Author Archives: madelynruth@yahoo.com

Mistakes, Middle School and Poetry

Posted on April 20, 2018 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

Those of us who grew up on Sesame Street spent a lot of time listening to Big Bird wax poetic about making mistakes. Everyone makes them, he said, why can’t you? But while Big Bird was chill with the idea, it took … Continue reading →

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Mary Hill: How She Died, How I Lived

Posted on April 19, 2018 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

Mary Crockett is my sometimes writing partner and my always friend. I could not be happier to talk with her about her new YA novel How She Died, How I Lived, which is coming out in November from Little, Brown. It’s … Continue reading →

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Upcoming

Posted on April 6, 2018 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

This winter’s gone by in a haze and I can’t exactly tell you where I’ve been. But I can tell you where I’ll be for the next few weeks. I’ll be in Richmond on April 21st as part of the … Continue reading →

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Funny

Posted on March 25, 2018 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

In Funny Girl, a collection of middle-grade stories by funny, female authors, there is a lot of talk indentifying humor as a super power. As someone who dreams of making milk come out of readers’ noses*, I couldn’t agree more. Many women … Continue reading →

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Undead

Posted on February 22, 2018 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

Today I un-killed one of my characters. His name is Joe and he’s pretty minor as characters go, but now he is un-dead. (Not one of the undead; just not dead.) The world I’m building, in a fictional town in Virginia, is … Continue reading →

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