Getting Back into a Routine

Happy Monday everyone.

I have been so lax in posting on my blog lately. I'm going to try to get back into a routine of posting regularly.

So check back on Mondays and Wednesdays. I will try and post at least one of those days and maybe both.

There is a blog, Always in the Middle, that posts about middle grade books every Monday. They call it  MMGM (Marvelous Middle Grade Mondays). People review middle grade books. There is a click to their site and you can read what they have been reading. I used to post pretty regularly on this site, but haven't did it for a while, but I always try and go visit it every Monday.

Last Monday Patricia Tilton put up a very good review of my MG book, Duck and Cover. It was a nice surprise when I went over to her blog yesterday and saw it.

You can click here and read it. 

It is available on Kindle on Amazon. We are currently working a few kinks out of the manuscript, and the paperback will be put back up for sale shortly.

Happy reading and happy writing!

MMGM-The Whipping Boy

I checked out three Newbery Books from the library. I started reading all three at the same time, to see which one caught my attention. This is the one I finished first.

The Whipping Boy

Scholastic 1987

By Sid Fleischman

 

This is what it says on the back cover:  Jemmy, once a poor boy living on the streets, now lives in a castle. As the whipping boy, he bears the punishment when Prince Brat misbehaves, for it is forbidden to spank, thrash, or whack the heir to the throne. The two boys have nothing in common and even less reason to like one another.  But when they find themselves taken hostage after running away, they are left with no choice but to trust each other.

From looking at the cover, I wasn't sure if I would like this book. But, I did! It was a fun read of only 13,280 words. I know it seems like the trend for MG books is to be longer, but I tend to like the shorter ones. I say it's not the quantity of the pages but the quality of the pages.

This is a fun book with fun characters. There is hope for everyone. It takes a while, but Prince Brat turns out to be a good friend in the end.

Give this one a try, I think you will like it.

For more middle grade fun, check the links on

Shannon Messenger's blog.

Posted by Janet F. Smart on Creative Writing in the Blackberry Patch.