Category: Podcast
Middle Grade Ninja: Middle Grade Ninja Episode 90: Author Margi Preus
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. Margie Preus and I chat about the path to publishing HEART OF THE SAMURAI and being a Newberry Honor as well as the final book in her ENCHANTMENT LAKE series, THE […]
Middle Grade Ninja: Middle Grade Ninja Episode 10: Author Daniel Kenney
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 Daniel Kenney and I discuss his career in publishing and his advice for writers. We go to some weird places with our mutual love of flying saucers and even discuss […]
Middle Grade Ninja: Middle Grade Ninja TV 26: Author Amber Smith
To watch new episodes of Middle Grade Ninja TV as they air, go to YouTube and subscribe. The audio from each episode is available as the Middle Grade Ninja Podcast on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Spotify, itunes, Podbean, Podblaster, RadioPublic, blubrry, Listen Notes, Google Play, and many other fine locations. Author Amber Smith and I discuss her newest novel, SOMETHING LIKE GRAVITY. We talk about where she got […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Dream Gardens Podcast Host Jody Lee Mott
Esteemed Reader, you know I love podcasts and audiobooks and I firmly believe that if you’re doing dishes or working out or any number of other activities that prevent you from actually sitting down and reading a thing, you can still be taking in useful information to improve you as both a writer and a […]
Middle Grade Ninja: GUEST POST: “Writing Underwater, Light-up Pens, and Other Tricks, Tools and Strategies for Busy Writers” by Ann Searle Horowitz
There’s something about swimming laps that gets my creative juices flowing. When I first start the warm-up, my mind is the proverbial blank slate. Then a solution to something I’ve been working on suddenly pops in my head: a title, scene, chapter cliffhanger, character name, or plot twist for my WIP. And for the rest […]
Middle Grade Ninja: Greenhouse Literary
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. Kristin Ostby and I discuss how she grew up a reader and daughter of a librarian who went on to […]
Middle Grade Ninja: Silence of the Soleri
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.Mike Johnston and I discuss his new middle grade series, CONFESSIONS OF A DORK LORD, and the stylistic differences between his fantasy writing for adults under the super-secret penname, Michael Johnston. Also, […]
Middle Grade Ninja: Middle Grade Ninja Episode 101: Author Christina Li
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. Christina Li and I discuss how she began writing seriously at age 12, secured a literary agent before graduating high school, and is celebrating the publication of her debut novel, CLUES […]
Middle Grade Ninja: Middle Grade Ninja Episode 117: Author Susan McCormick
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.Dr. Susan McCormick and I discuss writing about medical realities that are sometimes frightening for the middle grade audience in her new novel, THE ANTIDOTE. She shares her thoughts on how the […]
Middle Grade Ninja: Middle Grade Ninja Episode 134: Author Jessica Vitalis
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.Jessica Vitalis and I chat about her debut novel, THE WOLF’S CURSE. And we have a detailed discussion about the six-figure, two-book deal her agent, Sara Crowe, negotiated for her. We also […]