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Tag: Research

September 13, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Stories Are Everywhere, a guest post by Kate Albus

How lucky we are. So many stories out there, hiding in plain sight. Just waiting to be found. 

May 2, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

My research journey led me to Vieques, a guest post by Talia Aikens-Nuñez

Hopefully readers of Men of the 65th will be as impacted by the story of the Borinqueneers as I was by visiting Vieques.

April 26, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

How BUFFALO FLATS Flattened Me: Turning Your Family History into Historical Fiction, a guest post by Martine Leavitt

If you have inherited a story from your progenitors that you think might make a book, go for it. It’s worth a little detour through hell.

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Peaches on Ice, a guest post by Erin Soderberg Downing

April 5, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

To me, this is one of the best parts of writing and reading stories—getting a chance to visit some wonderful places on earth, even (maybe especially?) if it is from the comfort of my own snuggly bed.

Why We Read and Write Nonfiction, a guest post by Kathie MacIsaac and Rebecca E. F. Barone

October 18, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

The authors talk about their shared love of nonfiction and their new books.

The Perfect Pairing: Historical Fiction & Nonfiction for Tweens, a guest post by Susan J. Austin

October 17, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

Historical fiction helps [kids] see that the past is closer to the present than they ever imagined, that the lives of people who lived long ago are not so different from their own.

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It’s a Small World! A guest post by Betty Culley

May 10, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

In THE NATURAL GENIUS OF ANTS, Harvard Corson has a huge task in front of him and only a short summer to accomplish it—trying to get his doctor father to forgive himself for a very big mistake that cost a baby her life. Not only that, but Harvard also needs to keep an ant colony alive!

Helping Turtles: Writing as Conservation Work, a guest post by Diana Renn

March 30, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

I wanted to raise these turtles’ visibility by telling a story about them. Through the writing process, and even the marketing and publicity process, the book has become a natural extension of the conservation work I began with my son.

Worlds Apart: A. J. Sass on Researching the Barcelona Setting for Ellen Outside the Lines

March 22, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

Ellen Outside the Lines challenged me in the research it initially required to get a handle on my setting and the cultural heritage of the characters who called Barcelona home.

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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