Susan Stoderl
- May 5, 2023
- 1 min
Maria Edgeworth & Louise Swanton Belloc | Collaborators on Children's Books & Stories
Edgeworth (1768—1849) wrote many children’s novels that conveyed moral lessons. One of her main collaborators was her friend Louise...
Susan Stoderl
- May 2, 2023
- 2 min
Anglo-Irish Writer of Children’s Stories and Novels About Irish Life | Maria Edgeworth (1768—1849)
Maria Edgeworth is a woman writer I would have liked to have known. Edgeworth lived in England prior to her family moving to their estate...
Susan Stoderl
- Apr 25, 2023
- 2 min
Calling all Writers and Readers | Literacy Facts
In our current society, there are many attacks upon our primary, secondary, and college educational systems, book banning, library...
Susan Stoderl
- Apr 21, 2023
- 2 min
Sun, Moon, and Stars. Astronomy for Beginners | Agnes Giberne’s Middle-Grade Books on Science
Agnes Giberne (1845-1903) was a prolific British writer, writing around one-hundred-thirty books. She is one of the first women to...
Susan Stoderl
- Apr 14, 2023
- 2 min
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 7, 2023
- 2 min
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 4, 2023
- 1 min
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
- Mar 17, 2023
- 1 min
From Writing Art Songs and Opera to Middle-Grade Fiction | Prairie Girl (2008)
During my second career, after singing and running a small opera company, I began composing art songs and opera. In 2008, I wrote about...
