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AmandaGW

@amandagw.bsky.social

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Mom, Wife, Writer (YA & MG Horror/Thriller/Sci-Fi), Advocate, 🌈Ally, Attorney, I love cheese/chocolate/art/yoga/stories in the spirit of The Goonies. BLM. 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!?

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AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 1m

This makes me so very sad. She made every movie she was in better.💙
variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Diane Keaton, Oscar-Winning ‘Annie Hall’ Star, Dies at 79

Diane Keaton, who starred in "Annie Hall," has died. She was 79.

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Maria Tureaud 🕯✒️🕯✒️ @mariatureaud.bsky.social · 1d

It's the last day to enter the THIS HOUSE WILL FEED ARC giveaway over on #Goodreads so get moving! #booksky #goodreadsgiveaway #writersky #horrorsky

www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Maria Tureaud holding up an ARC of THIS HOUSE WILL FEED

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Jenna Satterthwaite @jennaschmenna.bsky.social · 1d

Final giveaway for my 3rd book baby before it releases November 4th...

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AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 1d

*Brutal. 😆

AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 1d

Oof. Brutalz

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Cynthia “Cina” Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re in Chicago —

One way to help is support these small Latino businesses.

Many communities are experiencing massive slowdowns because people are scared to leave their houses, and so people aren’t shopping, eating out, going to the carnecerias and panaderias.

Support our small businesses.

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AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 1d

I think you do!😂

AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 1d

MD!

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AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 1d

Oof. I bet! But I bet Canada is wonderful otherwise.

**Sighs in American English while wistfully thinking of a time when my country wasn’t run by an orange pile of💩**

AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 1d

About the same here. I love it but it’s also decidedly chilly.😆

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AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 1d

That’s ours as well. When the inside dips below 63, that’s when we know it’s time. 😊

AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 1d

😂 Yes, we’re in MD and it was in the 40s last night. I wouldn’t even have suggested it yet but it’s going to be rainy here as well, which makes the cold that much colder.

AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 1d

Let the annual battle over when to turn on the heat commence!

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Klaire Lockheart @klairelockheart.bsky.social · 2d

I would love it if you stopped by the Sioux City Art Center to see my new painting! It’s part of the Local Perspectives exhibition, and you can see it at 225 Nebraska Street, Sioux City, Iowa now until February 8th, 2026.

#Brodalisque #Aeschylus #SiouxCityArtCenter #OilPainting #art

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AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 2d

We’re getting into cool enough weather now that the butter stays hard-ish when left in the dish on the kitchen counter!

Yesssssssss

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2d

No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 as closely as Democracy Docket. It is providing gavel to gavel coverage of the ongoing hearing over whether the Texas gerrymander will be in place for the midterms.

Support its work by subscribing now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 2d

I watched this as a tween and it totally scarred me. Then I watched The Fourth Kind as an adult and my fear of little green men crystallized for all eternity. 😆💚

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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 2d

It's a great week to go to the library (though every week is) and check out a banned book!! www.ala.org/bbooks

Two stickers and one bookmark. All three have the word censorship crossed out then is so 1984. Below that is Read for your rights!

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 3d

People ask what they can do in this moment: here's a crucially important election. There are 52,000 elections taking place next month, many of which will be determined by turnout.

Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 4d

Dispatch from Pennsylvania on a highly unusual state Supreme Court election—one of the few most consequential matters on the ballot anywhere in the country next month. New from me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...

Inside the Clunky Elections to Control Pennsylvania's Supreme Court - Bolts

The GOP is making an expensive push to end Democrats’ majority on a court at the center of election lawsuits, sparking a fledging campaign season with little precedent or template.

boltsmag.org

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AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 3d

This. 💜

AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 3d

Love it when this happens! Outdoor time/movement/water…all magic when feeling stuck. 😊

AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 3d

Finally starting to feel like fall!

Happy Wednesday, friends!

Yellow and purple mum flowers planted in a grey gardening bed, all wet from light autumn rain.

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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 3d

Today’s the day @barnesandnoble.com recommends you read WHEN THE WOLF COMES HOME. They are professionals; who are we to disagree with their assessment??

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AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 3d

Same here.💜

AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 4d

😆 Your mom sounds cool