Best of the Middle Grade Blogs: February 25

This has been a crazy week. And on a random note, I just ordered business cards for The Northern Colorado Writers Conference. It seems like an awkward thing to do, creating a card that says Middle Grade Writer. But last year I didn't have them and regretted it. As I get ready for the conference, I plan on posting some do's and don'ts at conferences. But for now, enjoy my favorite MG bloggers this week.

Industry & Market

• SCBWI Announces the 2011 Golden Kite Awards & Sid Fleischman Humor Award Winners @ Alice Pope's SCBWI Children's Market Blog.
• Cybils 2010 Winners @ Cybils.
• An Agent's View: Talking with Jennifer Laughran @ Shrinking Violets Promotions.
• Self-publishing and ebooks @ Day By Day Writer.
• Scarclaw Says (about Author Websites) @ Project Mayhem...I want to adopt that toughcat.

Crafting

• How to Create Compelling Adult Characters @ Write4Kids!
• H is for Hook @ That's Another Story.
• The Fractal Geometry of Story @ The Scribblers Cove.
• Writing Humor: Funny on Demand @ Ink Spells.
• Sequels: Their Pleasures and Perils @ From the Mixed-Up Files...

Reviews

• Book of the Week: The Giver by Lois Lowry @ Middle Grade Ninja.
• Friday's for the Guys: I heart Duncan Version @ The O.W.L
• MG Book Reivew: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead @ Dutch Hill News.
• MMGM: Zita The Spacegirl @ Kid Lit Frenzy.
• Cover Me! MMGM @ My Brain on Books.
• MMGM: The Strange Case of Origami Yoda (just won the 2010 Cybils) @ Night Writer.
• MMGM: Swallows and Amazons @ My Comfy Chair.
• MMGM: The Edge Chronicles @ Book Dreaming.

Laughs

• Comic: Speaking Up @ Writer Unboxed.

Want more writing links, visit my This Week in the Writing World Roundup at The Writing Bug.

Who inspired you this week?