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[LJ]

Chris wrote: "Hello. I am an author of Middle Grade books and frequent visitor of Middle Grade schools. Look forward to seeing what this group isup to!"

Welcome, Chris! I look forward to reading your books. I'm on my first rewrite of my first middle-grade novel. Needless to say, I'm impressed with anyone who has mastered that process and pulled it off many times!

[Kristin]

Hi! I am a parent of a 5th grade boy and currently am able to volunteer in his class 3 days a week. One of my favorite activities is being a facilitator/leader of Lit circles. I really enjoy discussing books with kids but even more I enjoy reading the books. The kids in the class get their choice of a book every 3 weeks. Then we meet once a week to discuss the book. It is amazing to hear what the kids think of the book they chose and to discuss it with them. The groups are usually made up of 4-6 kids. I have gotten so much out of being a lit circle facilitator. Thanks for starting this group!

[Natalie]

Kristin wrote: "Hi! I am a parent of a 5th grade boy and currently am able to volunteer in his class 3 days a week. One of my favorite activities is being a facilitator/leader of Lit circles. I really enjoy dis..."

We had reading circles in my school when I was a kid. What a wonderful thing to be involved in! I hope my kids' school does something similar when they get a little older.

[S.W.]

Kristin wrote: "Hi! I am a parent of a 5th grade boy and currently am able to volunteer in his class 3 days a week. One of my favorite activities is being a facilitator/leader of Lit circles. I really enjoy dis..."

Hi Kristin,
It's great to have you in the group and I hope that it gives you plenty of great reads for your reading circle. I'm sure that other members would love to hear all about your circle. Thanks so much for finding us and joining.
Cheers

[Malia]

Hi everyone! My name's Malia. I'm an MG/'Tween/YA author and this looked like such a great group, I had to join. And I have to admit, I also love reading MG/'Tween/YA books. :)

[S.W.]

Malia Ann wrote: "Hi everyone! My name's Malia. I'm an MG/'Tween/YA author and this looked like such a great group, I had to join. And I have to admit, I also love reading MG/'Tween/YA books. :)"

Hi Malia,
I'm glad you found us! A big welcome and 3 cheers from everyone.

[Elle]

I'm Elle Jacklee, author of The Tree of Mindala: Wunderwood Book One, which is a middle grade fantasy.

I can't believe I haven't found this group until now! But I'm so glad I did! Just at first glance, it looks like it will have a lot of valuable discussions and feedback about the market for MG books.

I look forward to being part of this group with all of you!

[S.W.]

Elle wrote: "I'm Elle Jacklee, author of The Tree of Mindala: Wunderwood Book One, which is a middle grade fantasy.

I can't believe I haven't found this group until now! But I'm so glad I did! Just at first g..."

Hi Elle,
It's great that you found us , finally. I'm sure that you'll find lots of interesting discussions to join. Thanks for becoming a member.

[Rhys]

Hey, everyone. I'm a teacher who's been writing for about eight years - it's taken me this long to consider myself 'good enough' (if we ever are!). I'm still pretty scattershot: short stories, poetry and articles, but I love writing for children and teenagers. I've been sitting on a couple of manuscripts for years, got some great feedback from Penguin and others but no dice, and then BOOM ebooks. Even if it goes nowhere, I've loved the process of indie publishing.

I'm at http://rhystate.com/ if anyone's interested.

[S.W.]

Rhys wrote: "Hey, everyone. I'm a teacher who's been writing for about eight years - it's taken me this long to consider myself 'good enough' (if we ever are!). I'm still pretty scattershot: short stories, poet..."

Hi Rhys, Welcome aboard.
I saw (and replied to) your post on another thread.
Cheers

[Katie]

Hi, my name is Katie Carroll. My favorite MG authors include Tommy Greenwald, Donna Gephart, Rick Riordan, David Almond, and Kate Messner.

I'm also an author. My published works include a YA fantasy called Elixir Bound and a picture book app called The Bedtime Knight. I don't have any middle grade books published...yet. My website is www.katielcarroll.com if anyone is interested in checking it out.

[LJ]

Hi Katie,

I'm very interested in looking at your website and your books. I'm writing middle grade and picture books and love to hear about favorite mg books and authors.

Nice to "meet" you.

LJ

[Katie]

LJ wrote: "Hi Katie,

I'm very interested in looking at your website and your books. I'm writing middle grade and picture books and love to hear about favorite mg books and authors.

Nice to "meet" you.

LJ"

Nice to "meet" you too, LJ.

[Suzanne]

I can vouch for Katie. I read her book and absolutely loved it.

[Melissa]

Hi, my name's Melissa, and I found this group because I was nosing around Rebecca Douglass's author profile page and saw she commented on a thread I thought was interesting(Hi Rebecca!).
I'm opening a bookstore, and needed some recommendations on what to stock for my middle grade customers, since it's been a long time since I read in the genre regularly myself.

[S.W.]

Melissa wrote: "Hi, my name's Melissa, and I found this group because I was nosing around Rebecca Douglass's author profile page and saw she commented on a thread I thought was interesting(Hi Rebecca!).
I'm openin..."

Hi Melissa,
I'm glad that you found us!!
Hopefully you can get plenty of tips for your shop and will find plenty of interesting discussions. If you have any questions or ideas please let me know.
Cheers

[Melissa]

Thanks, S.W.

[T.]

Hello, fellow readers. I am a cryptologist of sorts, sharing my adventurous discoveries through my books. In the last decade, I have spent 100% of my spare time tracking the gnomus furtivus (a rare gnome species), and 99.9999% NOT finding one. It's that .0001% that makes it worth it all. Then there's the dwindileus vaporus, which could be invisibly perched on one's shoulder blade unawares. These creatures have spawned of unearthly means, with histories of another realm to tell. Track their winding, uncommon trails in my first book.

Also, look for my new book cover design - to be voted by goodreads members.

Sincerely, Twilliam William Watts

[Rebecca]

Melissa wrote: "Hi, my name's Melissa, and I found this group because I was nosing around Rebecca Douglass's author profile page and saw she commented on a thread I thought was interesting(Hi Rebecca!).
I'm openin..."

Hi Melissa! Glad you found us! Some great stuff around here (and I can work a great deal for bookstores if you want my book ;) Especially if you have a cat).

[Melissa]

Rebecca, I was actually thinking about getting a store cat. I think it'd be a great draw for customers.

[Kristy]

Hi everyone, what a lovely group! I'm Kristy, yes, yet another MG/YA author. My books are a four part mini series aimed at the 9 plus market. I am a mum, so am always tired! In my time I love to write, fantasy mainly. I am on the fourth book in the "Kiera's Quest" series published with Muse It Up Publishing. If you like talking dolls, shapeshifters, twisted witches mixed with teen angst- here is the link to book one-

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...

It is great to be here and mix with like- minded readers/writers. xxxx

[S.W.]

Kristy wrote: "Hi everyone, what a lovely group! I'm Kristy, yes, yet another MG/YA author. My books are a four part mini series aimed at the 9 plus market. I am a mum, so am always tired! In my time I love to wr..."

Hi Kristy,
Glad to see you've found us and joined up.
There's always plenty of discussion going on, so I hope you find out some interesting info ... and please spread your wisdom as well.
Cheers

[Krystal]

Hello everyone. I was lucky enough to stumble across this group because a friend of mine here on Goodreads commented on a thread. I'm very happy that I was lucky enough to find you because I love reading Middle Grade books. I'm also hoping that my love for MG and YA books will aide me when my daughter gets older so that I can recommend books for her (and so that I know exactly what she is reading since I will have hopefully read it as well). I'm not an author but I am an aspiring poet. I look forward to discovering new books and hearing (well reading) about what other people think of them.

Sorry if I seem a bit scattered. I've been up with a sick child all day and most of the night.

[S.W.]

Krystal wrote: "Hello everyone. I was lucky enough to stumble across this group because a friend of mine here on Goodreads commented on a thread. I'm very happy that I was lucky enough to find you because I love r..."

Hi Krystal,
Thanks so much for stumbling across our group after a night with lack of sleep :) Well done.
Please feel free to share your thoughts and wisdom with everyone.
Cheers

[Donna]

HI All, nice to be here! I am an International Debut Thriller Writers Debut author of A HUMAN ELEMENT, adult suspense. However, I also write middle grade adventure and pitching an adventure fantasy now. I also love to showcase authors on my blog and have a writers corner there for aspiring authors. Looking forward to hearing here about some great middle grade books to add to my TBR list. Thanks! -Donna
http://blog.donnagalanti.com/wp/

[S.W.]

Donna wrote: "HI All, nice to be here! I am an International Debut Thriller Writers Debut author of A HUMAN ELEMENT, adult suspense. However, I also write middle grade adventure and pitching an adventure fantasy..."

Welcome aboard Donna, It's great to have you in the group.

[Donna]

S.W. wrote: "Donna wrote: "HI All, nice to be here! I am an International Debut Thriller Writers Debut author of A HUMAN ELEMENT, adult suspense. However, I also write middle grade adventure and pitching an adv..."

Hi S.W., thanks for the welcome! Love to find some new middle grade reads, especially for my 10 year old son

[S.W.]

Donna wrote: "S.W. wrote: "Donna wrote: "HI All, nice to be here! I am an International Debut Thriller Writers Debut author of A HUMAN ELEMENT, adult suspense. However, I also write middle grade adventure and pi..."

Well hopefully you'll find plenty through the group. I can suggest that you take a peek at our GMGR list in Listopia. It has a lot of books that have been discussed in the group, as well as others that have been added and voted for by members.

Here's the link ...
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/27...

There is also a discussion topic in the group where you can post your thoughts about the list.

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

[Leeann]

Hello! I'm very excited to have found this group! I am a 7th grade English teacher and I'm VERY interested in finding new things for the kids to read. I like to keep it as fresh as possible for them!

[Donna]

S.W. wrote: "Donna wrote: "S.W. wrote: "Donna wrote: "HI All, nice to be here! I am an International Debut Thriller Writers Debut author of A HUMAN ELEMENT, adult suspense. However, I also write middle grade ad..."

Super thanks!

[S.W.]

Leeann wrote: "Hello! I'm very excited to have found this group! I am a 7th grade English teacher and I'm VERY interested in finding new things for the kids to read. I like to keep it as fresh as possible for ..."

Hi Leeann ... It's a pleasure to have you in the group.
Lets's hope we help you keep the classroom fresh :)

[T.]

Leeann wrote: "Hello! I'm very excited to have found this group! I am a 7th grade English teacher and I'm VERY interested in finding new things for the kids to read. I like to keep it as fresh as possible for ..."

You've spotted a great destination. I see new books here about every week: middle-grade books

[Jan]

Hi everyone,
I was alerted to this group by a member on the Kindleboards. As an author, Middle Grade is not a term we are familiar with here in South Africa. We used to have 'standards' but they have now changed to 'grades' which go from Grade 0 to Grade 12. As I'm originally from the UK I've never managed to master the age groups and am more comfortable just talking about ages.
My children's books have previously been trad published, but I now have the copyright to them and have e-published them as Kindle e-readers. I look forward to being able to interact with parents and teachers, especially as I'm working on a book about a left-handed child, which also has info on left-handedness for parents and teachers. Would love to be able to get some feedback before I actually publish it.

[Jemima]

Hi Jan
I'm from the Uk and I dont cope with grades well either, even the ones they have here now! 8-12, 9-13 seems to be the age range we're talking about. Or just 8 and up since the 'up' end seems to go to pensioner age!
Both my nieces are lefties, I do some things lefthanded because I was 'told' to write with my right hand as a seven year old, so I did. Maybe it's why I'm so mixed up ;)
Welcome to GMGR!

[Jan]

Hi Jemima,
Thanks for the welcome. Good to meet a fellow lefty. There are so many things that are awkward for lefties, but they learn to cope. However, I do think it's important that lefty children realise why they can sometimes feel clumsy, and that parents can help by buying left-handed tools and gadgets, and by teaching them to do things by using a different method (especially teaching girls how to knit, which used to have me in tears at school).
Cheers
Jan

[Rebecca]

Hi Jan! I'm another southpaw (as we call them around here). My kids avoided it, so my knowledge is a bit dated, but I sure have lots of thoughts about it.

I know I stole the first decent pair of lefty scissors I was given in school, and still have them 40+ years later!

[Rebecca]

Oh, and as for knitting. I gave up and learned to crochet instead :)

[J.Y.]

Hi, another newbie here. It's great to see so many teachers and librarians here, who have an interest in what their students read. I confess that I too have written some MG adventure books (with strong boy AND girl main characters) but I'll refrain from mentioning unless I'm on the correct forum specifically for that.
Oh, and I'm in North Carolina, I think I saw a few others from NC as well. :)

[Jan]

Hi Rebecca,
I used to get dreadful blisters from using right-handed scissors to cut out material. I was 40 years old before I finally gave in and bought myself some left-handed scissors. Now I delight in allowing unsuspecting righties to borrow them! :)

[Rebecca]

Jan, you're one up on me, because I could never learn to cut any better than a kindergartener with rightie scissors. I am actually one of the more completely left-handed people I know.

I take a secret joy in putting the mouse at work on the left side. . . And leaving it there.

[J.Y.]

At my job a number of years ago, there were about six of us in a particular aisle of 'cube-ville.' At least three of the six, if not four of them, were lefties (oddly enough). One time I tried to help one of them out with her computer and lordy, trying to use that leftie mouse just about made my head explode! :o

[Rebecca]

I've never sprung for an actual left handed mouse, just put the normal mouse on the left side.

[Jan]

Hi Rebecca,
Re: left-handed mouse. My computer is set up for a left-hander and I have to keep reminding the technician when he comes to fix things.

At a buffet I like to put all the spoons/scoops back to suit a left-hander :)

[Rebecca]

Jan wrote: "Hi Rebecca

At a buffet I like to put all the spoons/scoop..."

Oh, you subversive!

[Jemima]

I use a mouse left handed, but a touchpad right handed. Apart from the fact that the one on this keyboard is on the right... the last one was in the middle.I used to switch the buttons on the mouse, but it got so irritating when someone used my computer that I changed them back.

[Rebecca]

My mother-in-law collaborated on my most evil lefty thing. After she got a bread knife that is designed like a bow saw (so can be used only one way as there is a backing on the other side--think a bow laid on edge), I griped about not being able to use it--so she got the artisan to make a lefty one for me. No one else at my house can use my bread knife! (And I bake nearly all our bread, so it matters).

[Marcy]

Hi. I am relatively new to Goodreads. I run an elementary library by day and write by night, and morning, and at my kid's practices, etc. :-) My middle grade novel, Confessions of a Corn Kid, was released to Kindle in early February (bullying, small town dreams). I also have a feature on my blog called "Middle Grade Monday" where I feature other Kindle Middle Grade authors and highlight their books. www.marcyblesy.com Thanks for this group. BTW, Richard Peck is one of my favorite MG authors.

[Jan]

I think we might have hi-jacked this thread :(
Is it ok if I start another thread as I would like some opinions from parents and teachers re the book for left-handers that I'm working on?

[S.W.]

Jan wrote: "I think we might have hi-jacked this thread :(
Is it ok if I start another thread as I would like some opinions from parents and teachers re the book for left-handers that I'm working on?"

Hi Jan .... great idea ..... just start a new thread.
Cheers

[S.W.]

Marcy wrote: "Hi. I am relatively new to Goodreads. I run an elementary library by day and write by night, and morning, and at my kid's practices, etc. :-) My middle grade novel, Confessions of a Corn Kid, was ..."

Hi Marcy,
Glad to have you in the group.... welcome aboard.