From The Mixed Up Files

Author Interview with Maire Roche Today’s author interview is with Middle Grade author Maire Roche. If you like monsters and retellings, then then buckle up for a fun read! So, without further ado…. KATE: Our Mixed-Up-Files readers would love the inside scoop on your latest book, Little Monsters! Can you tell us a bit about its premise? MAIRE: Thank you, and I’d love to chat all things Little Monsters! Little Monsters is a monstrous, magical, and modern remix of Little Women, all for a middle grade audience. In this retelling, each of the March sisters...

The Association of American Literary Agents (AALA) has revised its Canon of Ethics, with changes set to take place September 1, 2026.   Significant Changes to Note   While agents still may not charge a client for editorial work done to prepare a manuscript for submission, other avenues of generating revenue have opened up. As reported by medium.com, agents can now “offer clients paid services, such as marketing, publicity, web design, and, in some circumstances, editorial services, as long as representation is not contingent on purchasing those services.”   A significant change to the Canon, while not encouraging agents to...

As a kid, my summers were spent hanging out at the library reading Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys. I loved a good mystery, and not much has changed in that department. With summer reading in full swing, I’ve picked six of my favorite middle grade mysteries to share. They...

Hi Everyone! We offer you a special STEM Tuesday post today and hope that you enjoy it.   Artificial Intelligence is a hot topic lately for educators, writers, readers, and students. There have been numerous discussions, if not arguments, about how to proceed with the direction of AI when it...

Author Interview with Maire Roche Today’s author interview is with Middle Grade author Maire Roche. If you like monsters and retellings, then then buckle up for a fun read! So, without further ado…. KATE: Our Mixed-Up-Files readers would love the inside scoop on your latest book, Little Monsters! Can you...

As a kid, my summers were spent hanging out at the library reading Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys. I loved a good mystery, and not much has changed in that department. With summer reading in full swing, I’ve picked six of my favorite middle grade mysteries to share. They...

Author Interview with Maire Roche Today’s author interview is with Middle Grade author Maire Roche. If you like monsters and retellings, then then buckle up for a fun read! So, without further ado…. KATE: Our Mixed-Up-Files readers would love the inside scoop on your latest book, Little Monsters! Can you...

A question I hear often from kid readers is “How can you write for us when you’re an adult?” There’s a lot of reasons why this question pops up, but one of the biggest is the fact that adults simply aren’t kids. In their minds, we don’t look like them,...