Category: Podcast
Middle Grade Ninja: GUEST POST: “Are Authors…Mentally Unstable?” by L. R. W. Lee
I’m just gonna put it out there: After several years in the publishing industry I’ve concluded authors are either nuts or sadistic. There, I said it. Why have I come to that conclusion? We take a brilliant idea, build a world, add characters and put them through horrendous obstacles. And if we’re good writers, we […]
Middle Grade Ninja: Book Marketing
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. Six months after our first conversation in episode 78, editor Sara-Jayne Slack and author Dorothy A. Winsor discuss Inspired Quill’s 10th anniversary and their latest release in the Tales of Rinland […]
Middle Grade Ninja: Nick Goss
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.Nick Goss and I discuss self publishing, home schooling, his bought with Covid-19, writing secular stories as a Christian, the pros and cons of social media, the importance of organizing a writing […]
Middle Grade Ninja: Introducing The Middle Grade Ninja Newsletter
Hello there, Esteemed Reader. The blog has slowed down a bit at the moment. Sorry about that. I’m typing this with Little Ninja on my chest in the midst of revising one project, writing another, and planning a third. It would be work if I didn’t love it so much. As is, writing and planning […]
Middle Grade Ninja: Middle Grade Ninja Episode 112: Literary Agent Saba Sulaiman and Author Kyle Lukoff
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. Author Kyle Lukoff tells the story of how he persisted in publishing and finally landed his dream agent, Saba Sulaiman, who joins him on the podcast to tell how she landed […]
Middle Grade Ninja: Middle Grade Ninja Episode 129: Author John David Anderson
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.John David Anderson and I talk about a little bit of everything in this far-ranging conversation between two Hoosier authors who like STAR WARS and Kurt Vonnegut. We chat about Anderson’s newest […]
Middle Grade Ninja: Middle Grade Ninja Episode 146: Author Seanan McGuire
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 Seanan McGuire, Mira Grant, A. Deborah Baker, and I discuss how they’re all Seanan McGuire and how she transitions between genres and intended age groups. We discuss her years as a […]
Middle Grade Ninja: Middle Grade Ninja Episode 163: Literary Agent Mark Gottlieb
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. Mark Gottlieb and I chat about how he was born into the business of books and how Maxwell Perkins’ love […]
Middle Grade Ninja: Middle Grade Ninja Episode 179: Author J. Elle
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. J. Elle and I discuss her young adult fantasy novel, WINGS OF EBONY, and her new middle grade novel, A […]
Middle Grade Ninja: Middle Grade Ninja Episode 195: Author Anthony McGowen
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. Anthony McGowan and I discuss his writing process and how it was specifically employed in his newest, DOGS OF THE […]