]

It is my birthday week! In honor of my birthday, please share something fun! It could be a cool history fact, a memory, just something that made you smile today. I care not! Give me the contents of your brain!

[Amanda J. McGee @skylit1]

Event this weekend!
https://t.co/h6Ur1lEcTQ

[Amanda J. McGee @skylit1]

About to be mildly more active on here in anticipation of having book stuff to talk about.

[Amanda J. McGee @skylit1]

@matociquala Congratulations!

[Small Wonders Magazine @SmallwondersSFF]

We will be opening to original flash fiction on August 1st! Our plan is to stay open for one month. We're looking forward to reading your stories! You'll be able to send us stories through our submissions page when we open: https://t.co/tKDBKrpDSC

[Amanda J. McGee @skylit1]

Year end post, delayed by happy happenings: https://t.co/HZv01eGmgg

[Amanda J. McGee @skylit1]

@Gabino_Iglesias A grim vision.

[Amanda J. McGee @skylit1]

@Danaiwrites If you get any good recipe recommendations I probably need to cut down on my dairy *cries in cheese addiction 🥲*

[Amanda J. McGee @skylit1]

Happy Holidays, folks! No end of posts this year for obvious reasons but I will try to circle back with my favorite reads from 2023 in January. Hope you all have a wonderful end of the year!

[Amanda J. McGee @skylit1]

Our son Wendell was born last weekend in the wee hours of the morning. He is perfect. Understandably, I am devoting most of my waking moments to his cultivation so imagine I will be absent from here for a while. 🥰

[Kelly Chong @CklBlossom]

The Swamp Goddess

[Amanda J. McGee @skylit1]

This is adorable.

[Amanda J. McGee @skylit1]

I know where I want it to go and I usually have a good idea of the beginning and a sketch of the end. There's a whole sea of middle there, and always the chance the ending will change. I don't understand how people don't write like that! It's terrifying to me! 😅

[harper || mostly updates ✨ @harperhawthorne]

fascinated to discover that there are plenty of authors out there who start publishing a series without fully knowing the plot of where the next books go.

they just like... write it as they go???

if you do this, just know that I fear you. I admire you, but I fear you.

[Amanda J. McGee @skylit1]

Tbh I still rate some books at 3.5 stars that are otherwise good books. They just didn't hit for me. But I get this 100% as an expectation for reviewers.

[Jonathan Louis Duckworth @Joduckwo]

Most books, realistically, are 3.5 stars or thereabouts, but we live with a book ratings system where anything less than 5 stars means the book was an abject failure or the reviewer has beef with the author.

[Amanda J. McGee @skylit1]

@HillaryMonahan My friends' cat had this and they put him on anti-anxiety meds and got him a fun little clown collar he had to wear. Seemed to help a lot.

[Danai Christopoulou | VILE LADY VILLAINS out NOW @Danaiwrites]

Please consider backing us if you’re able! We need more markets out there that can pay pro rates and Haven Spec has some great plans for 2024

[Amanda J. McGee @skylit1]

@Danaiwrites Anything published in print or online!