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: 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: 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 […]