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Tag: Romance

May 31, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

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

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.

March 17, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

The Necessity of Writing Queerness Without Romance, a guest post by Maria Ingrande Mora

The nature of Brynn and Skylar’s relationship doesn’t make Brynn or the book less queer. Giving Brynn a meaningful relationship that was neither romantic nor sexual was a very intentional move on my part.

February 21, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Rebranding Happily Ever After? A guest post by Lakita Wilson

Happily Ever After’s, in the current state in which they are offered, should come with a big disclaimer: BELIEVE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

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In Defense of Romance, and the Pivotal Role it Plays in YA, a guest post by Ellen O’Clover

January 16, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

People love to make fun of romance. Isn’t it embarrassing to have huge, vulnerable feelings for another person? Gross! I hope you’re catching my sarcasm, because no! Not gross!

He Couldn’t Read It, So He Wrote It, a guest post by Justin Arnold

November 11, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

I wanted to write a party mix of all of it, those things that I love, in a story world where I and everyone else exists, because that’s the book I wanted to read as a teen but couldn’t find.

Saying Goodbye to the “Not Like Other Girls” Girl, a guest post by Alexene Farol Follmuth

June 1, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

In fiction, the NLOGG is an aspiration. In reality, she’s the mentality that unnecessarily pits girls against each other.

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Book Review: Fools In Love: Fresh Twists on Romantic Tales edited by Ashley Herring Blake and Rebecca Podos

December 7, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

This was an entertaining read with great diversity and inclusion.

Falling in Love with the Terrible Years, a guest post by Nina Moreno

October 14, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

So, yeah, I wrote about grief again. Sam’s and mine. Maybe yours. And yet…Our Way Back to Always is absolutely that swoony, tropey love story I always hoped to write. Because life—even in the terrible years––can be really funny like that.

Book Review: We Can’t Keep Meeting Like This by Rachel Lynn Solomon

June 7, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

Full of humor and heart and, yes, love, this is a fantastic story about being brave, being imperfect, learning, trying, changing, growing, and taking chances.

Book Review: A Pho Love Story by Loan Le

February 11, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

With a heavy focus on families, history, expectations, and secrets, this love story will leave readers satisfied.

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