Growing up at a youth camp was a bit like living at Disneyworld, with characters played by staff members and campers alike. Is it any surprise, then, that I came up with the idea for my middle grade camp series? While the novel’s setting closely resembles the camp as it was in the 1960’s and […]
Things I want in a middle-grade Christian fantasy, by agent Sally Apokedak
I get a lot, a lot, a lot of Christian middle grade fantasy in my inbox. And I would love to sell some of that. Here’s how you can move to the top of the slush pile: Pay attention to the mechanics If you have trouble with verb tenses or points of view or misplaced […]
Unusual personal experiences inspire writer Phyllis Wheeler
I picked up my pen to write fiction and poetry when I was twelve or thirteen years old. Then I got distracted. I buried my dream of writing a book, but I didn’t forget it. As an adult I worked as a nonfiction writer much of the time: as a newspaper reporter, a technical writer, […]