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We’re pleased to welcome Kate O’Shaughnessy to the blog! Kate, a member of our in-person Lunch Break, has completed two middle grade manuscripts and has work with a freelance editor on both. She was kind enough to answer our questions about the why, the what, and the how of working with a freelance editor. Kate […]

We’re pleased to have debut author Jill Diamond join us for the New Year. Her delightful middle grade novel Lou Lou and Pea and the Mural Mystery came out in October, and it found its way onto two of our reading lists (here and here). Jill is a regular Lunch Breaker, and she’s just as […]

JoAnne Stewart Wetzel’s debut middle grade novel Playing Juliet came out last fall from Sky Pony Press. JoAnne’s main character, twelve-and-a-half-year-old Beth Sondquist, is heartbroken when her beloved children’s theater is slated to be closed. Beth dreams of playing Juliet, and she could have her chance–the director has decided to stage Romeo and Juliet as […]