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Hey illustrators/agents! I’m a #kidlit art director starting work on a new picture book—we’re looking for: expressive, commercial, human characters; fantasy; magic; AND Mahjong! The tiles! The drama! Please respond w/ samples + folio link. Please no emails/DMs. 💙❤️ #artcommissions

#amquerying #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky

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A guaranteed lively, fun AND informative time...

High hopes for 2026.... Because after in 2024, when this happened: blavity.com/black-bookst... This is happening:

High hopes for 2026.... That the story Leticia sent me years ago will be her debut picture book as author/illustrator next Christmas.

Best news item in today's email: Agave the turtle in Portland, OR taking a veterinarian-prescribed walk because he's gotten a bit chubby. The balloon is to keep tabs on him as he gets his steps in.

Thanks to Marya Ashworth for the most hopeful Christmas card.

Wow! from Cosmoknowledge: · The Christmas Tree Cluster, aka NGC 2264...a young group of stars @ 2,500 light-yrs away. NASA combined X-ray, optical, & infrared data to reveal glowing stars that look like ornaments on a cosmic tree...science in action, newborn stars light their stellar nursery.

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APPARENTLY, Dec. 16th is Chocolate-Covered Anything Day...according to documentation provided by Steve Worthington of Santa Fe. Thank mightily. Wouldn't have wanted to miss celebrating this one.

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Happy Thanksgiving!