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Middle Grade Ninja: Review
WARNING: This week’s book is actually edgy YA and it is filled with adult content. It is absolutely not appropriate for younger readers and adults should view it as the equivalent of an ‘R’ rated movie. First Paragraph(s): Pick me. It’s all I can do not to scream. I dig my nails into the marula oak […]
Middle Grade Ninja: Book of the Week: THE INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD by Lynne Reid Banks
The Indian in the Cupboard is absolutely a classic and one of my favorite books from my own childhood. Having just told you that, I think you’ll agree that there’s little point in my bothering with a review. I loved this book as a kid, I read all the sequels, and having only just rediscovered […]
Middle Grade Ninja: NINJA BOOK CLUB: Chapter 15 BEAUXBATONS AND DURMSTRANG
First Paragraph: Early next morning, Harry woke with a plan fully formed in his mind, as though his sleeping brain had been working on it all night. He got up, dressed in the pale dawn light, left the dormitory without waking Ron, and went back down to the deserted common room. Here he took a piece of […]
Middle Grade Ninja: NINJA BREAK
Hi there, Esteemed Reader! I hope this post finds you well. As you know, I love this blog and I’ve been very pleased with it lately. Did you see my literary agent, Dr. Uwe Stender, was here talking a little about me and my newest manuscript? Or how about our old friend Joanna Volpe talking […]
Middle Grade Ninja: NINJA STUFF: The Distraction Of Reader Feedback, Accountability, and Cover Reveal
Hello there, Esteemed Reader. I hope this post finds you well. Though I’m posting this Monday, it’s a Saturday morning for me. I’ve got coffee, Bob Dylan is singing softly (imagine, an English Major who likes Bob Dylan!), and Little Ninja is cooing beside me in a way that tells me I’ve got about 30 […]
Middle Grade Ninja: Ninja Stuff: The Making of My First Audiobook
Do you love a good audiobook, Esteemed Reader? You know I do. At least half the books I read each year are read to me by talented narrators. If you’re a writer (and you’re here, so odds are good you are), I don’t see how you can afford not to listen to audiobooks. You know […]
Middle Grade Ninja: NINJA STUFF: Thoughts On Blogging
THIS WEEK IN NINJA-ING: Tuesday’s Book of the Week is The Shadows: Books of Elsewhere Volume 1, Wednesday we’re discussing Chapter 1 of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and Thursday author Jacqueline West will face the 7 Questions. Saturday, as ever, we’ll be joined by a surprise literary agent. A few posts back, […]
Middle Grade Ninja: Setting Goals for your Writing
Greetings, Esteemed Reader! I hope your reading and writing are going well. Mine have fallen behind just a little. My day job (oh to one day be the sort of writer who doesn’t need a day job!) is in personal finance and so each year tax season keeps me hopping. But tax season aside, I […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Alan Garinger
Click here for more interviews with writers Alan Garinger is the author of Alone, Torch in the Darkness, Water Monsters, and the Jeremiah Stokely series. His books have won multiple awards including the Dorothy Hamilton Award and the Young Hoosier Reader Award of the Indiana Library Federation. His educational laurels include Indiana Outstanding Young Educator, […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Danica Davidson
Danica Davidson is the author of the Overworld Adventures book series for Minecrafters, with the books Escape from the Overworld, Attack on the Overworld, The Rise of Herobrine, Down into the Nether, a The Armies of Herobrine and the newly released Battle with the Wither. She is also the author of Manga Art for Beginners and Barbie: Puppy Party. Please check out her website, her Amazon […]