WRITE A FICTIONALIZED MEMOIR
V.T. Bidania May 18, 2026,
7 p.m. CT
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Bidania’s middle grade novel in verse, A YEAR WITHOUT HOME, is a fictionalized memoir about her family’s harrowing escape from Laos in 1975. Learn how she fictionalized something so personal.
Thank you, Gennifer Choldenko, for your terrific presentation at our March Middle Grade Writers Group! You were so generous in sharing your writing process and how you created The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman. We appreciate you and all the wonderful books you write! #Kidlit/YAEditorsFeed
Behind the Book: Gennifer Choldenko’s Writing Process
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March 16, 2026 7 pm CT Register Free: gennifercholdenkoswritingprocess.eventbrite.com
NYT bestseller and Newbery Honor winner, Gennifer Choldenko, shares her craft tips. #mglit #writingcraft #Kidlit/YABookBoosters #mgauthor
Behind the Book: Gennifer Choldenko’s Writing Process
March 16, 2026
7pm CT
Free gennifercholdenkoswritingprocess.eventbrite.com
NYT bestseller & Newbery Honor winner Gennifer Choldenko shares craft tips. Find out the writing tips & tricks she uses with her own books. #kidlit #Kidlit/YAEditorsFeed
Behind the Book: Gennifer Choldenko’s Writing Process
March 16, 2026
7 pm CT
Free
gennifercholdenkoswritingprocess.eventbrite.com
NYT bestseller & Newbery Honor winner Gennifer Choldenko shares craft tips. Find out the writing tips & tricks she uses with her own books. #kidlit/YAEditorsFeed
Behind the Book: Gennifer Choldenko’s Writing Process
Mar 16, 2026, 7pm CT
Register Free: gennifercholdenkoswritingprocess.eventbrite.com
NYT bestseller & Newbery Honor winner Gennifer Choldenko shares her craft tips.
Thank you to #1 NYT Bestseller Dan Gemeinhart for his outstanding presentation at last night’s Middle Grade Writers Group. He used examples from his own writing to talk about the “Secrets of Great First Chapters.” If you missed it, read his books! Thank you, Dan! @dangemeinhart.bsky.social #kidlit
Thank you to #1 NYT Bestseller Dan Gemeinhart for his outstanding presentation at last night’s Middle Grade Writers Group. He used examples from his own writing to talk about the “Secrets of Great First Chapters.” If you missed it, read his books! Thank you, Dan! @dangemeinhart.bsky.social #kitlit
Thank you, Laurie!!😊
Middle Grade Writers Group
Feb 16, 7 pm CT
Free secretsofgreatfirstchapters.eventbrite.com
Gemeinhart's most recent bestseller, BUSTED, garnered 5 starred reviews & is a 2025 Amazon Best Book of the Year. He'll share how he writes great first chapters that turn into bestselling books.
#kidlit
Middle Grade Writers Group
Feb 16, 7pm CT
Register Free: secretsofgreatfirstchapters.eventbrite.com
Gemeinhart's most recent bestseller, BUSTED, garnered 5 starred reviews & is a 2025 Amazon Best Book of the Year. He'll share how he writes great first chapters that turn into bestselling books.
Middle Grade Writers Group
Feb 16, 7 pm CT
Free. secretsofgreatfirstchapters.eventbrite.com
Gemeinhart's most recent bestseller, BUSTED, garnered five starred reviews & is a 2025 Amazon Best Book of the Year. He'll share how he writes great first chapters that turn into bestselling books.
#kidlit
Thank you to the 2025 presenters for bringing terrific topics to the Middle Grade Writers Group. We hope you’ll check out and enjoy the many amazing books these authors have written.
A HUGE thank you to Lynne Kelly, USA Today bestselling author of THREE BLUE HEARTS, for giving an amazing presentation at last week’s Middle Grade Writers Group. The topic was Writing Unforgettable Animal Novels. Grab a copy of THREE BLUE HEARTS and enjoy. It’s unforgettable...
Writing Unforgettable Animal Novels
Oct 20, 2025
7 pm CT
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Lynne Kelly is the bestselling author of MG novels, including Song for a Whale. Lynne will discuss how to craft compelling stories that explore our connection to the animal world.
#writingcommunity
Write Unforgettable Animal Novels
Lynne Kelly
Oct 20, 2025
7 pm CT
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Some of the most unforgettable middle grade fiction features animals, whether they take center stage or are faithful friends of the human characters. Learn to make animals come alive on the page.
Novels-in-Verse: The Power of Poetic Narrative
Sept 15, 7 p.m. CT
Free: middlegradewritersgroup.eventbrite.com
Panelists: Meg Eden Kuyatt, Doan Phuong Nguyen, Shifa Saltagi Safadi, Padma Venkatraman
Award-winning authors discuss how they create novels-in-verse. #middlegradewriters #writingcommunity
Novels-in-Verse: The Power of Poetic Narrative
Sept 15, 7 p.m. CT
Free: middlegradewritersgroup.eventbrite.com
Panelists: Meg Eden Kuyatt, Doan Phuong Nguyen, Shifa Saltagi Safadi, Padma Venkatraman
Award-winning authors discuss how they create novels-in-verse. #writingcommunity #middlegradewriters
Novels-in-Verse: The Power of Poetic Narrative
Sept 15, 7 p.m. CT
Free: middlegradewritersgroup.eventbrite.com
Panelists: Meg Eden Kuyatt, Doan Phuong Nguyen, Shifa Saltagi Safadi, Padma Venkatraman
Authors discuss the creation of novels-in-verse using examples from their work.
#novels-in-verse
The Pros and Cons of Getting an MFA in Writing for Children
Erin Entrada Kelly and Eliot Schrefer
May 19, 2025, 7PM CT
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Erin Entrada Kelly & Eliot Schrefer teach in the MFAC program Hamline University. They will answer questions about program & their own careers.
#writingcommunity #kidlt #middlegradeauthor #middlegradebooks #writingprogram @erinentrada.bsky.social @eliotschrefer.bsky.social
The Pros and Cons of Getting an MFA in Writing for Children
Erin Entrada Kelly and Eliot Schrefer
May 19, 2025, 7PM CT
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Erin Entrada Kelly & Eliot Schrefer teach in the MFAC program Hamline University. They will answer questions about program & their own careers.
Writing Spooky Mysteries
with Matt McMann and Lindsay Currie
April 21, 2025, 7 pm CT
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Join us for a conversation between bestselling authors Matt McMann and Lindsay Currie. They’ll talk about how they write spooky mysteries. #writingcommunity #mglit #kidlit
Writing Spooky Mysteries
Matt McMann & Lindsay Currie
Apr 21, 2025, 7 pm CT
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Join us for a conversation between two bestselling authors about writing spooky middle grade mysteries.
#writingcommunity #mglit #mgwriters #kidlit #Booksky #writingspookymysteries
Writing Spooky Mysteries
Matt McMann and Lindsay Currie
April 21, 2025, 7pm CT
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Join us for a conversation between bestselling authors Matt McMann and Lindsay Currie. We’ll learn how they map out their books, blend “scary” with “mysterious,” and construct zinger scenes.
Growing Your Author Platform on Social Media with Matt Eicheldinger
Middle Grade Writers Group
Feb 17, 7 pm CT
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The NYT bestselling author of MATT SPROUT AND THE CURSE OF THE TEN BROKEN TOES will share how he garnered 70 million views on social media. #kidlit
Growing Your Author Platform on Social Media
with Matt Eicheldinger
Middle Grade Writers Group
Feb 17, 2025, 7pm CT
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The NYT bestselling author of MATT SPROUTS AND THE CURSE OF THE TEN BROKEN TOES will share how he garnered 70 million views on social media. #kidlit
Next Monday! Join us for the live release of my latest data on the middle grade book market along with a Q&A for all your burning questions about what's happening with middle grade books.
Middle Grade Writers Group
Monday, January 20, 2025, 7:00 p.m. CT
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Remember, we don’t record our meetings.
Questions? @kingreyanderson.bsky.social