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Getting to the Heart of Why I Write, a guest post by Wendelin van Draanen

Getting to the Heart of Why I Write, a guest post by Wendelin van Draanen
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Sep 09, 2025
Courage reaches very directly to the heart of why I write. It’s not easy navigating the teen years.
Three Parenting Questions, and a Novel-Length Answer, a guest post by J. A. Dauber

Three Parenting Questions, and a Novel-Length Answer, a guest post by J. A. Dauber
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Sep 08, 2025
Obviously, every parent has their own version of these issues; these are just some of ours. But it’s a delicate balance, and we’re well aware of our risk of wobbling a bit as we try to strike it.
The “What-If” Dilemma, a guest post by Dan Gutman

The “What-If” Dilemma, a guest post by Dan Gutman
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Sep 08, 2025
I was almost finished writing “The Picasso Curse” when the theme of the book occurred to me—decision anxiety. 
Check Your Connection: Character in YA literature, a guest post by Susan Metallo

Check Your Connection: Character in YA literature, a guest post by Susan Metallo
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Sep 05, 2025
When an author bears witness to the experience of adolescence through a real, living, breathing, complicated, messy protagonist caught in a web of complicated, messy relationships, readers notice.
SELFSAME SISTERHOOD: Exploring Sisterhood and Twinship in GRAVE FLOWERS, a dark royalcore fantasy, a guest post by Autumn Krause

SELFSAME SISTERHOOD: Exploring Sisterhood and Twinship in GRAVE FLOWERS, a dark royalcore fantasy, a guest post by Autumn Krause
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Sep 04, 2025
In sisterhood, you see various versions of yourself, souls raised in the same forage yet emerging in various shapes and conditions.
Community Is Central to Libraries and Sesame Street | From the Editor

Community Is Central to Libraries and Sesame Street | From the Editor
Hallie Rich,  Sep 04, 2025

As my community expands from Library Journal to now include School Library Journal, I am eager to understand more about what you, our SLJ readers, value and how our publications can best support your needs.

Growing Fangs, a guest post by Marker Snyder

Growing Fangs, a guest post by Marker Snyder
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Sep 03, 2025
In eighth grade, I was scared of the world finding out the truth about me. But I think, even scarier, was admitting that truth to myself.
The Amazing True Story of the Lake Peigneur Texaco Disaster: A Tale that Required Two Genres to Tell, a guest post by Allan Wolf

The Amazing True Story of the Lake Peigneur Texaco Disaster: A Tale that Required Two Genres to Tell, a guest post by Allan Wolf
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Sep 02, 2025
How I ended up writing Junius Leak and the Spiraling Vortex of Doom and The Vanishing of Lake Peigneur, two companion books sprung from a single seed.
Spooky Encounters, a guest post by Tracy Badua

Spooky Encounters, a guest post by Tracy Badua
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Sep 02, 2025
Next time you’re worried you’re not quite as alone as you think, remember that not all spooky encounters are what they seem. And you’ll maybe even get a fun story out of it.  
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