AmandaGW
@amandagw.bsky.social
Mom, Wife, Writer (YA & MG Horror/Thriller/Paranormal), Advocate, 🌈🏳️⚧️Ally, Attorney, I love cheese/chocolate/art/lifting/stories in the spirit of The Goonies. No Kings. She/Her
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AmandaGW
@amandagw.bsky.social
· May 6
You guys. My brain is *buzzing* with my MG Horror WIP. 🖤 This is the closest to a fever dream experience I’ve ever been. How can these characters that sprang from my imagination feel so REAL!?
I’ve been wearing my glasses more lately and have discovered they make my face look far less haggard. Especially on Zoom calls!😆 Wish I’d realized this years ago! Now I understand how Clark Kent got away with his—what I used to think of as a—flimsy disguise.
December 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I’ve been wearing my glasses more lately and have discovered they make my face look far less haggard. Especially on Zoom calls!😆 Wish I’d realized this years ago! Now I understand how Clark Kent got away with his—what I used to think of as a—flimsy disguise.
Huh. I guess it’s a good thing I left that pumpkin on the patio after all! Some critter had a frozen snack last night. 😆
December 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Huh. I guess it’s a good thing I left that pumpkin on the patio after all! Some critter had a frozen snack last night. 😆
PSA for my fellow caregivers of school-aged children:
Just because it’s spirit week (again) doesn’t mean you need to participate in EVERY single holiday themed PJ/ugly sweater/festive colors/blingy accessories day the school dreams up.
It’s really okay. 💖
Just because it’s spirit week (again) doesn’t mean you need to participate in EVERY single holiday themed PJ/ugly sweater/festive colors/blingy accessories day the school dreams up.
It’s really okay. 💖
December 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
PSA for my fellow caregivers of school-aged children:
Just because it’s spirit week (again) doesn’t mean you need to participate in EVERY single holiday themed PJ/ugly sweater/festive colors/blingy accessories day the school dreams up.
It’s really okay. 💖
Just because it’s spirit week (again) doesn’t mean you need to participate in EVERY single holiday themed PJ/ugly sweater/festive colors/blingy accessories day the school dreams up.
It’s really okay. 💖
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I will be pushing for a moratorium on the construction of data centers that are powering the unregulated sprint to develop & deploy AI.
The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.
The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.
It's Time for a Moratorium on Data Centers | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
youtu.be
December 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I will be pushing for a moratorium on the construction of data centers that are powering the unregulated sprint to develop & deploy AI.
The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.
The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.
ChatGPT can go prompt itself into oblivion.
December 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
ChatGPT can go prompt itself into oblivion.
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The year is 2382. All physical and digital media was lost in a great cataclysm that humanity has gradually rebuilt itself from. The village gathers for festivities and drinks. A travelling musician plays a song passed down in folk tradition for centuries. It is called the YMCA. Everyone joins in
December 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The year is 2382. All physical and digital media was lost in a great cataclysm that humanity has gradually rebuilt itself from. The village gathers for festivities and drinks. A travelling musician plays a song passed down in folk tradition for centuries. It is called the YMCA. Everyone joins in
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As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin
Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
Good morning, world. May this week be more peaceful than the last.
December 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Good morning, world. May this week be more peaceful than the last.
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Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
By the power of SnowShovel . . .
I have the POWER!
I have the POWER!
December 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
By the power of SnowShovel . . .
I have the POWER!
I have the POWER!
Pro Tip: Need to shovel snow but can’t find your boots? Wear those muddy sneakers you’ve been meaning to clean. The snow sparkles them right up.
Bonus Tip: Dog doo bags or bread bags over your socks work great for keeping your feet dry inside the sneakers.😆
Bonus Tip: Dog doo bags or bread bags over your socks work great for keeping your feet dry inside the sneakers.😆
December 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Pro Tip: Need to shovel snow but can’t find your boots? Wear those muddy sneakers you’ve been meaning to clean. The snow sparkles them right up.
Bonus Tip: Dog doo bags or bread bags over your socks work great for keeping your feet dry inside the sneakers.😆
Bonus Tip: Dog doo bags or bread bags over your socks work great for keeping your feet dry inside the sneakers.😆
My children have made additions to our little nativity scene on the fireplace mantle because, of course, there were poopa troopers and purple squishy aliens at the birth of Jesus.
December 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
My children have made additions to our little nativity scene on the fireplace mantle because, of course, there were poopa troopers and purple squishy aliens at the birth of Jesus.
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🎁 Give the gift of reading 📚
For every book purchased on familius.com during the month of December, we're donating a children's book to the nonprofit Operation Literacy!
Join us in helping families be happy...one book at a time ❤️
#BookSale #Booksky #Readersky
For every book purchased on familius.com during the month of December, we're donating a children's book to the nonprofit Operation Literacy!
Join us in helping families be happy...one book at a time ❤️
#BookSale #Booksky #Readersky
December 12, 2025 at 1:44 AM
🎁 Give the gift of reading 📚
For every book purchased on familius.com during the month of December, we're donating a children's book to the nonprofit Operation Literacy!
Join us in helping families be happy...one book at a time ❤️
#BookSale #Booksky #Readersky
For every book purchased on familius.com during the month of December, we're donating a children's book to the nonprofit Operation Literacy!
Join us in helping families be happy...one book at a time ❤️
#BookSale #Booksky #Readersky
Every election year for the rest of my life I am going to be screaming, “Remember the terms of 45/47. Don’t let it happen again.”
And then after I’m dead, I’m gonna haul my tired ghost a$$ back from the beyond and HAUNT voters to make sure they don’t forget. 🙄
We live in a vile timeline.
And then after I’m dead, I’m gonna haul my tired ghost a$$ back from the beyond and HAUNT voters to make sure they don’t forget. 🙄
We live in a vile timeline.
December 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Every election year for the rest of my life I am going to be screaming, “Remember the terms of 45/47. Don’t let it happen again.”
And then after I’m dead, I’m gonna haul my tired ghost a$$ back from the beyond and HAUNT voters to make sure they don’t forget. 🙄
We live in a vile timeline.
And then after I’m dead, I’m gonna haul my tired ghost a$$ back from the beyond and HAUNT voters to make sure they don’t forget. 🙄
We live in a vile timeline.
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Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water
New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
archive.ph/9KrlB
Wired©️
The Adulteration and Degradation of the Food Supply
tinyurl.com/msza244w
New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
archive.ph/9KrlB
Wired©️
The Adulteration and Degradation of the Food Supply
tinyurl.com/msza244w
December 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water
New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
archive.ph/9KrlB
Wired©️
The Adulteration and Degradation of the Food Supply
tinyurl.com/msza244w
New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
archive.ph/9KrlB
Wired©️
The Adulteration and Degradation of the Food Supply
tinyurl.com/msza244w
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CRAFT CHAT! Let's talk about one of my favourite craft techniques for fiction—the use of colour and shade!
This blog post is a great place to start, and many thanks to Ingrind Sunberg for creating it in the first place.
This blog post is a great place to start, and many thanks to Ingrind Sunberg for creating it in the first place.
The Color Thesaurus
I love to collect words. Making word lists can help to find the voice of my story, dig into the emotion of a scene, or create variety. One of my on-going word collections is of colors. I love to st…
ingridsnotes.wordpress.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
CRAFT CHAT! Let's talk about one of my favourite craft techniques for fiction—the use of colour and shade!
This blog post is a great place to start, and many thanks to Ingrind Sunberg for creating it in the first place.
This blog post is a great place to start, and many thanks to Ingrind Sunberg for creating it in the first place.
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I'll be on @jimmykimmel.com tonight - tune in at 11:35pm ET!
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I'll be on @jimmykimmel.com tonight - tune in at 11:35pm ET!
🖤 Q1. Hello! I’m AmandaGW and I write mostly ghosty and supernatural horror for YA and MG readers. I can’t listen to music while writing, but other sounds (my kids tearing through the house, the dogs barking, etc.) don’t bother me.
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
Q1.
#HorrorWritersChat, you know what to do.
No links. Not till the end. No sneaky promo. Just lots of lovely lovely chat.
#HorrorWritersChat, you know what to do.
No links. Not till the end. No sneaky promo. Just lots of lovely lovely chat.
December 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
🖤 Q1. Hello! I’m AmandaGW and I write mostly ghosty and supernatural horror for YA and MG readers. I can’t listen to music while writing, but other sounds (my kids tearing through the house, the dogs barking, etc.) don’t bother me.
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
Just saw a video of someone crying and saying it’s sad when they find handmade items at thrift stores. But . . . thrift stores gives objects a second chance at usefulness! My youngest found the cutest purple crocheted octopus at our local thrift store recently. It’s clearly handmade. He loves it!
December 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Just saw a video of someone crying and saying it’s sad when they find handmade items at thrift stores. But . . . thrift stores gives objects a second chance at usefulness! My youngest found the cutest purple crocheted octopus at our local thrift store recently. It’s clearly handmade. He loves it!
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gaaaah THANK YOU @crimereads.bsky.social!!! So honored!
December 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
gaaaah THANK YOU @crimereads.bsky.social!!! So honored!
This might mark me as an official Old (or at least confirm that I don’t have teenage kids of my own), but do teens these days *really* drink coffee? In real life? Every YA book I read has the characters drinking coffee, but you couldn’t have paid me to drink it until I was well into my 30s . . .
December 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This might mark me as an official Old (or at least confirm that I don’t have teenage kids of my own), but do teens these days *really* drink coffee? In real life? Every YA book I read has the characters drinking coffee, but you couldn’t have paid me to drink it until I was well into my 30s . . .
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I said it before, will say it again -- generative AI fetishizes "ideas" while sneering at effort, execution, and education. That, despite Gen-AI being built on and out of other people's effort, execution and education.
A.I. and the Fetishization Of Ideas
In writing and in dispensing my (very dubious, probably shady) writing advice, I am often keen to note that ideas are bullshit. Most writers treat them like precious gems when really, ideas are lik…
terribleminds.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I said it before, will say it again -- generative AI fetishizes "ideas" while sneering at effort, execution, and education. That, despite Gen-AI being built on and out of other people's effort, execution and education.
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We are dealing with such corruption in every aspect of our government, I don't know how we undo the damage.
December 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
We are dealing with such corruption in every aspect of our government, I don't know how we undo the damage.
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Getting physical copies of my writing never, ever gets old. So thankful “Give Me Wings” took flight in MONSTROUS ANGELS, edited by @arwyns.bsky.social. Order your copy and meet Arlo Pearson, that filmmaker who went to Armenia in search of a musical monk but found instead a murderous mystery.
December 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Getting physical copies of my writing never, ever gets old. So thankful “Give Me Wings” took flight in MONSTROUS ANGELS, edited by @arwyns.bsky.social. Order your copy and meet Arlo Pearson, that filmmaker who went to Armenia in search of a musical monk but found instead a murderous mystery.