Children's Fiction and Nonfiction
Eight of my fellow Spooky Middle Grade authors and I appeared on the latest Reading With Your Kids podcast, which dropped on December 25th. Together (but separately) we wrote a story for Jed’s niece. Check out the results!
https://t.co/IvaGcrMUeo Oh what an amazing episode of the #RWYK #Podcast. Nine Spooky Middle Grade Authors create an original story right before our very ears! @spookymgbooks @jedliemagic
— jed doherty (@jedliemagic) December 30, 2018
Recently, I joined a fun group called Spooky Middle Grade. It’s a group of 12+ authors (so far) who think spooky stories have a place all year round. Besides blogging, we offer free Skype visits (30 minute Q&A format) to teachers and librarians as well as a reading challenge (see below).
I admit it. I’m not great at keeping my website and events up to date, particularly since I’m teaching multiple university classes. However, I do have some cool upcoming events in spring (and summer) that I can’t really announce yet! Stay tuned! (Hint: one involves a book festival, and the other a school system.)
As for books, I can announce that book 2 of the GHOSTS OF ORDINARY OBJECTS series, LINGERING ECHOES, will come out on March 12, 2019! (The book has been available for preorder for a bit.)
I also have a couple of nonfiction books scheduled to come out in January 2019, including INSIDE COMPUTERS (Abdo Core Library) and CYCLES OF THE NIGHT SKY ( Child’s World). (btw, I’m writing an article for an upcoming issue of the SCBWI Highlighter on work-for-hire books.)
Quick announcement! I’ll be giving a World Building Workshop for teen writers at the Raleigh Court Library (Roanoke) starting at 4 pm on October 25th. Call the library at 853-2240 to register. We’ll be talking about how to create worlds for your stories (or games)!
As some of you may know, I teach professional writing for Indiana University East online. I’m happy to announce that I’ll also be teaching YA and speculative fiction for Southern New Hampshire University’s new online Creative Writing MFA. (In fact, I’m teaching YA Fiction II this semester!)
So far, I’ve been impressed with the program. It’s designed to guide students through the process of writing–and selling–their novel. And students can do this in one of several GENRE tracks, including YA, spec fiction, romance, and contemporary.