Fantasy and horror books and blogposts
We are so close to Wedding Day! And given that, my general ability to think thoughts is pretty depleted. Please instead enjoy this pulpy post. But first, some housekeeping for all you lovely readers. I'm featuring a few guest bloggers over the next few weeks while I'm away getting married and traveling and such. I'm... Continue Reading →
I've been reading a lot lately, because I've been super stressed, which means that I read every spare minute. Don't ask me why this is. I can't tell you. You would think that, being stressed, I would engage directly with my stressors and then take my time to enjoy books, but not. I've just been... Continue Reading →
So I watch a lot of anime, I've mentioned, though not as much as some people. I found this anime, which originally aired through 2006 to 2008, while looking for something that would feed my insatiable hunger for more Akatsuki no Yona (which is still up there on my top three along with Ouran High School... Continue Reading →
I read the novel Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynn Jones recently, and it sparked in me some thoughts about adaptations and reimaginings in anime. We've had a lot of controversy about some of those recently. Take Ghost in the Shell, for example, one of the most widely adapted of the anime franchises. I am sure everyone... Continue Reading →
This is not a light-hearted meditation. This is about a lot of things, congealing as they sometimes do for me, because of story. This is not the first time such things have solidified in this way, just the most recent. This is about my grief. It is an old grief. It comes from the child who... Continue Reading →
What a weekend. So I want to start off with some background, here, before I talk about selling books and such. I came into this weekend a bit like a jetplane making an emergency aquatic landing. That is to say, I belly-flopped right into RAI because I was straight up out of fuel and had... Continue Reading →
Hey, friends. This weekend is Roanoke Author Invasion! I'm bringing a bunch of books and oddments, so I hope to see you there! I promise to take more pictures this time and post them for you next week, but until then please enjoy this discussion of robots and artificial intelligence. A few weeks ago I... Continue Reading →
Setting is a difficult thing for many writers. It has certainly been my Achilles heel in some of my work, though I like to think I grow with each story. I've been thinking about it recently, and I think that one of the best ways of thinking about setting in your novel or short story... Continue Reading →
Today I'm going to talk about my experiences publishing paperback books through KDP Select's new paperback platform, versus my experience with Createspace. First of all, let's talk about the platforms. For a long time, Createspace was the only game in town when it came to independent on-demand publishing. This made it possible for self-published authors... Continue Reading →
If you have been reading my stuff for a while, you may remember my first book. Â Child of Brii was and is a new adult urban fantasy/romance book. It was my first book that I ever actually finished writing, if not the first book that I started, and it holds a special place in my... Continue Reading →
Amanda J. McGee, Author 
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