Middle Grade Ninja: Reviews, Interviews, and Guest Posts for ALL TOGETHER NOW: A ZOMBIE STORY
If you have a blog or a site and you’d like to interview me or have me over for a guest post, I’d be thrilled. Just ask. If you’ve written a review of the book, let me know and I’ll link to it here. Reviews “When I say I found this book horrifying, I mean […]
Middle Grade Ninja: Reviews, Interviews, and Guest Posts for THE BOOK OF DAVID
If you have a blog or a site and you’d like to interview me or have me over for a guest post, I’d be thrilled. Just email me and ask. If you’ve written a review of the book, let me know and I’ll link to it here. Reviews “The horror and creep factor feels like […]
Middle Grade Ninja: Reviews, Interviews, and Guest Posts for BANNEKER BONES AND THE GIANT ROBOT BEES
If you have a blog or a site and you’d like to interview me or have me over for a guest post, I’d be thrilled. Just ask. If you’ve written a review of the book, let me know and I’ll link to it here. Reviews “It’s a good one for readers who like smart kids […]
Middle Grade Ninja: Review Policy Amendment, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Indie Book
It’s an exciting time to be an author, Esteemed Reader. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve heard industry insiders bemoan the lowly state of modern publishing because it’s nothing like it used to be and the empire is crumbling. If I had a once cushy job at a publishing house and I’d […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Literary Agent Evan Gregory
Evan Gregory is a Senior Agent at the Ethan Ellenberg Literary agency. He began at the agency in 2008 as an Assistant and has managed subsidiary rights for the agency in addition to his duties as an agent and general office manager. Now he focuses on managing the careers of his own clients on behalf […]
Middle Grade Ninja: A Pound of Flesh, No More, No Less: A Post About Editing
Note 4/8/19: A second post about editing with information not covered in this first post is now available. Hey there, Esteemed Reader! Are you missing me? I am missing you. Not to worry, though. My sabbatical is only temporary. I shall return on July 5th with all new Book of the Week reviews as well […]
Middle Grade Ninja: Pardon the Dust
This site is under construction once again. If you don’t care for the new look, just wait:) I really liked the fancy format we’ve been rocking this year… when it worked. The problem is it only worked about half the time, so I’m going for a simpler, easier to navigate site to help Esteemed Readers […]
Middle Grade Ninja: The Ninja Won the Pot-O-Gold Award!
Big time thanks to my friend Casey McCormick over at Literary Rambles for bestowing on this blog the Pot-O-Gold Award! I’m not sure what it is or where I collect my gold, but it’s very exciting to win:) Christie Wright Wild created the award and here’s the idea behind it: “The Pot-O-Gold Blogger Award is […]
Middle Grade Ninja: NINJA STUFF: Winding Down for the Holidays
As you can see, Mrs. Ninja and I are shining a signal in the sky and waiting for our little crime-fighter to be born. We had the nerdiest and best baby shower ever last weekend. The theme was children’s books (naturally) and the cake was a replica of the cover from James and the Giant […]
Middle Grade Ninja: NINJA STUFF: Why We Write (Part Two)
Last time on Ninja Stuff: We discussed the long odds of would-be writers seeking publication and the pain of authorial aspirations. If you haven’t read the first post, you might want to start there. And now, the thrilling conclusion… Remember, Esteemed Reader, every book reviewed here was once a manuscript circulating editors and agents and […]