Bedroom Bio

Bedroom Bio

I was obsessed with Gi Joe toys when I was a kid. One of the things I loved was the file cards on the back of the toy packaging. Each character had a bio with basic information, code name, real name, birthplace, military rank, and specialty. It would also include a...
Fight Against Formula

Fight Against Formula

In television writers’ rooms, there is a practice called “beat the joke.” The idea is that there’s a joke written for a scene but can it be better? So the writers will all pitch variations or new jokes. Sometimes the original joke ends up staying but more often than...
Middle Grade Failure

Middle Grade Failure

You may have noticed the different banner above. I changed focus a few months back from writing about random things of interest to focusing on the craft of writing middle-grade fiction. So I have rebranded from The Newsletter of Awesomeness to The Middle-Grade...