Mission 1: All in a Day's Work | Chapter 14 Excerpt, Middle-Grade Fiction Ages 8-12
Chapter 14: Thursday Night Meet-Up Zelda Screech Cat taunts her bona fides while at home with her nemesis and reluctant owner, Sophia...
Susan Stoderl
Jul 7, 20231 min read
Middle-Grade Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers Detective Series | How Sophia Came About
The main character in my Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers series is a rambunctious, precocious ten-year-old girl going on forty. The...
Susan Stoderl
Jun 30, 20231 min read
Mission 2: Unexpected Visitors | A Middle-Grade Time Travel Novel
When Lionel looked into the park, all he could see was dense foliage. He heard a heavy grating noise coming from inside, but no other...
Susan Stoderl
Jun 9, 20232 min read
Prequel to Mission 1: All in a Day's Work | Middle-Grade New York City History
Jefferson Market Library was originally built as the Third Judicial District Courthouse from 1874 to 1877 and was designed by architect...
Susan Stoderl
May 26, 20232 min read
Writing Children’s Fiction Ages 8-12 | Letting Children Know They Are Not Alone
Children want to know how to cope with situations that seem overwhelming, that they feel are beyond their years and ability to cope....
Susan Stoderl
Apr 18, 20231 min read
Middle-Grade Detective Book Excerpt | Mission 2: Unexpected Visitors
Chapter 1. Apartment 4B—with a Capital “B” for Bo-o-oring! A cloud of doom hovered over the MacGregor household. Sophia propped her...
Susan Stoderl
Apr 14, 20232 min read
Middle-Grade Prequel to Mission 1: All in a Day's Work | Excerpt
From Chapter 1: Boys, Dragons, and Golden Fleece In this excerpt, the classroom teacher, Bartholomew Smythe, lectures on Jason and Medea...
Susan Stoderl
Apr 7, 20232 min read
A Middle-Grade Indie Author’s Life | To-Do List v. Completed List
To-Do on the Business End of Writing Read all those emails from the writers and entrepreneurs that already know what I need to know. Make...
Susan Stoderl
Apr 4, 20231 min read
Mission 1: All in a Day's Work | Wahoo's "Working" Relationship with Christie's Auction House
Wahoo is an arctic raven who is quite a dapper dude with thoughts only of others, such as helping Christie’s Auction House with their...
Susan Stoderl
Feb 10, 20232 min read