middle grade fiction
September 30, 2009
- Kathryn Fitzmaurice, author of the outstanding middle grade novel The Year The Swallows Came Early (read more here) kindly interviewed me about Rock 'N' Roll Soldier for her fun blog A Twisted Clump of Seaweed (And Other Treasures Found At Low Tide). Turns out her teenage son is a guitar player, has a rock band, and owns a Fender Stratocaster just like the one on Rock 'N' Roll Soldier's ...
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September 20, 2009
- Readers: Mice are the brunt of human experiments every day. If I was a mouse, this story might be the last straw. Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory discovered a way to levitate mice using a superconductive magnet. Their goal is to simulate an astronaut's weightlessness and to study possible bone loss in extended space missions. Our furry friends are placed over a ...
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August 16, 2009
- Readers:I placed a letter in the mail today. A letter for a very special man--the real life Mr. Cross and the inspiration for Mice Don't Taste Like Chicken. I've included the letter below but removed certain names for privacy sake. It felt right to me that my reading audience know just what this book, and more important, this teacher means to me. August 16, 2009Dear Mr. ...
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August 3, 2009
- Exciting times in the land of Mice Don't Taste Like Chicken. With the help of talented PM Moon editor, Martha Smith, the first round of edits are near completion. We've traded chapter after chapter and created some substantive changes. I endured painful cuts. Martha slashed necessary blunders. Together we added items to the story that will have you rereading till the pages fall out.The ...
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July 17, 2009
- Readers:Allow me to introduce Whitney Childers, the woman developing the Mice Don't Taste Like Chicken website and the one you'll all send fan mail to when you see how incredible the site is! I asked Whitney to share her experiences with web development and she obliged. Enjoy!Tell us about Glee Media.I started my own one-woman company this year after the demise of a magazine I worked for as ...
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June 22, 2009
- My husband Greg Logsted's second novel, a middle grade book called ALIBI JUNIOR HIGH, will be release tomorrow. How can I not make it Book of the Week??? Here's the description:Thirteen-year-old Cody Saron has never lived in one place longer than a few weeks, and has never attended a regular school. Growing up on the run with his father, an undercover agent for the CIA, Cody has traveled the ...
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April 8, 2009
- Hi, welcome to another episode of "As the Writers Juggle," in which we ask writers to share their tips on the writing life. While many of our previous guests have written about juggling full- or part-time jobs with their writing careers, this week's guest, Jessica Burkhart, jumped into her full-time writing career right out of college--a brave move indeed! Now 22, she says she started ...
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