Middle Grade Ninja: Middle Grade Ninja Clip Show 2021
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.It’s the fourth mega-sized Middle Grade Ninja clips show, featuring snippets from episodes 101 through 146 that aired in 2021.New episodes are scheduled to return January 8th.Until then, enjoy this compilation of […]
Middle Grade Ninja: Merry Christmas, Esteemed Reader
Remember last week when I told you I was super busy with a project for my day job? Well, I’m still really busy and am about to add holiday traveling to my list of things to do. So I have to take a little break from blogging. I had planned to shut things down for […]
Middle Grade Ninja: Long is the Way and Hard that Out of a Novel’s Second Act Leads Up to Publication.
Oh woe is me, Esteemed Reader! Have I mentioned I’m working on a novel? It’s a Middle Grade, of course, and all of my ninja skills are being tested in its completion. This one is an action adventure story I will here refer to as “The And Then Story.” As in, AND THEN this happened, […]
Middle Grade Ninja: Literary Agent Uwe Stender’s Never-Ending Thirst for Fantastic YA and MG
THIS WEEK IN NINJA-ING: Tuesday’s Book of the Week is The Strange Case of the Origami Yoda, Wednesday we’re discussing Chapter 7 of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and Thursday author Tom Angleberger will face the 7 Questions. Saturday, as ever, we’ll be joined by a surprise literary agent. Today, we are incredibly fortunate to have a guest post […]
Middle Grade Ninja: Introducing YouTube Middle Grade Ninja Clips
Want to win a free copy of The Miraculous and read an interview with author Jess Redman? Of course you do! Head on over to Literary Rambles and treat yo self. Esteemed Reader, I just did something for you. Now I need you to do something for me:) Don’t worry, it’s really easy and free. […]
Middle Grade Ninja: Introducing The NINJA BOOK CLUB!!!
It’s time for yet another new feature, Esteemed Reader! For years, we’ve been looking at a book a week and I plan to keep right on doing it. I love reviewing so many diverse middle grade novels and having their authors here to face the 7 Questions whenever possible. But the problem with one post […]
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: 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 […]
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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. Donna Galanti and I discuss how she started her writing career at age 40 and exploded into it with discipline and passion. She shares what she’s learned about being productive and […]
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First Paragraph(s): Woodridge Academy, a private school in Heath Cliff, Pennsylvania, had once been the home of William Heath, after whom the town had been named. Nearly three hundred students now attended school in the four-story, black-and-brown stone building where William Heath had lived from 1891 to 1917, with only his wife and three daughters. Tamaya […]