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Today! Make sure you use the correct hashtag (don't forget the ART part in #KidLitArtPostcard). Also try to remember to use ALT-TEXT! Not only does it help those who use screen readers & neurodivergent but it can help your post get discovered. cont'd

🚨 WNDB is committed to providing emergency grants to diverse authors & illustrators, publishing professionals, and educators experiencing dire financial need due to loss of SNAP benefits. We are now open for a new round of emergency grants, between $250 and $1,000 each. 💻 bit.ly/WNDB-emergency

For those posting about #CanKidLit, pls consider including my newest solo picture book, I WANT TO READ *ALL* THE BOOKS? 🙏🏽📚🇨🇦 I also feature real-life Toronto libraries in my book, including one where I worked. I am Canadian & live in Toronto. Thank you so much! #KidLit #IReadCanadian

#IReadCanadianDay doesn't have to be one day a year, but EVERY day. 😉 Follow the #CanKidLit tag to find posts about Canadian #KidLit. My Canadian Kidlit/YA custom feed: bsky.app/profile/debb...

To those looking for an inclusive, safe Minecraft server for grown-ups, with a welcoming & supportive community, I highly recommend Togethercraft.online. I don't like fighting/scarystuff, so I'm settled in a monster-free area & pop in for calming craftystuff & exploring. togethercraft.online

Someone else's success in the publishing industry doesn't diminish your own chance of success. Boost fellow writers and illustrators. Try very hard not to compare yourself to others (I struggle with this, too). Focus on finding your own joy at your own pace. #Uplift

Do you have a #KidLit or #YALit book launching this wk? Or do you want to help boost someone else's #PublicationDay #BookBirthday? Reply below with info + link to the post. Only for books launching Nov.3-9, 2025 #2025-Wk45.

Happy book launch week to Sylvia Rouss & Rick Penn-Kraus, whose THE LITTLE ACORN'S BIG ADVENTURE is out from @bedazzledink.bsky.social! (and thanks to Bedazzled for using my #KidLitLaunches threads to make it easier for me to find books to help boost 🩷📚) #KidLit #PublicationDay #BookBirthday

Congrats to @stephlaubooks.com on the launch of her *debut* picture book, out today from Penguin Workshop! #KidLit #PublicationDay #BookBirthday Check out Steph's adorable & inspiring video below 👇🏽

Huge thanks to #CanKidLit 🇨🇦📚 writer and illustrator @charlenedraws.bsky.social for community-building here on Bluesky, esp with #KidMegaFeed and boosting fellow artists. 💙🦋

My #Uplift custom feed: bsky.app/profile/debb... Hand-curated by yours truly, updated daily via @blueskyfeedcreator.com. Criteria unapologetically subjective.

"Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me." - Judy Blume #CensorshipIsSo1984 #BannedBooks #LibrarySky

#Uplift #KidLit

It’s Levi’s Gift Book Birthday!!!🧁📚 Author Kathy Stinson and I @elliearscott.bsky.social with @nimbuspub.bsky.social invite you to celebrate with us at our book launch this Sunday Nov. 9th, 2-3:30, 918 Bathurst St. Toronto. There’ll be celebratory cookies! #cankidlit #kidlit #canscaip #scbwi

Thanks to those who have been using & helping boost my wkly #KidLit #YA book launch threads. 📚🩷 9/29-10/5 10/6-10/12 10/13-10/19 10/20-10/26 10/27-11/2 11/3-11/9 #KidLitLaunches

Pls consider ordering a book from your local indie bookshop *NOW* before holiday season to give store time to order title if they don't have it? This helps: (1) support indie bkshops, (2) support human creators, (3) gets you ahead re: busy shopping time. Psst: maybe one of my books? 🙏🏽💛 #KidLit

Happy #PublicationDay to @nptwrites.bsky.social, whose CHALICE OF CALADRIAI (Book 4 of mg Arcanium series) launches today! See NP's pinned post for bkgnd info & more! #BookBirthday #KidLit #CanKidLit

One of my fave #Uplift sources: @angrykem.bsky.social's daily music improvs. I use these as a reminder to BREATHE, take a mini-break away from the computer to stretch, etc. Thank you, Kari! (I am also a big fan of Kari's writing)

Public libraries inspire me! Worked on my middle grade novel in Toronto Library’s Pape-Danforth branch this afternoon. #LibrarySky #KidLit

Great to catch up with my friend @kchew.bsky.social before doing some writing at Toronto Public Library’s Pape/Danforth branch.

The month of October has gone by. The leaves turned, and with storms most of them are already gone- might be a harsher winter coming. Small good things help keep me sane despite the state of the country. #artbeco #gratitudejournal #uplift

WKLY POLL: List something you enjoyed doing or learning recently that has NOTHING to do w/work events, politics, or self-promo. Hobbies? Food? etc. #CommunityPolls #Uplift My answer: Watching the World Series with friends & strangers. Tho the Blue Jays ended up losing, experience was still a joy.

imho one of the most effective ways to gain a genuine respect for someone’s craft is by trying to do it yourself.

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Tonight!

A movie you've seen more than seven times with a gif. Titanic is my go-to comfort movie when I'm super-stressed. Reason: no matter how stressful things get in my life I think well, at least I'm not on a sinking ship in the North Atlantic. If short on time, I skip ahead to the sinking part.

Do you have a #KidLit or #YALit book launching this wk? Or do you want to help boost someone else's #PublicationDay #BookBirthday? Reply below with info + link to the post. Only for books launching Nov.3-9, 2025 #2025-Wk45.

“For 29 remarkable days in October (and November) they made us feel like we were in something together.” An excellent opinion piece on the Blue Jays losing the World Series last night: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/643477e... #Uplift

A daylight saving time comic for writers. 😉 #DebbieOhiComics #DaylightSavingTime #Uplift

My favorite #DaylightSavingTime trailer ever. youtu.be/uh5aN83Q8Sw #Uplift

An all time classic World Series. It’s a shame someone had to lose.

Congratulations to the Toronto Blue Jays on a magnificent season. It is a shame either team had to lose. And this was a gut punch. 💔💔 Classy players, fanbase, and truly one of the finest cities in the world. Future is bright with Yeasavage, Barger, and Vladdy. Now go re-sign Bo.

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MY STREET REMEMBERS by @karenkrossing.com & Cathie Jamieson invites young readers to find out more about their own street & history. Advice for writers (young & not-so-young), more: debbieohi.com/2025/10/inte... #KidLit #CanKidLit

Got double-vaxxed last night (covid+flu). Thanks to @sunnybrookhsc.bsky.social Family Practice for the vax clinic! Super-easy, friendly staff, quick turnaround. Tired & sore today but it was totally worth it to help protect loved ones, esp my 94-yr-old dad and friend who is undergoing chemo.

My whole heart goes out to anyone who is putting *their whole heart* into making things that matter to them and trying with all their might to share those things with other people. Expressing the truth is worthy fight. The true value gain is knowledge of self. This too is an act of resistance.

Gizmodo article on next Murderbot novel Platform Decay: gizmodo.com/murderbot-pl...

I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum. www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...

Do you have a #KidLit or #YALit book launching this wk? Or do you want to help boost someone else's #PublicationDay #BookBirthday? Reply below with info + link to the post. Only for books launching Oct.27-Nov.2, 2025 #2025-Wk44.

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#Uplift #Birdsky

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Thanks again to my friends @boardgame.bsky.social & Tanya for the ticket to the World Series Watch Party at Rogers Ctr in Toronto last night! So much JOY in the stadium last night and for many, it wasn't just about baseball. #GoJaysGo

Well, THAT was fun (& a much needed #Uplift). Thanks to my friends Tanya and Daryl @boardgame.bsky.social for the ticket! #GoJaysGo

So much excitement in the Roger’s Centre right now. #GoJaysGo

Rogers Stadium goes crazy with the home runs! And this is just a WATCH PARTY. #GoJaysGo

Watch party at Roger’s Centre in Toronto beginning! #GoJaysGo

On my way to the Blue Jays Watch Party at Roger’s Centre in Toronto!