Happy New Name, New Site, New Year!
Happy New Year! As you can see, we're celebrating in style with a new name and a new look. Why the change? Although we had a lot of fun with the Mafia theme over the past few years - it does have a certain "negative" [...]
Free Books for Summer Reading
"Regardless of ethnicity, socioeconomic level or previous achievement, children who read four or more books over the summer fare better on reading comprehension tests in the fall than their peers who read one or no books over the summer." [...]
SCBWI/Southern Breeze Springmingle
The Middle-Grade Mafia had a great time at Springmingle. The event was held in Decatur, Georgia and featured awesome intensives, speeches, and opportunities for networking. Also, a party! Check out the highlight video below and next year, be there yourself!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJJDm1B3jF0
Mafia Reading Goals, 2017
Ask any author and they'll tell you the same thing - to be a good writer, you need to READ. Believe it or not, as much as the Mafia loves to read, we still have to be deliberate in making time for it. I polled [...]
MG News Alert: Mafia Member Wins Award!
There are three things that the Middle Grade Mafia loves – books, authors, and celebrations! Today we’re celebrating a member of the Mafia Family – Lisa Lewis Tyre! Lisa’s debut book, LAST IN A LONG LINE OF REBELS, was selected by the Georgia Center of [...]
SCBWI Conference Highlight: Mining Your Past
Guest Post by Lynn Coulter The regional SCBWI conferences are known for providing attendees with an opportunity to meet and learn from other amazing authors, agents, and editors. This year’s Southern Breeze SpringMingle lived up to the reputation. The writer’s intensive was led by the [...]