You, Me, and a Cup of Tea
Lauren MagazinerDiscussions about writing, publishing, kidlit, and more from internationally bestselling middle grade author Lauren Magaziner
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Book Covers: how they progress and evolve
Hi friends,
Last month’s newsletter brought me new subscribers (hello!).
If you’re new here, I discuss hot topics and publishing scuttlebutt quite a bit. But since I’ve done two months in a row of text-heavy posts—if you missed it, I disc...
How/why the middle grade market is tough right now
Hi friends,
If you’ve been around the publishing block, I’m sure you’ve heard someone say, “Middle grade is dying.” Or similarly: middle grade is tough right now. Or: middle grade is a soft market.
For three years now, I’ve heard about th...
Artificial (Un)Intelligence: struggle is the POINT of writing
Hi friends,
Let me set the scene: it’s 2015, and I’m at a funeral grieving someone I loved, when a person I don’t know approaches me.
“You’re the author, right?”
At this point, I have one book on shelves and one more under contract. I no...
This year was awful. And wonderful. A deeply confusing mix.
Hi friends,
*content warning, for loss and grief
**and I’m really sorry that I couldn’t read this out loud for voiceover; it was hard enough to write… I just couldn’t get myself to voice it
In August—right before I went to Greece—I stoo...
Happy Bookmas! Merry Chanbookah!
Hi friends,
Interrupting your regularly-scheduled publishing/writing musings to let you know how to purchase a signed book from me for the holidays.
If you want a personalized, signed book as a holiday gift, I have bookplates to send...
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Lauren Magaziner is the author of the internationally bestselling Case Closed series, The Mythics series, the upcoming series The Incorruptibles (June 2025), and three other stand-alone middle grade novels.
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