stories for women who like to be seen and heard
What happens when your ambitions intersect with work, home, and the rest of your life?
Badge In Here
Available in October! ebook, audiobook, & paperback
Mirabelle identifies as an optimistic young tech professional.
Mirabelle has the FastStart T-shirt that came in the conference swag bag, but she can’t wear it. Her boyfriend, Kyle, will be scornful when she arrives home with another men’s XL that swims down to her knees.
“You’re a feminist,” he says. “Why do you work in an industry that doesn’t admit you exist?”
“To make it better!”
But she concedes that it’s an uphill battle when so many things are designed without her in mind.
Sue McGarry is a San Francisco author with a long career as a software designer in Silicon Valley. She writes fiction about bold women whose challenges are as steep as the hills of the city where she lives. Sue has read twice at Lit Crawl, a well-known San Francisco literary event—most recently from her debut novel, Badge In Here. Her short story Step On A Crack was a Finalist for Dialogue in the 2018 CRAFT Elements contest. Her substack features lighthearted essays about writer life, plus some ridiculous poems.
At Grace Hopper Celebration 2026, myself and three other women will be panelists at “A Gen X, a Gen X, a Millenial, and a Boomer Walk into a Tech Conference.” We’ll each open with our tech origin story, each one unique.
