New Cover!

I have recently re-designed the cover for Royal Institute of Magic! Though I liked the old one, I felt it didn’t appeal to the Middle Grade audience as much as it could. I thought the main character (Ben) looked far too old, and there wasn’t a lot going on in the picture that told you […]

Middle Grade vs. Young Adult

What is the difference between Middle Grade and Young Adult books? This is an important topic because though I’m more than happy for the YA audience to read Royal Institute of Magic, it was originally written with a middle grade audience in mind, and marketed towards that end. For me, the key factor that separate […]