Mindy Hardwick is talking about her new upper middle grade book, STAINED GLASS SUMMER, and mentoring at-risk kids on Carrie Pearson's Mentor Monday Blog Series. Carrie Pearson is a Michigan SCBWI member and hosts a weekly blog series about mentors. Here's the blog link to check out.To find out more about STAINED GLASS SUMMER, including... Continue Reading →
Join Mindy Hardwick for the Dark and Stormy Beach Weekend
On Saturday, November 5, Fellow SCBWI WWA member Mindy Hardwick will lead two writing workshops for Dark and Stormy Beach Weekend in Manzanita, Oregon. The workshops will run from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. The fee for each is $25. Both workshops will be at the Hoffman Center, 594 Laneda... Continue Reading →
Good News for Mindy Hardwick (and Classes too!!)
First, the good news!Mindy Hardwick is happy to report that her middle grade novel, STAINED GLASS SUMMER, has sold to Musa Publishing with a December 2011 release date. Musa is an royalty paying, e-publisher and they are open to middle grade and young adult submissions. You can find out all about the long, ten-year journey... Continue Reading →
Good News for Mindy Hardwick
Not one but TWO big HIP HIP HOORAYS for Mindy Hardwick!! Mindy loves exploring the complexities of the unreliable narrator, and has just sold her young adult romance novel, WEAVING MAGIC, to Muse-It-Up Publishing. (Canadian). Publication date, April 2012. While working on this story, Mindy learned a lot about characters who can't quite tell the... Continue Reading →
Good News for Mindy Hardwick
Hooray! Hooray for Mindy Hardwick! Mindy Hardwick's flash fiction YA story, NIGHT CRIMES, has been published on Glass Cases.Glass Cases is a blog run by Sarah LaPolla who is an associate agent at Curtis Brown. NIGHT CRIMES is a story which Mindy wrote during the Seattle SCBWI workshop with Noa Wheeler. Noa prompted us to... Continue Reading →
Romance writing class with Mindy Hardwick
Do you have a young adult romance story you are writing? Or maybe you just want to add a romance into your mystery or fantasy novel. From the first meeting to the final break-up, this class will explore writing about that first love. Mindy Hardwick will teach, Writing the Young Adult Romance, on Monday nights... Continue Reading →
COLUMBIAKids turns two with “The Story Behind the Story”
On May 20 from 6:30 to 8 p.m., you can celebrate COLUMBIAKids e-zine at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma. (1911 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma WA 98402.)Here's the official invite from editor Stephanie Lile:Join us as COLUMBIAKids e-zine turns two! This year we’re exploring “the story behind the story” with amazing PNW authors Kirby Larson... Continue Reading →