"Middle grade" is usually defined as kids between 8 and 12 year old. As any parent or teacher will attest, that is a huge range. And with...

Let's start by saying that I was a reluctant learner as a child and I was a reluctant educator as an adult. And, I'm fully aware that edu...

I named Sam Butler after two of my best friends when I was a kid: Sam B. and J. Butler. Sorry, I'm not going to give away their full name...

When your brain is only partially working, your right hand curls up into a numb but painful claw, muscles all over your body misfire, and...

Like most people, I could tell stories when I was wee little. Unfortunately most people I know either lost or failed to level up their st...

Like everyone else, I've made plenty of mistakes in my life. Some were embarrassing flubs like tripping in front of my seventh grade crus...

I grew up on science fiction and fantasy. So much of my writing is informed by Robert Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, and Orson Scott Card. T...