396: When Fantasy and Reality Intersect: Writing Contemporary Middle Grade Fiction - Interview with Ryan Dalton

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Ryan Dalton.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ryan is an author, singer, voiceover artist, amateur chef and lover of all things geek. He’s also the</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">author of the young adult and middle-grade books including the time travel mystery series, the Time Shift trilogy. Today we’ll be discussing his latest novel,</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">This Last Adventure,</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">a middle-grade story about the bond between a teenage boy and his grandfather, how that boy copes with his grandfather’s memory loss, and what it means to live a life worth remembering.</span></p> <p> </p> <h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this epis</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">ode Ryan Dalton a</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">nd I discuss:</span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why he wrote</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">This Last Adventure</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">as a middle grade story, as opposed to YA.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How he created a sense of hope when his amorphous antagonist was undefeatable. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Writing group scenes and what to include and what to leave out to make each character distinct.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <h4><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Plus, his #1 tip for writers.</span></em></h4> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For more info and show notes: <a href="https://diymfa.com/podcast/episode-396-ryan-dalton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">diymfa.com/396</a></span></p>