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Posts by Amanda MacGregor

June 5, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Book Review: Code Red by Joy McCullough

A fantastic look at periods, social justice, period poverty, economic inequalities, and the power of taking action. Get this one on all shelves!

June 2, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

A Case for Fun and Games, a guest post by Andrew Auseon

If we as adults (and authors) can’t give our kids a world that makes any sense, the least we can do is let them play in one.

June 1, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

In the Tunnel: One Companion Novel’s Purpose, a guest post by Julie Lee

This companion novel allows me to tell another one of those untold stories—uncovered through videos and memoirs and articles—of a young boy yearning to, one day, reunite with his father.  

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Evolution is Self Portrait, a guest post by Kate Glasheen

May 31, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Change renders the facades of what’s loved into something else.

Cute, Sensitive, Funny: Creating A Happily Ever After, a guest post by India Hill Brown

May 31, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

I’m a sucker for a good happily ever after. I believe that most people deserve one, and deserve to see people like themselves have one. Which is one of the reasons I wrote Rhythm & Muse, to fill a void that I wasn’t finding at the time. A black, teenage boy finding his.

Back in the (Literary) Saddle, a guest post by Jessica Burkhart

May 30, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

This is my love letter to all the equestrians who haven’t seen themselves on the page. I’m going to need your help and support to get my books into the hands of kids who want and need them, so I hope you go on this ride with me.

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We Have Always Been Here; We Always Will Be, a guest post by Kate Fussner

May 30, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Growing up, I loved fairy tales and Greek myths. As a young queer person, I was keenly aware of how LGBTQIA+ characters never appeared in these stories.

LOST IN TAIWAN: The Story Behind My New Graphic Novel, a guest post by Mark Crilley

May 26, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Crilley talks about writing and illustrating a novel paying tribute to Taiwan more than 30 years after living there to teach English.

GROWING UP GAY IN THE 80s: Two very close friends dealing with the same secret in very different ways, a guest post by Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner, and Carlyn Greenwald

May 25, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Even if the road ahead is scary, we’re optimistic for the future and grateful for how far we have come. TIME OUT, ultimately, is filled with that optimism.

Joy Is an Act of Resistance, a guest post by Kendall Kulper

May 24, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

The seriousness of issues doesn’t mean there’s no room for joyfulness. On the contrary, by cultivating and celebrating joy and all that it encompasses—hope, unity, resiliency—we can more powerfully effect change than we ever thought possible.

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