Write On! PatMarcello.com | A woman who has redesigned herself more times than Tyra Banks has redesigned her hair

Hey, how’s it going? I’m Pat Marcello and I’ve written 10 books for publishers like ABC-Clio, Lucent, and Andrews-McMeel. I haven’t been writing for magazines or writing books for years, but I do write every day. I am a writer. And I have writerly thoughts all the time — some twisted, some normal. And so, I’d like to share a little of each with you. Enjoy!

Middle-Grade Writers to Emulate

by Pat Marcello | Dec 13, 2010 | Writing | 0 Comments

When thinking of middle-grade readers, we've established that they're not in middle grades. These are kids in 2nd to 7th grade, and the group requires diverse information. The younger ones like silly funny, while the older ones like a little more intelligent funny,...

Middle-Grade Readers Are Forming

by Pat Marcello | Dec 12, 2010 | Writing | 0 Comments

I love middle-grade readers. Though everyone's basic personality is formed by five years old, they say, reading habits are formed at this stage, I think. I really have no psychological data to support that assumption, but it's surely plausible. Cover of Sideways...

Writing for Middle-Grade Readers: Remember Goosebumps?

by Pat Marcello | Dec 11, 2010 | Writing | 0 Comments

If you're the parent of at 20-something kid, you probably do remember Goosebumps. Both the book series and the television series were wildly popular with the middle-grade crowd in the 90's, and my daughter loved both. I can't tell you how many of those books we got...