by Rebecca | Jun 10, 2013 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, books, debutanting, historical fiction, middle grade, MMGM, onefour kidlit, this is how we read it, What I'm Reading Right Now
One of the many fun things about being part of OneFour KidLit is getting to interview debut 2013 authors about their great new books. Tomorrow, my interview with Laura Golden, author of Every Day After, will be up on the OneFour blog. But I couldn’t wait until...
by Rebecca | Jun 3, 2013 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, authors, debutanting, middle grade, MMGM, onefour kidlit, slightly incoherent due to revision brain
A question I get asked a lot is why I write MG. The shortest answer is: I like it. For a slightly longer but still not comprehensive answer, check out the Mad for MG feature at the OneFour Kid Lit blog today, in which all of us ’14-debut MG writers talk about...
by Rebecca | May 28, 2013 | a little rant, Adventures in Bloggysitting, balancing act, confessions, deepthoughts, flexibility, preaching to the choir, revising, twitterpated
This rambling post is one I’d been meaning to write for a while, and then I read Katy Upperman’s fabulous post On Insanity last week,* which made me want to post it even more. One of the hardest things about being a writer is quashing the impulse to...
by Rebecca | Apr 1, 2013 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, authors, characters, middle grade, MMGM, nostalgia, onefour kidlit, turtle wexler ftw
First things first: I survived my move, and so did all of my books! Phew. Now if only I could find where I packed my shoes and my chargers in this mess . . . Anyway, I’m excited that today is the inaugural MG Monday post for mad for Middle Grade, a group of...
by Rebecca | Feb 25, 2013 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, middle grade, MMGM, slightly incoherent due to revision brain, this is how we read it, What I'm Reading Right Now
Marvelous Middle-Grade Monday is hosted every Monday by Shannon Messenger. Today I want to talk about Joanne Levy’s great MG, Small Medium at Large. From the publisher (Bloomsbury):After she’s hit by lightning at a wedding, twelve-year-old Lilah Bloom develops a...
by Rebecca | Feb 4, 2013 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, books, middle grade, MMGM, this is how we read it, What I'm Reading Right Now
I’m really excited to join in the Marvelous Middle-Grade Monday fun, hosted every Monday by Shannon Messenger. Today I want to talk about Amber McRee Turner’s fantastic debut, Sway. From the publisher (Disney*Hyperion): For four long months, ten-year-old...
