by Rebecca | Oct 10, 2013 | authors, Bookanistas, books, characters, middle grade, mixing metaphors like I'm making muffins, this is how we read it, Uncategorized
It’s time for another Bookanista recommendation: Tim Federle’s hilarious and heartfelt Better Nate Than Ever.Here’s the summary from Goodreads: Nate Foster has big dreams. His whole life, he’s wanted to star in a Broadway show. (Heck, he’d...
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 | Apr 22, 2013 | authors, middle grade, MMGM, Sourcebooks, this is how we read it, What I'm Reading Right Now
I really love time-travel books, and one of the things I’ve enjoyed about reading lots of them is that different authors tend to focus on distinct aspects of time travel. The Time Traveler’s Wife focuses on how it affected relationships; Stephen...
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 | Nov 6, 2012 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, authors, books, busting up rocks, guest posts, middle grade, Sourcebooks, weird science
Today I’m excited to host Jordan Jacobs, author of the MG mystery Samantha Sutton and the Labyrinth of Lies, for a guest post. Samantha Sutton features a whipsmart and adventurous heroine, a realistic sibling relationship, lots of action and adventure, and loads...
by Rebecca | Jun 8, 2012 | authors, AWESOMENESS, BEA booty, book publishing, characters, middle grade, talking about writing
Thursday was my lucky day, and I got to pop by BEA to spend a couple hours on the floor. I timed it so I could check out a panel: “Writing Strong Female Characters In Middle Grade Books” with Lauren Oliver, Sharon Creech(!),* Judith Viorst, and Shannon...
