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Tag: Music

September 23, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

Music, Mythology, and Misanthropy: The inspiration behind My Name is Magic, a guest post by Xan van Rooyen

My Name is Magic taught me the incredibly important lesson that in order to be true to the story and characters I’m creating, I have to be true to myself.

September 19, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

Book Review: Lotus Bloom and the Afro Revolution by Sherri Winston

Lots for readers to discuss about racism, activism, school policies, school inequities, bullying, and standing up for what you believe in.

July 26, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

How To Write Music, a guest post by Lio Min

Within BEATING HEART BABY, performances serve as checkpoints for the characters’ internal worlds and showcases for my version/vision of music writing. The roar of an audience cheering for you; the ozonic tang in the air as you prepare to (p)lay your heart on a stage.

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Mixtapes Can Do That, a guest post by Benjamin Roesch

July 26, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

The book takes place in 1995. And when my main character, a fifteen-year-old musical prodigy named Rainey Cobb is gifted a mixtape by Juliet, the girl she has a hopeless crush on, she cradles the tape like a sacred object.

Never Too Much, a guest post by Catherine Bakewell

May 6, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

When I was in middle school, the word “nerd” was thrown around a lot, a word that then meant someone who was too much, who loved something too deeply. This passion was a delicate flame within me when I was 14, a little older than Elissa, the protagonist of my novel, We Are the Song.

I’m With the (Vampire) Band, a guest post by Marlene Perez

July 27, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

Music's role in Marlene Perez's new teen vampire trilogy, THE AFTERLIFE OF THE PARTY, I’M WITH THE BANNED, and A SUCKER FOR YOU.

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The Music that Heals Us, a guest post by Jennie Wexler

July 6, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

For me, like the characters in WHERE IT ALL LANDS, music is the one constant throughout my life that has comforted me and helped me find meaning in the face of tragedy.

Frank Morelli’s Playlist for his Novel, On the Way to Birdland

June 14, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

My strongest source of passion for the literature I was composing at the time came in a language many of us may consider universal: the sweet, poetic symphony of music.

HOW CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN EVERYWHERE BLUE, a guest post by Joanne Rossmassler Fritz

June 9, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

Music in books can be healing. Music can soothe the soul. Music, in fact, can be a form of salvation.

Book Review: As Far As You’ll Take Me by Phil Stamper

February 2, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

A realistically messy and painful story about finding your people and being yourself.

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