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The story behind How To Be Brave, or: how to write about food poverty in children’s literature, a guest post by Daisy May Johnson

The story behind How To Be Brave, or: how to write about food poverty in children’s literature, a guest post by Daisy May Johnson
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Sep 26, 2022
Food poverty is a visible and pressing issue for readers and if I was going to write a modern day boarding school story that had any honesty, it had to reflect that.
Music, Mythology, and Misanthropy: The inspiration behind My Name is Magic, a guest post by Xan van Rooyen

Music, Mythology, and Misanthropy: The inspiration behind My Name is Magic, a guest post by Xan van Rooyen
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Sep 23, 2022
My Name is Magic taught me the incredibly important lesson that in order to be true to the story and characters I’m creating, I have to be true to myself.
On Resiliency, a guest post by Sarah Guillory

On Resiliency, a guest post by Sarah Guillory
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Sep 22, 2022
This book is my heart, a love letter to home and family and stories. It exists because I refused to quit.
Mixed Feelings: Biracial Readers and Choosing a Side, a guest post by Michael Mann

Mixed Feelings: Biracial Readers and Choosing a Side, a guest post by Michael Mann
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Sep 20, 2022
As writers, and readers, we connect with so many characters that are so different from us – that’s the beauty of the books. I hope that by having more biracial characters in books we can make those connections deeper.
Why I Write Middle Grade with Grownups in Mind, too, a guest post by Emily Barth Isler

Why I Write Middle Grade with Grownups in Mind, too, a guest post by Emily Barth Isler
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Sep 20, 2022
Getting comfortable with discomfort is a lifelong lesson we're all working on. Just because the main characters of a book are middle grade age doesn't mean older people can't get something from the story.
Reforging Creativity, a guest post by Jay Hosler

Reforging Creativity, a guest post by Jay Hosler
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Sep 19, 2022
Santiago Ramon y Cajal is my hero. He took art and science and he reforged them into a single creative endeavor. He helped unlock some of the fundamental mysteries of our dragon-imagining brains with inventive ingenuity and artist flair.
Finding Your Place by Author Caroline Gertler

Finding Your Place by Author Caroline Gertler
Karen Jensen, MLS | Blogs,  Sep 16, 2022
Author Caroline Gertler discusses her new middle grade novel, Where You've Got to Be
Is Social Media Making You Anxious? Me, too, a guest post by Deb Caletti

Is Social Media Making You Anxious? Me, too, a guest post by Deb Caletti
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Sep 15, 2022
You may see yourself in all those squares, but, friend, there is only one you. The you yourself, a you with your own epic story, as every creature and human being who ever lived has an epic story.
A Book, a Movie, and a Secret Brother, a guest post by Anika Fajardo

A Book, a Movie, and a Secret Brother, a guest post by Anika Fajardo
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Sep 15, 2022
What do these three things have in common? Maybe nothing to you, but for me, these were the inspiration for my new middle-grade novel Meet Me Halfway.
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