My website (which is definitely a work in progress and is currently undergoing some updating) is here: www dot amandagaelic-writing dot com (turns out I have to spell it out to fool the fanfic site). I look forward 'seeing' you.

Likes:

Traveling, staying home, Harper Lee, sitting by a campfire at night in a too-big sweatshirt, Riesling and Cabernet (but not together), Eddie Vedder's sexy growl, Staind lyrics, the way listening to Snow Patrol makes me feel, anything by Led Zeppelin, watching my husband with our daughter, watching my husband do just about anything, that scene in Forrest Gump when Forrest and Jenny meet in D.C. in the middle of the Washington Memorial reflection pool, the last 15 minutes of Field of Dreams, BBQ'd burnt ends, planning things and making lists, crème brulee, telling stories, Jensen Ackles' eyes, Colin Farrell's accent, Charlie Cox's mouth, and Luke Pasqualino's voice (Guilty. Pleasure. #fullstop).

I think that's it. For now.

Dislikes:

Waking up five minutes before the alarm goes off, assumptions, accomplishing an errand that I forgot to put on my to-do list and thereby preventing the opportunity to cross that errand off said list, having to take my car to get the oil changed.

Bio:

On any given day, and in no particular order, I am a friend, a sister, a mom, a wife, a lover, a daughter, a survivor, a storyteller.

I have a fascinating daughter, a frickin' demanding job, and a fantastically inspiring muse. I am married to an amazing, uber-tolerant, blue-eyed, soccer loving, multi-talented and multi-faceted man. My current eccentricity (there have been many over the years) is writing stories about heroes, survivors, and underdogs. My argument? Anything that sparks imagination cannot be bad for you.

Ambition for writing:

I like reading and writing stories that take you out of your situation for awhile. That's the amazing thing about writing fiction, I think. You give yourself permission to say and do and be things in a story that you might not dream of doing in real life. I simply want to tell a story and make it entertaining for the time that the words are in front of you, and make the characters real enough that you empathize with their situation. If you take anything else away from it, well, that's like...finding 20 bucks in the pocket of a coat you haven't worn since last winter.

Random Info:

I completed a story with Sojourner84 called Sunday Bloody Sunday. It's posted under Sojourner's name on , and if you're interested, it can be found here: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3712822/1/Sunday_Bloody_Sunday.

I also wrote with the team over at Supernaturalville's Virtual Seasons for a time. My episodes are now all posted here on .

Slán agus beannacht leat!

Slainte.