
The Yarn
Amanda MacGregor, August 18, 2022 | Guest Post
How a notebook I kept as a kid became the spark for my first novel, Frances and the Monster, twenty years later.
Amanda MacGregor, August 17, 2022 | Guest Post
I struggled for several years to find a way to do “Goblin Market” justice, while still respecting my audience.
Karen Jensen, MLS, August 16, 2022 | new books, Teen Literature
Author Joanne Levy discusses her new release, The Book of Elsie
Amanda MacGregor, August 16, 2022 | Guest Post
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.
Amanda MacGregor, August 15, 2022 | Guest Post
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.
Amanda MacGregor, August 11, 2022 | Guest Post
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.
Amanda MacGregor, August 10, 2022 | Guest Post
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.
Amanda MacGregor, August 4, 2022 | Guest Post
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.
Amanda MacGregor, August 3, 2022 | Guest Post
During the middle school years, kids are in different phases of development, navigating puberty, exploring their identities, and transitioning from childhood into young adulthood. To say a lot is going on would be an understatement.
Amanda MacGregor, August 2, 2022 | Guest Post
My debut novel, Hello, Goodbye, has many elements at play— adventure, mystery, humor, and romance—but, at its core, lies a love story. But the great love of this tale isn’t romantic love, but rather the pure, unconditional love shared between a grandparent and grandchild.
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