I'm tired. Just spent time updating our personal budget spreadsheet for 2026 and my writing expense one for 2026. Still need to do the income sheet. #writingbusiness #writingcommunity

Every so often, I update my as-comprehensive-as-I-can-get-it list of children's literature conferences and festivals hosted by U.S. colleges and universities. For 2026, that time has arrived! chrisbarton.info/all-the-coll...

so funny

According to Goodreads, I read 129 books this year. Although, that doesn't count rereads. #amreading

A new #query trend has emerged this December 2025: Picture books about and/or starring #cats (I received 5+ in a row from authors throughout the country) #JMSQueryBoxTrends #amreading #queries #StarlingLiterary

POLL: Who bought or received bookish gifts this holiday season? (Psst: buying a bookish gift for yourself totally counts)

My weekend read. So good. And a reminder of what could happen in our country. #amreading #historical

Christmas movies? How about Jumanji?

Today I share my thoughts on Letting Go of the Words on the Page. susanuhlig.com/2025/12/lett... #amwriting #revising #critiquing

What actor's facial expression in a movie/tv show will stay with you for the rest of your life? static.wikia.nocookie.net/tardis/image...

I’m so excited for this!

Boosting! 💙❤️💖✨

Dear writers, Sometimes a rejection is a blessing. Sometimes a rejection is a bullet-dodge. Sometimes a manuscript just isn't ready yet. You owe people who say 'no' just as much as you owe people who say 'yes' (though obviously a 'yes' feels nicer).

I am a scientist. A writer. An educator. A children's author. Someone who cares deeply about our future and knows a lot about our past. And this is why I don't use AI.

Of course!

"I don't always know the ending or the beginning or the middle. I start wherever I can and wherever I must." - Me

★ “A wealth of aunties contribute to an Indigenous child’s day-to-day in this lovingly communal picture book portrait.” — @publisherswkly.bsky.social, starred review @harperstacks.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social @aphelandraw.bsky.social #KidLit

I definitely have projects like this!

@haloteachlearn.bsky.social Thanks for the repost!

Today I'm featuring HOLDING ON FOR DEAR LIFE by Dusti Bowling for Marvelous Middle Grade Monday. susanuhlig.com/2025/12/hold... It's really good! #amreading #kidlit #bookboost

The Six Elements for Openings. susanuhlig.com/2025/11/six-... #amwriting #kidlit #thebeginning #beginnings

One of my favorite Thanksgiving books: The Great Thanksgiving Escape Mark Fearing (Author & Illustrator) Candlewick Press (September 9, 2014) Happy Thanksgiving! #kidlit #picturebooks #bookboost

I've got Gordon Korman's RESTART today for Marvelous Middle Grade Monday. Such a good read. susanuhlig.com/2025/11/rest... #amreading #kidlit #bookbooster

"Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen." ― John Steinbeck

I have the courage to write. I have the courage to show my work, voice my ideas, to be vulnerable, to put myself out there, take risks, make mistakes, fail, endure disappointment — and to put myself out there and try again.

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@carriefinison.bsky.social has a webpage with Literary Celebrations and Holidays for 2026. www.carriefinison.com/for-writers/...

“I think the process of illustrating picture books is looking for the space in between the words, and then building out from these spaces. So you’re searching for the parts of the story that have been left unsaid.” -Todd Stewart houseofanansi.com/products/ska...

I just found out that there are people who think that "nonplussed" means unbothered or unfazed, and I'm just... 🤯🤯🤯 That's almost the literal opposite of what it means! Nonplussed means to be perplexed, confused, not sure how to react. Nonplussed is the mildest of the feelings I have about this!

It's Marvelous Middle Grade Monday and I'm featuring the hilariously scary PRESS 1 FOR INVASION by J.A. Dauber. Don't miss this book. susanuhlig.com/2025/11/pres... #amreading #middlegrade #bookboost

Our “big” town of 5000 got a bookstore this month and it is gorgeous! Seekers Bookshop. #amreading

It's Marvelous Middle Grade Monday and I have THE LOST YEAR by Katherine Marsh. Set in two time periods and in multiple points of view this story is inspired by the author's own family history. susanuhlig.com/2025/11/the-... #Holodomor #middlegrade #kidlit

I didn't really have allergies or food intolerances until they cropped up in the last five years. Want me to lose my voice? Just give me a package of these. #allergies #rye #laryngitis

My grandparents’ typewriter. I wonder what kind C.S. Lewis used 20 years later to type the first Narnia manuscript… #writing #typewriters #kidlit

Just spotted this 11/16 webinar on comp titles: www.scbwi.org/events/webin... #amquerying #comptitles #kidlit

It's Marvelous Middle Grade Monday and I'm featuring the unusual Olivetti by Allie Millington. susanuhlig.com/2025/11/oliv... #amreading #middlegrade #bookboost

My cat during our Zoom critique meeting. #amwriting #critique #cat

"Part of the reality behind the myth of an overnight success, is that most people have actually been toiling, laboriously and diligently, in an unseen way, for years." Jennifer Joel #amwriting #success #writingcommunity #quote

She had her face on the vent too until I stood up to take a picture. #cat #heatervent

It's Marvelous Middle Grade Monday and I'm recommending AFIA IN THE LAND OF WONDERS. It's a great read! susanuhlig.com/2025/10/afia... #amreading #middlegrade #bookrecommendation

We are 30 days out, which means it is time for #WIPPITStickyNoteQuestions to help you deep dive into your wip(s). Day 2

I share my thoughts on introspection and some resources. susanuhlig.com/2025/10/intr... #amwriting #kidlit #characterthoughts

I, a person with no NEED for alt-text, have clicked on so many images lately and have been disappointed to find none. Aside from description, alt-text can add context, or humor. Sometimes it's utilitarian, and sometimes it's charming! You're missing out if you're not providing or reading it!

Dialogue brings pace to a story, moving it along in a way that narrative doesn’t.” Jayne Bauling #amwriting #kidlit #quote

We Need More Books About the Tweens Behind the Scenes teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/10/20/w...

For Marvelous Middle Grade Monday I'm sharing NOT LUCILLE, a historical mg by Mike Steele. susanuhlig.com/2025/10/not-... #amreading #middlegrade #books

Good point.

Just an FYI for #bannedbooksweek. This fight isn't about books. It's about freedom. #TLSky #TLSkyChat #Booksky #Edusky #Librarians #Skybrarians