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Middle grade

Children'sJamie Sumner: Don’t Chase Perfection

In this interview, author Jamie Sumner discusses how pumpkin carving with her family helped inspire her new middle-grade novel, Glory Be.

Robert Lee Brewer
Children'sFollow This Checklist to Revise Your Middle-Grade NovelHuda Al-Marashi
Children'sWriting “Heavy” Books for Children With a Light TouchLisa Graff
Children'sWriting a Picture Book After Multiple Middle-Grade NovelsTorrey Maldonado
Children'sJacquelyn Stolos: Be Yourself on the PageRobert Lee Brewer
Submissions & ProposalsQuerying With One Manuscript, Going on Submission With AnotherRona Wang
Children'sDaniel Pinkwater, Alan Mendelsohn, and Why I Write Books for ChildrenJed Alexander
Mystery/ThrillerA Conversation With Lauren Myracle on Breaking the Rules by Writing Across Ages and Genres (Killer Writers)Clay Stafford
WD PodcastsKeeping Young Readers Engaged with Alyssa ColmanThe Editors of Writer's Digest
Children'sCassandra Ramos-Gomez: On Mixing the Macabre With Middle-Grade HumorRobert Lee Brewer
Children'sVoice LessonsSherri Winston
InterviewsThe WD Interview: Laurie Halse AndersonAmy Jones
Children'sG. F. Miller: On Romance in Middle-Grade FictionRobert Lee Brewer
Children'sGrace Lin: Respect Your ReadersRobert Lee Brewer
Children'sKate Messner: On Writing About the Many Masks of GriefRobert Lee Brewer
Write Better FictionWahab Algarmi: Know and Visualize Your EndingRobert Lee Brewer

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