PROJECT MAYHEM

Are you doing #NaNoWriMo? If so, I hope by now you have a solid story idea. But it’s possible you got started and realized your idea mig...

For my last post , I talked about villains and the layering of roles often seen in kids lit: rivals, agents, and the true enemy. I want t...

Antagonists come in many forms: natural disasters, well-meaning friends, or even unwitting coincidence. But I think the most fun to write a...

Shakespeare’s Romeo said that “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” But I wonder, would a character named Rose have the same pe...

We've passed October's middle point, and as Halloween approaches, the air crackles with the energy November brings, not only because...

I admit I’m not a big TV viewer, but watching Stranger Things on Netflix lit up the middle grade parts of my brain like a string of C...

I have to confess, I put little stock in personality tests. They seem too generic, like magazine horoscopes that, with a little finag...

Tomorrow is Beverly Cleary's 100th birthday. In celebration, I'm sharing a post that first published in 2011. Three cheers for the...

I'm a natural planner, but over the past year or two, I've been trying to loosen up and just write, as I've shared here befor...

Author Chris Eboch This post is adapted from You Can Write for Children : How to Write Great Stories, Articles, and Books for Kids and...