Public Libraries

Date Range

Last 30 days
Last 6 months
Last 12 months
Last 24 months
Specific Dates
From:

To:

Category

Author/Illustrator

Specific Author

Publisher

Specific Publisher

Tag

Where There’s Smoke There’s Inspiration, a guest post by Iain Lawrence

Where There’s Smoke There’s Inspiration, a guest post by Iain Lawrence
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Aug 24, 2022
I was working with the British Columbia Forest Service as a summer job that lasted only a few weeks. But the experience inspired my new middle-grade novel Fire on Headless Mountain and became a part of the story.
What’s Your Issue, Fleur? A guest post by Fleur Bradley

What’s Your Issue, Fleur? A guest post by Fleur Bradley
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Aug 22, 2022
How am I supposed to cover the political complexities of incarceration in America for that eight-year-old who just showed me their cat?
The Limitless Potential of an Idea, a guest post by Refe Tuma

The Limitless Potential of an Idea, a guest post by Refe Tuma
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Aug 18, 2022
How a notebook I kept as a kid became the spark for my first novel, Frances and the Monster, twenty years later.
In the Haunted Glen: Finding the Middle Grade in “Goblin Market,” a guest post by Diane Zahler

In the Haunted Glen: Finding the Middle Grade in “Goblin Market,” a guest post by Diane Zahler
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Aug 17, 2022
I struggled for several years to find a way to do “Goblin Market” justice, while still respecting my audience.
How to Befriend Your Fears, a guest post by Ryan La Sala

How to Befriend Your Fears, a guest post by Ryan La Sala
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Aug 16, 2022
We can’t always understand the things that scare us, but scary stories are the safest places to experience our fears again and again, as many times as it takes for them to become comfortably familiar.
A Message to My Younger Self, a guest post by Erin Entrada Kelly

A Message to My Younger Self, a guest post by Erin Entrada Kelly
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Aug 15, 2022
Every time I write and illustrate a new adventure for Marisol, I’m reaching back thirty-five years, whispering to a younger version of myself, saying: You are not invisible. You are not alone.
Reimagining Greek Myths, a guest post by Laura Brooke Robson

Reimagining Greek Myths, a guest post by Laura Brooke Robson
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Aug 11, 2022
The Sea Knows My Name asks how our stories shape us. It asks us what happens when all our stories are about Zeus rather than Leda; Apollo rather than Daphne; Ajax rather than Cassandra.
What if a Story Doesn’t End?: How My Eleven-Year-Old Character Changed My Mind about Traditional Narrative, a guest post by Louise Hawes

What if a Story Doesn’t End?: How My Eleven-Year-Old Character Changed My Mind about Traditional Narrative, a guest post by Louise Hawes
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Aug 10, 2022
I don’t think I’ll ever forget the things Hazmat has taught me, I don’t think I want to: I love thinking of book plots (and life!) without a beginning, middle, and end…but, instead, seeing moments and days as a wild quilt flashing by, a horizon that keeps opening and expanding …on and on.
Beating Burnout and Scribing Shipshape, a guest post by E. E. Dowd

Beating Burnout and Scribing Shipshape, a guest post by E. E. Dowd
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Aug 04, 2022
While I wish I could say that burnout can be solved by writing a book, it can’t. But it was a good start and helped me realize how much I love education and teaching. It helped me find my way back to what I love.
749 articles
ALREADY A SUBSCRIBER?

We are currently offering this content for free. Sign up now to activate your personal profile, where you can save articles for future viewing

ALREADY A SUBSCRIBER?