How are you, friends? Long time no chat. I haven't written at all this week. I was really down on myself about it, but then I realized that a) I'm ahead of my goals for my wordcount this year anyway and b) I'm about to take on a really hard scene and maybe I just... Continue Reading →
Turning to history
There’s a lot going on in the political theatre right now and, if we’re all honest with ourselves, there has been for a while. A lot of that is fueled by the presence of climate change but some of it is the natural cycle of modern human societies, wherein the powerful do their best to... Continue Reading →
The Darkest Time of Year and Goals for 2025
It's 2025, and I'm in my annual social media detox, which, combined with the ever-present darkness, has left me with a lot of time for thoughts. Yes, I did this on purpose, being desirous of having thoughts, getting back to writing those thoughts in a blog form, and also making words on the page. Also,... Continue Reading →
Reading Roundup: Summer/Fall 2024
All the books I read in the second half of 2024.
Year End Recap
Good evening, hello there, howdy do! I vanished for the fall, and I'm just popping in to say some things about 2024, as one does in December. Probably no "Best of" posts this year, because I am generally otherwise occupied right now, but I did want to celebrate my accomplishments this year, as is tradition.... Continue Reading →
Things to know about having a baby (in three parts)
Hi, so you had a baby and you're writing and also working a dayjob. Welcome to a fiasco. Buckle up. Here's some things -- specifically my things, specifically things that happened to me. Let's go. Part A: The Biology Thing 1: Breastfeeding takes up more of your time than you possibly think it could and... Continue Reading →
Reading Round-up: Spring 2024
I've read a ton since the baby was born, mostly because there's not a lot else to do while nursing. Here's a brief spring list, much delayed due to the difficulty finding computer time not otherwise allocated for keeping the family fed. Summer list to follow, fear not, but I thought I'd break things down... Continue Reading →
Event this weekend!
Hello, friends, longtime no chat! In case you've missed it, I'll be at a local event this weekend reading some previously unpublished (aka NEVER BEFORE SEEN) science fiction! I'm just the warm-up act - the event itself is the book launch for a fun nonfiction book called Ground Control, which is about the ethics of... Continue Reading →
Reading Round-up: Maternity Edition
As you might imagine, I read a lot of books at the end of 2023/beginning of 2024 while I was on maternity leave and I had very little time to talk about them, so I will attempt to do a quick and dirty round-up of everything at last now that I'm somewhat more functional in... Continue Reading →
Baby brain and meanderings
I downloaded this chapbook from Brain Jar Press called From Baby Brain to Writer Brain. It's the reflections of one author on how to come back to a creative life post-matrescence. Matrescence is a cool word I learned thanks to NPR that describes pretty accurately what having a baby feels like. There was me before,... Continue Reading →
Amanda J. McGee, Author 
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