Thanks to blogger friend Bane’s suggestion Monday, I’m opening Ink Spells up to guest posts to fill those Tuesday/Thursday slots which will sit vacant and lonely over the summer. If you are interested in guest posting, please email your post to susankayequinn@comcast.net. Ink Spells is all about middle grade (ages 8-12) books – writing them, reading them, getting the little ones interested in them, and finding good ones for advanced readers. Guest posts on any of those topics, or just general summer fun, are welcome!
Thanks to blog/Twitter friend and fellow MG writer Sheri for pointing out an awesome MG website – The Mixed Up Files…of Middle Grade Authors – a place for MG writers and readers to connect (the site now has a place of reverence on the side bar–>). They are kicking off with a MG book-giveaway contest, but they have plans, BIG plans. Epic, MG sized plans, which include book lists, interviews with MG authors, and the intention to keep it clean so that it’s a safe place for MG kids to visit as well. A-W-E-S-O-M-E. I’m already in love with these people, and seriously, I don’t know them (yet). There’s stuff for parents, for teacher-librarian-types, and for writers.
So hop over and check out the awesome.
And while you’re hopping, check out this great contest to raise money to help orphan kids in Thailand get to school. Thanks go to Adam, my favorite author-in-residence in Thailand, for pointing out this great way to help kids learn.
BONUS: A haiku from Dark Omen’s Summer Journal about our kittehs, Techy and Ninja.
While Dark Omen is penning ballads and haikus, Worm Burner is creating a detailed user guide for one of his computer games, and Mighty Mite is transcribing a poem he memorized in 1st grade. The Summer Journals may be my best idea yet!
Ha — if I can squeeze some time from my crazy schedule, I shall have to do this… Perhaps WB and MM can provide some guest posts as well, give us MGers and YAers some nostalgic insight into the chaos of young'uns minds.
I love guest posts! I've never done one myself, but I'd give it shot.
I write romance, but you might remember me talking about writing a book specifically for my daughter (she's twelve)…that's been a learning experience!
~JD
@Bane I will have to solicit guest posts from the young'uns! 🙂 Although I've already decided excerpts from the Summer Journals are going to have to be a regular feature, because they're just awesome, and the kids get pumped when I ask, "Can I post this on my blog?"
@Justine I would love for you to guest post! I'd love to hear your experience about writing for your daughter. 🙂