Category: Podcast

Middle Grade Ninja: Podcast

A podcast about reading and writing middle grade novels utilizing ninja stealth and skill. Rob Kent interviews fellow authors and various publishing professionals to discuss the craft and business of producing middle grade and young adult novels. The Middle Grade Ninja Podcast is available on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Spotify, itunes, Podbean, Podblaster, RadioPublic, blubrry, Listen Notes, Google […]

Middle Grade Ninja: Guest Post: “Chronology V. Plot: Dawn of New Years” by D. A. Winsor

The Calendar Is Ending! We Are All Doomed! My middle-grade fantasy, Finders Keepers, turns partly on the struggle to avert a disaster that will occur when the calendar changes to the year 4000. As the story approaches New Year’s Eve, 3999, a plague kills many people, earthquakes swallow buildings, and floods threaten to drown the […]

Middle Grade Ninja: BOX: HENRY BROWN MAILS HIMSELF TO FREEDOM

To watch new episodes as they air, go to YouTube and subscribe. Middle Grade Ninja is available on Soundcloud, Stitcher, itunes, Podbean, Podblaster, RadioPublic, blubrry, Listen Notes, Google Play, and many other fine locations. Carole Boston Weatherford and I discuss poetry, history, and race in her newest picture books BOX: HENRY BROWN MAILS HIMSELF TO FREEDOM and UNSPEAKABLE: THE TULSA RACE MASSACRE. We talk about […]

Middle Grade Ninja: Podcast

To watch new episodes as they air, go to my YouTube channel and subscribe. For shorter clips, subscribe to the Middle Grade Ninja YouTube channel. Middle Grade Ninja is available on Anchor, Spotify,  Stitcher, Amazon, itunes, Podbean, RadioPublic,  Listen Notes, and many other fine locations. David Ezra Sein and I discuss his career in picture books and now graphic novels, such as his newest, BEAKY […]

Middle Grade Ninja: Middle Grade Ninja Episode 113: Author Luke Cunningham

To watch new episodes as they air, go to YouTube and subscribe. Middle Grade Ninja is available on Soundcloud, Stitcher, itunes, Podbean, Podblaster, RadioPublic, blubrry, Listen Notes, Google Play, and many other fine locations.Luke Cunningham and I push the boundaries of what is an appropriate podcast conversation to promote a middle grade novel such as his debut, LEO, INVENTOR EXTRAORDINAIRE. We discuss his time writing […]

Middle Grade Ninja: Middle Grade Ninja Episode 131: Author Chris Negron

To watch new episodes as they air, go to YouTube and subscribe. Middle Grade Ninja is available on Soundcloud, Stitcher, itunes, Podbean, Podblaster, RadioPublic, blubrry, Listen Notes, Google Play, and many other fine locations. Chris Negron and I discuss how he became an author, how his Parkinson’s disease makes him a better writer, and his newest book, THE LAST SUPER CHEF. We wonder if writers […]

Middle Grade Ninja: Middle Grade Ninja Episode 147: Authors Adama Bah, Salvador Gómez-Colón, and Freshta Tori Jan

 To watch new episodes as they air, go to YouTube and subscribe. Middle Grade Ninja is available on Soundcloud, Stitcher, itunes, Podbean, Podblaster, RadioPublic, blubrry, Listen Notes, Google Play, and many other fine locations. Authors Adama Bah, Salvador Gómez-Colón, Freshta Tori Jan, and I discuss their debut novels in the I, WITNESS series. In ACCUSED, Adama Bah recounts being arrested and detained by the FBI […]

Middle Grade Ninja: Middle Grade Ninja Episode 164: Author Maurice Broaddus

To watch new episodes as they air, go to my YouTube channel and subscribe. For shorter clips, subscribe to the Middle Grade Ninja YouTube channel. Middle Grade Ninja is available on Anchor, Spotify,  Stitcher, Amazon, itunes, Podbean, RadioPublic,  Listen Notes, and many other fine locations. My friend Maurice Broaddus and I discuss his newest novels UNFADEABLE and SWEEP OF STARS. We also chat about some […]