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Middle Grade Lair

Got a special heart for Middle Grade books! Come be inspired and inspire others! Moderator ~ Sheri Larsen

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Latest Activity: May 13

Middle Grade Lair's Mission within YAlitchat!

Have a love of Middle Grade books? Come be inspired while inspiring others! 

It's great being a Young Adult writer, isn't it? But some YA writers, like yourselves, choose to explore other arenas of the KidLit world, including Middle Grade. So here, in our fabulous MG Lair, we'll explore what makes those tween years of pre/post puberty infamous and memorable all at the same time. (Ages 8 -12; grades 3 - 6.)

Some of our agents are now taking submissions for Middle Grade. YAY! So keep that in mind. Please visit our First Pages, Pimp My Scene, Query Kick Around, & Synopsis Repair Groups just as you would for any YA manuscript you might have written. Shine those manuscripts up!!

 MG Submission Mailbox Alumnii

Elizabeth Prats

PK Hrezo

Suzanne Kamata


HELPFUL MG LINKS AND SITES!!


Right Writing - a great site.
Write 4 Kids - this site has a plethora of info.
ReaderKidz - this is another great site. It's geared more toward K-5, but it has a ton of useful information.
Publishers Weekly (Children's Section) - great newsletter on what's moving in the children/tween/teen industry. 
KidLit.com - voice and characters in MG boys books
Writing for Middle Grade (from WriteOnCon Conference) 
MiGWriters - exploring middle grade and young adult literature
POSTS OR ARTICLES:
Genres Defined - Oasis for YA
MG vs. YA - Invicible Summer
MIddle Grade Musings - great article 

 

 

Discussion Forum

The Strange World of Neve Rimbel

Started by Rosandra M. Davis. Last reply by Rosandra M. Davis Sep 21, 2012. 6 Replies

This is the cover of my self-published middle-grade fantasy novel that can be found on Amazon.com or createspace.com The Tooth Fairy is out there. Twelve year-old Neve Rimbel has the fuzzy snapshot…Continue

Tags: tooth, fairy, curses, town, middle-grade

Magefable - an illustrated fantasy adventure

Started by Travis Strout Jul 14, 2012. 0 Replies

Hi, I wrote and illustrated a middle-grade fantasy adventure. I'm attempting to raise funds to publish it on Kickstarter. If anyone is interested in seeing the first few pages and giving me feedback…Continue

How to write an un-put-downable MG story!

Started by Sheri Larsen. Last reply by Beverly Stowe McClure Jun 25, 2012. 2 Replies

Read this link and then share your thoughts!! …Continue

Tags: MG

Let's Talk Revisions

Started by Diana Johnson. Last reply by Meredith Mansfield Jun 5, 2012. 3 Replies

Since revising is my crutch at the moment, I thought what better way than to work through it than to start a conversation about it. So here we go:I'd especially like to hear from other pantsers--we…Continue

Tags: revising

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Comment by Laura Chesterson on March 10, 2013 at 12:23am

Happy Birthday Anne Severn Williamson! I hope you have a great day! :-)


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Comment by C. Lee McKenzie on March 5, 2013 at 9:22pm
@Suzanne Cricket is one classic kids' magazine. Congratulations.
Comment by Beverly Stowe McClure on March 4, 2013 at 9:17pm

Congratulations, Suzanne. Those are great magazines. Maybe it's a little of both.

Comment by Suzanne Linn Kamata on March 4, 2013 at 7:10pm

I have a little bit of news myself. A rather lengthy excerpt of my novel HOME BASE, which was a submission of the month in Submissions Mailbox a year or so ago, was accepted for publication  in CRICKET MAGAZINE.

 

I'm pretty excited about this, because I've never been published in CRICKET before. I remember reading it in my elementary school library many, many years ago. I actually submitted it to CICADA, a YA journal, but the editor passed it on to the CRICKET editors. So now I'm having a little bit of an identity crisis. Am I an MG writer or a YA writer??!!  Or both?!

Comment by April Wall on March 4, 2013 at 7:10pm

Thanks Suzanne!

Comment by Suzanne Linn Kamata on March 4, 2013 at 7:06pm

Congrats, April! Good luck finding a publisher!!

Comment by April Wall on March 4, 2013 at 2:34pm

Thanks Laura!


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Comment by Laura Chesterson on March 4, 2013 at 2:32pm

Congrats April! That's awesome! :-)

Comment by April Wall on March 4, 2013 at 2:06pm

Thanks Beverly!

Comment by Beverly Stowe McClure on March 4, 2013 at 2:04pm

Awesome. Congratulations, April.

 
 
 

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