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Amanda J. McGee

@amcgeewrites.bsky.social

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Mapmaker by day, spec fic writer by night. Opinions my own. Codex. She/her. A RIVER WIDE (horror novella) coming from Interstellar Flight Press. Currently raising a toddler, so I have ten whole brain cells. http://amandajmcgee.com

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Amanda J. McGee @amcgeewrites.bsky.social · Dec 1

Oh, hey, new followers! Nice to meet you all. I'm Amanda! I write books, most recently A RIVER WIDE, which doesn't have a release date yet but is forthcoming from @interstellarflight.bsky.social and "Viridian" in A SINISTER QUARTET, published by @mythicdelirium.bsky.social. #horrorwriter

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Amanda J. McGee @amcgeewrites.bsky.social · 1d

After some pondering, I feel like the AI fad is catching on because of supreme loneliness. If I am ever tempted to it as a creator, it is always to fill the roles of having a team. Someone who is cheering me on, or providing services that I find exhausting. But AI is not someone. It can't be.

Amanda J. McGee @amcgeewrites.bsky.social · 1d

Because I have received edits, I must wait until edits are done to finally write the climax of the WIP.

a picture of toothless from how to train your dragon with the question " dragons "

Alt: a picture of toothless from how to train your dragon with the question "did somebody say: dragons???? "

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Amanda J. McGee @amcgeewrites.bsky.social · 1d

A RIVER WIDE would be lilac and river mud, with a faint hint of blood.

L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 1d

What would *your* book smell like if you engaged in a mega weirdo scented pages promotional campaign?

Amanda J. McGee @amcgeewrites.bsky.social · 3d

He expected me to actively participate in construction projects, farming, fishing, hunting and skinning animals, and all the other traditionally masculine tasks. There was never any question that I was as smart as or smarter than anyone around me, either.

Ź🖤🥀 @lalaspeaks.bsky.social · 3d

What’s ONE green flag about your father?

Amanda J. McGee @amcgeewrites.bsky.social · 3d

I finished my giant work project of doom (for now, I can already tell it's coming back to my desk for edits, etc) and spent the weekend in a haze of dissolution and bagpipes.

Amanda J. McGee @amcgeewrites.bsky.social · 7d

It's true, y'all. I am a big fan of the new trend of content warnings in books. Older books don't have them, though, so it's important to recognize when dominant cultural norms have changed.

Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · Jun 24

A post just reminded me of this, and I am begging from the BOTTOM OF MY SOUL:

Folks have got to STOP reccing Kushiel to romantasy fans without serious content warnings. And also STOP reccing McCaffrey to Fourth Wing fans without *a whole lot of context* about consent & misogyny in SFF in the 70s.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 7d

ME: Now Mom, just remember, there's a lot of disinformation and AI in your social feed and your friends' Facebook.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.

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Amanda J. McGee @amcgeewrites.bsky.social · 7d

One of the things they don't tell you about having a toddler is how you will literally be lowkey in pain all the time from carrying that big chonker everywhere and never getting recovery sleep.

Amanda J. McGee @amcgeewrites.bsky.social · 7d

This project is giving me so much anxiety right now. One more day, and I'm submitting, for better or worse.

Amanda J. McGee @amcgeewrites.bsky.social · 8d

Almost got got by a phishing scam at the dayjob, told the group chat, and I can hear all my coworkers typing furiously in response.

Amanda J. McGee @amcgeewrites.bsky.social · 9d

Up in the middle of the night again. Been a while! I blame the full moon and the 80+ degree day in October that has required that I turn the air back on.

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Meg Elison @megelison.bsky.social · 11d

Desire and jealousy are map and compass. Ignore them and you're lost.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 13d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Amanda J. McGee @amcgeewrites.bsky.social · 11d

It's a cult and they are all in it. I listened to a wild presentation where the guy was claiming we would have full artificial intelligence in five years. At the end of the presentation he admitted he had AI write the thing. None of the thoughts were his actual original thoughts.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 11d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 12d

Currently at:
— only buy tech too old to have AI built in
— painstakingly disable AI every time they add it to something that used to work perfectly well
— if it can't be switched off, abandon the platform or tool
— if there are no good alternatives, avoid the AI parts
— patiently wait for the crash

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 13d

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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Amanda J. McGee @amcgeewrites.bsky.social · 14d

Tonight is a can't even night.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14d

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Amanda J. McGee @amcgeewrites.bsky.social · 15d

I am so sleep deprived that I have been everywhere thirty minutes early today and also just almost tore apart the brand new monitor I bought thinking that a very key part of the machine was a screen protector, sooooo....yeah. Sorry to everyone.

Amanda J. McGee @amcgeewrites.bsky.social · 15d

Did you know it's only October?

Amanda J. McGee @amcgeewrites.bsky.social · 17d

The number of new albums coming out this month is

a cartoon of a man giving an ok sign with the word perfection below him

Alt: Pacha from Emperor's New Groove giving an ok sign with the word perfection below him

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Amanda J. McGee @amcgeewrites.bsky.social · 17d

The problem with being at the end of a very big project is that you are so out of sorts about it. What do I do now? Very rude.

Amanda J. McGee @amcgeewrites.bsky.social · 17d

Unutterably pissed that this is the timeline.

Amanda J. McGee @amcgeewrites.bsky.social · 21d

Aggressive friendliness works every time.

Amanda J. McGee @amcgeewrites.bsky.social · 21d

Me: *looks out the window* It's rainy fall weather!
Me: *walks outside* oh no. what is this 80 degree jungle air?