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Tag: Inspiration

August 30, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

May Your Creativity Runneth Over, a guest post by Charlene Thomas

One of my biggest fears for a long time was what if I run out of something new to say? What if I run out of ideas, or plot lines, or characters who feel real enough to write about?

August 24, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

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

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.

July 12, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

Finding Macy’s Voice, a guest post by Lakita Wilson

Be Real, Macy Weaver is a story about a girl discovering and embracing her own identity. In some ways, Macy and this novel helped me “be real” about who I am as a writer and trust my own voice more. I wouldn’t trade this two-year journey for anything. Thank you, Macy-girl!

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An Ode to Summer, a guest post by Ellen Hagan

July 7, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

Don’t Call Me a Hurricane was inspired by all of those beautiful and life changing summers. I wanted to write a novel in verse about strong friendships and young people rising up together.

SQUIRE and How to Build a World, Together, a guest post by Nadia Shammas and Sara Alfageeh

March 11, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

Creators of the graphic novel SQUIRE talk process, inspiration, and being left out of fantasy stories.

Three Inspirations Behind Blood Scion, a guest post by Deborah Falaye

March 1, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

The inspiration behind a story about a young girl descended from the Orisha gods, grounded in the myths and legends of the Yoruba culture.

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There’s Something About Islands, a guest post by Michael D. Beil

February 9, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

In the same way that characters are often composites of real people (in my case, often my students), the fictional Swallowtail Island is made up of little bits of all the islands in my past.

Don’t Tell Kids Ideas Are Everywhere, a guest post by Dori Hillestad Butler

February 4, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

I tell kids that I get my ideas from my dog, but I also tell them that they are the source of their own best ideas.

The ocean, an elephant, and a historical figure: Three things that inspired The Boy Who Met a Whale, a guest post by Nizrana Farook

February 3, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

The inspirations behind the story of a Sri Lankan boy's adventure at sea.

Raiding the Junk Drawer, a guest post by Hope Larson

October 15, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

SALT MAGIC began when I ripped up some plywood flooring in my old house and found a 1927 newspaper article underneath. A few years later I stumbled onto the newspaper article in my files, did a little research, and became totally freaking obsessed.

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