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Middle grade

Children's Shifa Saltagi Safadi: The Goal Is To Grow in Craft and Quality

In this interview, author Shifa Saltagi Safadi discusses the survival stories of her youth that helped inspire her new middle-grade novel, Sisters Alone.

Robert Lee Brewer

Children's Tiffany D. Jackson: Grief Is Fickle Robert Lee Brewer

Children's India Hill Brown: Find a Hobby That You Love Outside of Writing Robert Lee Brewer

Children's Alfredo Cáceres: On Creating Something Personal From Scratch Robert Lee Brewer

Children's 6 Tips for Writing Multimedia Middle-Grade Novels That Captivate Readers Laurie Morrison

Comics and Graphic Novels Rex Ogle: Don’t Take Rejections Personally Robert Lee Brewer

Children's Aaron Starmer: On Speculative Fiction for Middle-Grade Readers Robert Lee Brewer

Children's Ciera Burch: Middle School Is the Worst Time Ever Robert Lee Brewer

Children's Jamie Sumner: Don’t Chase Perfection Robert Lee Brewer

Children's Follow This Checklist to Revise Your Middle-Grade Novel Huda Al-Marashi

Children's Writing “Heavy” Books for Children With a Light Touch Lisa Graff

Children's Writing a Picture Book After Multiple Middle-Grade Novels Torrey Maldonado

Children's Jacquelyn Stolos: Be Yourself on the Page Robert Lee Brewer

Submissions & Proposals Querying With One Manuscript, Going on Submission With Another Rona Wang

Children's Daniel Pinkwater, Alan Mendelsohn, and Why I Write Books for Children Jed Alexander

Mystery/Thriller A Conversation With Lauren Myracle on Breaking the Rules by Writing Across Ages and Genres (Killer Writers)Clay Stafford

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