Thanks, Danny! Glad everyone enjoyed it!

A humorous, illustrated middle grade like LAST KIDS ON EARTH with aliens. For reluctant readers. Author-illustrated and repped by @KristaVanDolzer #PosterPit #AG #SF #F #MG

Forthcoming 10.21.2025 at Brick & Bloom, a spellbinding debut brimming with intrigue and dangerous magic ✨ 🌹 Historical fantasy 🇫🇷 Belle Époque 🔥 Slow-burn sapphic romance 🩸 Body-based magic system 🗡️ Family feuds 🗝️ Gothic vibes #PosterPit #P #A #F #HF Request an ARC here: forms.gle/N6awtckRwFGy...

DUNGEONS & DRAMA x BETTER THAN THE MOVIES when the new kid takes first chair, 17-y/o trumpeter Julissa fake dates him to impress her drifting friends and teams up with her rival Logan to sabotage him—only to realize Logan might actually be the one she’s falling for #PosterPit #AG #YA #R

THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, AND JOHN is now in query inboxes near you ✨ #PosterPit #YA #F #LGBT #Q #amquerying

When 12-year-old Gregory Hernandez wishes his sister would disappear, she's kidnapped by aliens. His living room is turned into an intergalactic gladiator ring, and he's got to fight warrior aliens to get his sister back before he’s grounded for life. #PosterPit #AG #SF #F #MG

Landed back home and working on beta and agent edits for my illustrated MG. It already feels tighter. 💜 #writingcommunity #MG

At a resort with the family this morning. Put in some time on edits, then logging into work shortly. Can’t wait to brainstorm new scenes for this edit while I lounge on a lazy river. #writing #mg

Curious about How I Got A Literary Agent? 150+ Rejections, 10+ Years, 5 Manuscripts, and a 50% Request Rate (See link in comment) #writerscommunity #querying #kidlit

It’s official! I signed with literary agent @kristavandolzer.bsky.social of @unteragency.bsky.social as an author-illustrator. I started writing my first book at 15 and have written five books over the last 15-20 years! I’m just SO grateful and beyond excited for the next step! #kidlit #writer

“Do not give up. The race goes to the relentless.” This inspirational inscription from my author-hero, Kate DiCamillo, warrants sharing with the #kidlit community here. ❣️

My new #WIP officially has 1,000 words, a #YA climate fantasy. Here's to the beginning of a new story! #WritingCommunity

When ghost pirate Captain Amir’s violent plan to break her curse threatens 2 queer teens, she must choose: escape her fate or protect the 1st crew she’s ever loved. But curse-breaking means more than survival—it means accepting she might deserve love, too. #JoyPit #YA #F #LGBT

Fable x The Girl from Everywhere When Cuban American witch, Kat del Sol, discovers her mom is the infamous pirate Anne Bonny, she steals her Abuela’s grimoire and travels back in time–only to find her growing feelings for a pirate may cost her the mother she’s fought so hard to find. #YA #F #JoyPit

When 12-year-old Gregory Hernandez wishes his sister would disappear, she's kidnapped by aliens. His living room is turned into an intergalactic gladiator ring, and he's got to fight warrior aliens to get his sister back before he’s grounded for life. Last Kids on Earth x Labyrinth #MG #GN #JoyPit

Illustrators! Any thoughts on the new iPad Pro? Been thinking of finally upgrading. Love my 2019 iPad Air, but ready for more layers and storage space. #illustration #kidlitart

My entire first act has been outlined. Happy birthday to me! Making progress on my new #WIP a YA climate fantasy. 💫 #amwriting

I was reading my 60-word MG pitch to a friend of mine on a call. And her 10-year-old nephew interrupted and asked if I could read it again. He loved it and asked all about the story 😭 we proceeded to have a 15-minute focus group with my target audience. And he loved my illustrations. Like I can’t 🥺

If you’re based in #NewOrleans and are a writer, I’m hosting a How to Write a Query session on Wednesday with @thirdlanternlit.bsky.social This is a free event #writing #querying

Just finished her last night 💜 Freaking love the color scheme #kidlitart #yaart #ya #illustrator

Woot! Fun-filled day ahead @writingdaywksp.bsky.social conference today with some agent pitches and my art will be displayed for an art show in New Orleans tonight. 😁😄

Why is it sooooo beautiful out but my allergies hate me 🤧🤧🤧 My allergist pretty much told me winter will be my happy place.

There's nothing like typing the first sentence of a new project. Damn, I'm excited. It's a nice distraction from the #querytrenches. This new #YA feels like such a culmination of everything I've learned.

Started the Rags to Riches challenge on the #Sims 4. Henford-on-Bagley is actually a great off-the-grid lot for this. The river is close by, along with grills and a bathroom. Luckily I’ve been playing a few days and my sim now has a little house. Any other simmers who are also writers?

The Strangehorn mausoleum in Highgate Cemetery conceals a time machine - a one-way ticket to Victorian London. When three cousins become stranded in 1860, their search for a way home is threatened by a gang of necromancers - and their grandfather is a prominent member. #A #F #PosterPit #PosterPitW

A mortal man with no memory of his past and a goddess the earth has no memory of compete for their university’s magic in a world where magic, and the language that sustains it, is dying… …and whichever student loses will have their own extinction to worry about 💀🥀 #PosterPit #PosterPita #F #NA

When a faerie in disguise enters an elite royal messenger competition, her quest for the prize money is derailed by a centuries-old secret. 🗡️🩸🍃✨ #PosterPit #PosterPitW #A #F

Meet the AVALON Knights! 💙 PERCY - The Overwhelmed Healer who needs to fix it all 💚 LIN - The Transmasc Hacker who needs a nap ❤️ ALAINE - The Rogue Knight who needs to find her way home #PosterPit #SF #F #YA #GraphicNovel #AVALONRising

An introduction to my Hawaiian-inspired, young adult fantasy. “Maia must unravel a lifetime worth of secrets to understand the dangers that lurk around the corner—and she must do so before it’s too late.” #PosterPit #PosterPitW #YA #F #OwnVoices

A Cuban American teen witch travels through time in search of her mom, the infamous pirate Anne Bonny. Think Adrienne Young’s Fable meets Outlander for teens. Infused with Spanglish, a pirate love interest, and a magic system loosely inspired by Santería.  #YA #F #PosterPitQ #PosterPit #ownvoices

Coming to query inboxes July 2025 🏴‍☠️👑🧜🏿‍♀️ #posterpit #posterpitw #YA #F #LGBT #amediting

LEGENDBORN X AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER When fighters start disappearing from an underground elemental tournament, a sixteen-year-old participant with wind powers must uncover the tournament’s secrets before she loses a match and shares their fate. #YA #F #Jewish #OwnVoices #PosterPitQ #PosterPit

She’s the key to awakening the goddesses. He was built to end them. Their souls have met in every life— and ended in ruin. In this one, they dare to fall in love. #PosterPit #F #A #PosterPitQ

When Cuban American witch, Kat del Sol, discovers her mom is the infamous pirate Anne Bonny, she steals her Abuela’s grimoire and travels back in time–only to find her growing feelings for a pirate may cost her the mother she’s fought so hard to find.  #YA #F #PosterPitQ #ownvoices

Excited to announce our 3rd annual MGHub Off-Social-Media pitching event for all ages of kidlit: PB / CB / MG / YA Click to learn more… #mglit #kidlit #pitch

Prepping for #posterpit over here. Thumbnail sketches ftw

List of upcoming pitch events in April! #ChaosPit - April 1st chaospit.org #1stLinePit - April 5th @1stlinepit.bsky.social #PosterPit - April 19th @posterpit.bsky.social #UnhingedPit - TBA, but soon @unhingedpit.bsky.social #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmQuerying #Writers #Authors

So where are you in your publishing journey? I’ll start: 💜 Manuscript 5 (#YA fantasy) - #querying 💜Manuscript 4 (MG illustrated fantasy in the vein of Last Kids on Earth) - revising 💜 Manuscript 6 (YA Climate Fantasy) - outlining It doesn’t always happen on your first book and that’s okay.

Productive Saturday at @thirdlanternlit.bsky.social 5-hour #writing marathon. I revised 1800 words, finished a critique and finalized an illustration for my middle grade art portfolio #kidlit

Writers with day jobs. Are you a morning before work kinda writer or an evening writer? I find as a marketer my brain is spent by evening so I can also draw or paint, but writing. I give my best creative self first thing. 💫 #writers

Looking for MG / YA #critiquepartners. Anyone actively looking? #kidlit

Evening #kidlit sketches for my #mg love this character

START HERE: Hiiiii! I’m Liz. Writer, artist and cafe dweller (seriously the baristas know my order by heart). Currently #querying my #YAfantasy and revising a chaotic, illustrated middle grade. #kidlit. Always about those fierce Latina heroines.

Knee-deep in my move. I love that I'm moving in the same city, but the amount of packing is still the same. -.- I have not had a chance to edit my playful #MG, which I'm reminding myself is fair. I need a nap after this week.

Took a stroll through the neighborhood today and snapped a few reference photos. Such a beautiful day. 💜

If you are an author or in the book industry, you should be concerned with tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada. Most four color books (PBs, etc) are printed in China. And Canada and Mexico are major sources of our paper. This will result in book prices going up and publishers taking fewer risks.

Just a little evening #kidlit sketches for my #middlegrade novel.

Actual snow in #NewOrleans!

Worked on some really playful thumbnails sketches earlier this week. I don’t thumbnail that frequently, but trying to do better this year. Honestly, such a game changer. This is an MC from my middle grade light sci-fi. #middlegrade #illustration #kidlitart

I'm so happy to find a whole list of pitch events for the #WritingCommunity 😄 I'm saving this for use throughout the year. #Writersky #amwriting #amediting #booksky #writersky 📚💙