First Draft Episode #178: Amanda Maciel

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Amanda Maciel, executive editor at Scholastic as well as author of YA novels Tease and Lucky Girl, talks about how writing books made her an author-friendly editor, staying emotionally available during revisions, and the trouble with accepting that you have an impact on other people.

LINKS AND TOPICS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE | TRANSCRIPT

Tell Me Everything by Sarah Enni published by Scholastic, which Amanda is the editor of (listen to her First Draft podcasts here and here)
Tease and Lucky Girl by author and senior editor Amanda Maciel
Post Secret (social media site), anonymous site where people share secrets that seem like a good jumping off point to tell a story that became Tell Me Everything
Michelle Schusterman, author of I Heart Band and Olive and The Backstage Ghost, who is a mutual friend of Sarah and Amanda who connected them to work on Tell Me Everything
David Levithan, author of Every Day and Boy Meets Boy
Emergency Contact by Mary H. K. Choi
Nina Goffi, freelance children’s book designer for the cover of Tell Me Everything
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell

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