Best of the Middle Grade Blogs: May 27

I wish I could say I was at BEA this week, but I wasn't. I've been MIA because my laptop went in for a checkup (something came loose inside, never good). So I'm rounding up from my kids' PC computer. After being on a Mac for so long, this is an act of love that I'm even spending time on this computer. If I hit the ALT button one more time, I just might lose it.

Are you a MAC or a PC?

Enjoy the Memorial Day weekend.

My Fave Middle Grade Blog Posts this Week

Industry & Inspiration

• Karen Mahoney on Saying Yes to Every Opportunity @ Adventures in Children's Publishing. (I needed this today. I'm still waiting to hear back from agents.)


• Agent Spotlight: Terrie Wolf @ Literary Rambles.


• Joe Monti: Agent, Barry Goldblatt Literary @ The Write Path. (I met him last year, super nice, super helpful.)


• 7 Questions for Literary Agent Holly Root @ MG Ninja.

Crafting

• Good Boymanship Awards @ Project Mayhem.


• T is for Transitions: Avoid Confusing MG Readers @ That's Another Story.


• Tip Tuesday #89 (fast drafting) @ Literary Rambles.


• The YA View: No Perfect Characters Please! @ Write4Kids.


• Complicated Characters @ Novel and Nouveau.


• Writing Your ABCs @ PK Hrezo.


• My Shelf of Forgotten Books (A Tale of Woe) @ Smack Dab in the Middle.


• Playing with Perspective @ Project Mayhem.


• Examining Rewriting Step 2 @ Writer's Ally.


• Trust What You Know @ Write About Now.

Interviews

• Ruth McNally Barshaw + Giveaway @ From the Mixed Up Files...


• Matthew J. Kirby @ From the Mixed Up Files...


• 10 Questions with Andy Mulligan @ The Book Nut.


• Uma Krishnaswami on The Grand Plan to Fix Everything @ Through the Toll Booth.


• Julie Crabtree @ The OWL.


• Yolanda Ridge + Giveaway @ Just Deb.

Reviews

• MMGM: The 13 Reality Series @ Shannon Whitney Messenger.


• MMGM: The Friendship Doll @ My Brain on Books.


• MMGM: Diary of a Wimp Kid: Do It Yourself Book @ Book Dreaming.


• MMGM: Nowhere to Call Home @ Novel and Nouveau.


• MMGM: The Girl Who Could Fly @ Anita Laydon Miller's MG Blog.


• MMGM: Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapow @ Night Writer.


• MMGM: Anything But Typical @ Middle Grade Mafioso.


• MMGM: Loch & Reef of Death @ Just Deb.


• The Crepe Maker's Bond @ The OWL.


• Artemis Fowl @ Write About Now.


• Max Quick: The Pocket and The Pendant @ The Write Path.


• The Visconti House @ Charlotte's Library.


• Day of the Assassins @ Charlotte's Library.

Other Round Ups:

• F & SF for kids @ Charlotte's Library.