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THE SCHOOL FOR FUTURE HEROINES (Spring ’27)
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The last of our Creative Writing Workshop series is LIVE!🌟💖 We can’t wait to have Melissa Dassori @melissadassoriauthor and Yvette Clark @yvettewrites on Sunday 11/8 at 3pm for another writing workshop, this time… all about NYC!!🗽🍎🚕 RSVP through our link in bio or on our website!👀 KIDDOS ONLY PLEASE!❤️

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We are so excited to be hosting another Creative Writing Workshop Series lead by the amazing Melissa Dassori @melissadassoriauthor and featuring Nancy Tandon @_nancytandon_, Victor Pineiro @victorpineiro, and Yvette Clark @yvettewrites! 🌟📝💕
Mark your calendars for Sunday 9/13 at 3-4pm when Melissa and Nancy will run the first workshop — we will be asking “What If?”and let our imaginations run wild with story possibilities!💭✨ Sign up FOR FREE through the link in our bio or on our website!! We recommend this workshop for kids ages 7 and up!
We will reveal the themes of the final two sessions over the next month, so keep your eyes peeled!👀

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There’s just something about middle-grade books with multiple narrators. I don’t know about you, but I get a little thrill when I reach the second chapter of a book and there’s a different character narrating!

I always enjoy books with more than one narrator because it means I’ll get a “360-degree” view of the plot. Instead of guessing at the motivations of other characters (which has its appeal) or trusting the sole narrator, I get a closer look at the other characters. All five of the books on this list feature two narrators. Comment DUO below for the full list which also has a few middle grade books with more than two narrators.

Whether your reader is here for the mystery, the sports, the survival stakes, or the feels, these five do it especially well.

Which dual-POV middle grade would you add? Tell me below.

#middlegradebooks #kidlit #booksforkids #middleschoolreads #teacherlibrarian

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One highlight of debuting in 2022 was meeting so many inspiring and generous middle grade authors who were also publishing their first books around the same time. They’ve become friends, writing companions, and authors I admire. This weekend I had a chance to stop by @seattlepubliclibrary and saw my books on their shelves next to so many great stories written by these authors. If you’re a young reader in the area, I hope you’ll check them out! (And thanks to the library staff for bringing in so many recent titles.)

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Day 5 Stops 7 and 7.5: Owl & Turtle Bookshop and the Camden Public Library, Camden, ME ⚓️

Owl & Turtle is under new management and the vibe was hoppin’!! I was happy to see a copy of THE GHOST OF SPRUCE POINT in their gorgeous lofted kids’ space. Then I let the t-shirt help me talk up its companion novel with owner Lisa. 👻

After a quick refreshment (not pictured, but yes 🍦) it was off to the library to meet Ms. Amy, who is the host of the Children’s Book Fair by the Sea which I’ll be participating in on August 15th. She has curated an amazing children’s section, check out the great titles I snapped pics of!

Thanks, Camden, for being a welcoming place for all things bookish!

#GhostontheCoast
#indiebookstores
#middlegradebooks
#summerreading

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Our Highlight from our annual Authorcade Boyd Mills retreat! Amazing conversations and inspired worktime. We missed our Authorcaders who couldn't be there but we'll definitely be back!!

@payaldoshiauthor
@rina.heisel
@megan_e_freeman_writer
@kealbus
@yvettewrites
@sylliu
@victorpineiro
@alyssabcolman

#Highlights #writingretreat #boydsmills

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Some moments just feel extra.

I knew intellectually that holding the reissue of my father John H. Secondari's novel "Coins in the Fountain" — the book I've been working for 8 years to bring back to the world — would be meaningful. But I didn't realize just how it would hit me.

I felt simultaneously the publishing professional holding a new book (something I've done hundreds of times, and it really never gets old) and the little girl who dreamed of reissuing her daddy's book.

For most of my life, bringing "Coins" back has been a dream. This spring, it finally becomes real.

Watching these copies come out of the box for the first time... I don't have words for it. The video will have to do.

Coins in the Fountain launches May 26 — and you can preorder your copy now on Barnes & Noble online.

Some stories deserve a second life. This one has been waiting long enough.

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Important Update! The Authorcade you know and love is still here, driving home a love of reading, but we wanted to share that we are expanding our horizons beyond MG! Please keep following us as we travel into new directions.

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And now, a TODAY YEARS OLD roundup of factoids and tidbits and little possible ... huh??? ... moments to make that Friday morning a little bit more eduCATional/give you fun little talking points to bring with you on whatever weekend socializing excursions are in your near future #bless

HAPPY FRIDAY FRIENDS! APPRECIATE YOU!

@yvettewrites
Credit/ watkinsonkelsey
@ravenelyse & ____ayanna
Credit/ stanscaps
@hawntedig & @albertbarclay69
@callmeamye & @simsimmaaz
@rosalyster
@drewrhyde & thebestfigen
@milesywilesy
@danaevyn
Credit/ tilthat & deadmomjokes & brunhiddensmusings
Credit/ mikeykink & paper-storm
Credit/ showerthoughtsofficial & ussglasscaseofemotion
@eileenmaryoconnell
@merriamwebster

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Worth listening to them all. Keep the faith.

…”Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear…is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to covert retreat into advance.

In every dark hour of our national life, a leadership of frankness and of vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people themselves which is essential to victory.” - President Franklin D. Roosevelt (as recited by @carly.c0nnors)

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Oh wow!

203 authors have now registered for The Strategic Author Workshop! I've increased the ticket limit to 250. Let's see if I sell out!!

I honestly can’t quite believe it. I’ve worked so long and hard on the concept of The Strategic Author. Refining, testing, evolving it — because I believe authors deserve more than writing tips or marketing tricks. They deserve strategy.

A strategy that connects creativity with clarity. That helps them understand not just what they’re writing, but why, for whom, and how to position their book so it reaches the readers who will care most.

To see this idea received with such enthusiasm is honestly thrilling — and deeply affirming.

The Workshop is on Wednesday, October 29, 1-2pm ET. Tickets on Eventbrite (link in bio).

To every author who’s joining on October 29: I can’t wait to meet you!

To those of you who haven't registered yet, what are you waiting for??

Here’s to thinking differently about authorship — with strategy, intention, and joy.

Interested in learning more about The Strategic Author program starting in November? (link in bio also!)

#publishing #authors #authordevelopment #authorcoaching #publishingstrategy

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In our “Publishing Perspectives” series, we’re sharing what #PublishingExperts really look for, and how The Strategic Author helps writers meet that mark.

"As a Publisher, I say YES when the audience is clear and the market is understood, but most authors pitch the story and skip the strategy. They lead with plot and passion, not positioning.

And that’s where they get lost.

The Strategic Author program helps authors think like publishing pros — clarifying audience, category, and comparable titles so their ideas arrive on my desk ready to fit my list."

When authors grasp the market context, publishers see potential instead of risk, and strong ideas become signed books.

The gap between a promising manuscript and a signed book is strategy — and The Strategic Author helps authors bridge it.

Register for the free Strategic Author workshop on 10/28 at 1pm ET <link in bio>

Ready to apply for the November cohort? <link in bio>

#TheStrategicAuthor #WritingCommunity #PublishingTips hashtag#AmQuerying #AmWriting #GetSigned #BookMarketing #AuthorBrand

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