I have never been a runner, but I am guessing that as runners near the finish line of a race, they don’t look back to see how far they’ve come. They have their eye on the goal. But as a writer, I often find it instructive to look back at my process. This...
I’m over at Project Middle Grade Mayhem today, talking about why flaws and mistakes create a middle grade hero kids can relate to. This is part of an ongoing series on Project Mayhem called Heroes and Villains.There are a few previous posts you may want to check...
Last week kicked my butt. It was parent conference week (which followed not only end-of-trimester grading and report card data entry, but also the first round of state tests). I worked 12 hours on Monday, with about an hour off for dinner, and also had to work...
Martin Luther King dreamed of sweeping social reform.Some of us have smaller, more personal dreams, and for many of my blogging friends, it’s the dream of being published. If you’re a middle grade writer with a manuscript ready for querying, then you need to...
