Sherrie's post on how babies are made according to an 8 yr old has been cracking me up all week. (Yes I stole her pix. Way funny.) When my kids unroll toilet paper like crazed kittens, I think of this story. When my throat tickles in a definitely-catching-a-cold-two-days-before-my-half-marathon, I think of this story. As I help kids with fractions, book reviews, spelling tests, phonics, and other school ridiculousness, I think of this story. Go. Read. Enjoy the weekend.
My Fave Middle Grade Blog Posts This Week:
Industry
- 5 Articles on the Differences Between MG and YA @ Guide to Literary Agents.
- P is for Parents: Dead or MIA @ That's Another Story.
- New E-Book Pricing Model (Wymer Model) @ Tracy Edward Wymer.
- How I Got My Agent: Allan Woodrow @ Guide to Literary Agents.
- What Do Agents Do? @ From the Mixed Up Files...
- 6 1/2 Thoughts on Marketing & Promotion @ Shrinking Violet Promotions.
Crafting
- Time Period Settings @ Kidlit.
- Scholastic Order Forms @ Anita Laydon Miller's MG Blog.
- Field Work for Fiction @ Smack Dab in the Middle.
- Dear Writer, Where Do You Get Your Ideas? @ Write4Kids!
- Why Critiques Are Important @ Readatouille.
- V is for Voice @ PK Hrezo.
Interviews
- Jacqueline Houtman, The Reinvention of Edison Thomas @ Ink Spells.
- Jennifer Cervantes, Tortilla Sun @ From the Mixed Up Files...
- Hillary Homzie, The Hot List @ Project Mayhem.
- Barbara Dee, Trauma Queen @ The O.W.L.
- Roland Smith @ Write About Now.
Reviews
- MMGM: Tiger @ Shannon Whitney Messenger.
- MMGM: The Lemonade Crime @ My Brain on Books.
- MMGM: Earthling Hero @ My Comfy Chair.
- MMGM: My Father's Dragon @ Anita Laydon Miller's MG Blog.
- MMGM: The Hound of Rowan @ Book Dreaming.
- MMGM: The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg @ Novel & Nouveau.
- MMGM: Horton Halfpott @ Kid Lit Frenzy.
- MMGM: Ella Enchanted @ Night Writer.
- MMGM: Second Fiddle @ Just Deb!
- The Rotten Adventures of Zachary Ruthless @ Middle Grade Ninja.
- Choose Your Own Adventure ( Scumble Giveaway) @ Another Gray Day.
Other Round Ups
- This Sunday's Round Up of MG F & S/F @ Charlotte's Library.
Still want more writing blog links? Okay, I'll give them to you. My writing world round up at The Writing Bug.
The A to Z challenge is almost over. What do you think? Take it or leave it?
I only had to write 4 letters and for some reason it was a killer. Not that I did that much. Points for the bloggers that went A to Z on their own.
Thanks so much for including my post at The O.W.L.! It was fun to write directly to middle graders!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the mention. Now I'm off to check out some of these other great links!
ReplyDeleteOh hey, thanks for the mention! Such a nice assortment of links here. I'm off to peruse them.... :)
ReplyDeleteI didn't do A-Z, but I enjoyed reading the posts. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat list of links. Thanks. I'm doing a middle grade interview of Janice Hardy tomorrow and am linking up to the Marvelous Monday series.
ReplyDeleteI hope your half-marathon goes/went well! And I agree that the spitting story was hilarious.
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