Ten days ago, I ran my first 10k race. This was quite a feat since six months ago I hadn’t run in nearly 20 years. In November 2009, I discovered PodRunner, an online series where you follow a running program from the couch to 5k. To my surprise, I finished it in 8 weeks. I followed up with their Freeway to 10k program and finished it at the end of January. I had gone from the couch to running a 10k in four months!
Then I injured myself—five days before my first 10k race. Because I didn’t stretch properly, I got More >
A couple weeks ago, Adventures in Odyssey asked if we could do a podcast together and, of course, I jumped at the chance! Who doesn’t love Adventures in Odyssey?!
This January, I started writing the Jones and Parker 5-Minute Mysteries for Clubhouse magazine, where Emily Jones and Matthew Parker of Odyssey fame have to solve mysteries–and fast–because they have to do it before you!
In this podcast, Bob and Jesse (my AWESOME editor) quiz me on what it takes to create a mini-mystery from scratch. We look at what I call “Brain Splats” and also talk about writing in general. Plus, readers get More >
“What age are your books written for?”
I get this question quite often, and the answer is both easy and difficult.
The easy answer is “middle graders.” If you go to your local bookstore and look for my Super Sleuth Investigator mysteries, or if you see a magazine ad for the Commander Kellie and the Superkids adventures, you’ll see that both are listed as “for middle graders.” Same with the Amazing Laptop series.
“Middle grade” is generally classified as that grade between childhood and teenage years–specifically ages 8-12. (Sometimes broadened to ages 7-13.) Though the term isn’t as popular as it once was, some More >
Welcome to the new home of Christopher P. N. Maselli!
If you’ve been following, you know that over the years, I can’t help but change my Web site up once in a while. Here’s the latest iteration!
You’ll still find everything you found on the last site–a bit about me and a bit about the books I’ve written. But now you’ll find much more.
More than anything, I wanted the opportunity for us to talk a bit, to interact. With this new site, I can leave posts on a regular basis. For instance, you’ll now be able to not only find out what I’m More >
