Hey #kidlit illustrators! We're beginning work on new Christmas/nighttime themed picture book. I'm looking for someone with a painterly, textured, and literary style capable conjuring magic, light, and wonder. Please respond w/ samples + folio link. Please no emails/DMs. 💙❤️ #artcommissions

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How fun are these prize options from Kim-Hoa Ung?!? How will this lucky prize winner decide which one to choose??? Thank you for supporting the #KidlitChuckleChallenge, @autumnleaflet.bsky.social!

Bluesky! I’m once again donating three separate hours of editorial time to the #Kidlit4Ceasefire campaign, for buyers to use as they choose. Bidding is currently in the $100-150 range for each hour & ends tonight at 9 PST! Link in the next post.

Tomorrow is the last day for the We The People Summer Fundraiser. So many wonderful opportunities up for bids. Thank you for supporting ❤️🙏🏼 www.32auctions.com/organization... #kidlit4ceasefire

Many wonderful opportunities up for bidding. All for a great cause ❤️🙏🏼 www.32auctions.com/organization... #kidlit4ceasefire @sandraproudman.bsky.social ❤️

✨WE ARE LIVE!✨ Almost 400 amazing items are available to help #KidLit4Ceasefire families survive the genocide in Gaza! 322 still without bids: www.32auctions.com/organization...

I'm thrilled to announce that I've signed with Tasneem Motala @belcastroagency.bsky.social. I don't think I could ask for a literary agent more aligned with my values, goals, challenges, and sense of humor. I'm looking forward to working with her. @seraphecda.bsky.social

Auction starts tomorrow (Monday, 8/18) and runs through the 27th! www.32auctions.com/organization... Thank you for your support ❤️ #kidlit4ceasefire

@autumnleaflet.bsky.social posts and amigurumi creations always make me smile!

Happy National Kitten Day ❤️🐱 Hope you’re all doing well. Wishing you lots of love and peace always. ❤️ • • • #catamigurumi #autumnleaflet #crochet #amigurumi #amigurumilove #amigurumicat #amigurumikitty #amigurumikitten #amigurumikittycat #kittenday #nationalkittenday #kitten #kittenlove

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day 🤗 I’m a children’s book author-illustrator & amigurumi artist. I love creating heartfelt stories & am inspired by all things kawaii & kind. Rep’d by Miranda Paul 🩵 • instagram.com/autumnleaflet Hope you’re all doing well. Wishing you a happy & peaceful July ❤️

The Pitch and Pledge forms are alive! Go to sites.google.com/view/kidlit-... to fill them out for a chance to win prizes. Remember to take the pledge by commenting below (or your own post) with "I solemnly swear I’m using my yummy brain to bring a zombie manuscript back to life. #KidLitZombieWeek"

#kidlitzombieweek starts Monday! Do you have manuscripts you thought were dead? Join us to bring those zombies back to life w/ blog posts, discussions, & of course #prizes! Check all the details out here: sites.google.com/view/kidlit-... #WriterSky #KidLit #WritingCommunity

We CANNOT wait for #KidlitZombieWeek to start MONDAY! In honor of our excitement, here is a #kidlit zombie 🧟‍♀️joke: Why wouldn't the zombie eat the humorous #PB?... ... Because it tasted funny. HA! What manuscript are you planning to bring back to life? Share with us! We want to cheer you on!

Proud to be a donor for #kidlitzombieweek

Happy Book Birthday to @jerroldconnors.bsky.social’s Jim! Six True Stories About One Great Artist: James Marshall 🦊 So informative & fun! Beautiful biography with amazing artwork! Congratulations, Jerrold! So happy for your dream to come true. So glad I got to meet you & Jim ❤️

So excited for @jerroldconnors.bsky.social’s picture book debut tomorrow!!! Read here to find out how amazing it is! ❤️📚 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/01/15/e... Special pre-order gifts here: www.moppsbooks.com/jim-jerrold-... #authorcommunity #writingcommunity #bookbirthday #kidlit

To show my support for the #SpringFlingKidlit donors, I've read and reviewed this beautiful book by @autumnleaflet.bsky.social. I love the special bond between grandma and granddaughter! What a wonderful story :)

Beautiful book! Thanks @autumnleaflet.bsky.social for also being @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social and Ciara's Spring Fling Kidlit Contest prize donor!!!

🌸 “The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.” Happy International Women’s Day! May you be strong, independent, bold, and passionate, not just on this day, but everyday. 💪🏼💖 • • • #amigurumi #womensday #internationalwomensday #womenempoweringwomen #autumnleaflet

My art piece, Positive Potato 🥔, for the Cuties Show happening tomorrow with @giantrobotstore. • Live Instagram Tour by curator, @cassloop on @giantrobotstore • Art available online on Sat, Feb 8th, 11am PST Hope you’re all doing well. Have a wonderful weekend 💕 #autumnleaflet #positivepotato

Happy Chinese New Year 🎊 Happy Lunar New Year 🎊 新年快樂 🧨 恭喜發財 🧧 身體健康 ❤️ Wishing you all a happy and healthy Year of the Snake! 🐍🎉 • • • #amigurumi #amigurumisnake #lunarnewyear #yearofthesnake #chinesenewyear #lunarnewyearart #autumnleaflet

In 2022, I worked closely with a new writer who won a full MS critique and 1 hour phone call that I donated to Books for Palestine. Her book, was so good l even gave it a presubmission blurb. Well that book is coming out next week and I couldn’t be prouder of @msmarianayagam.bsky.social!!

I've always wanted one of Kim-Hoa's amazing pencils! You NEED to bid on this!

Bid for a great cause. Raising money for the LA fires. Thank you @kidlitforla.bsky.social organizers ❤️🙏🏼📚 So many great opportunities! Be sure to check out the auction and share please ❤️ www.32auctions.com/organization... #kidlit #writingcommunity #authorcommunity #kidlitforla #kidlitforlosangeles

#KidLit4Ceasefire auction happening now. Part of the funds will go towards LA fires too. Thank you for your support 🙏🏼❤️ www.32auctions.com/organization... #writingcommunity #authorcommunity #amwriting #amquerying

Happy Holidays, everyone 🎄☃️ Wishing you a wonderful holiday season with your loved ones ❤️

Happy 1st Birthday to my debut picture book, A GIFT FOR NAI NAI 👧🏻🎁👵🏼 Can’t believe it’s been one year since publication. Thank you so much to all of you who have shown me so much love and support. I am so grateful to all of you ❤️ More information about my book: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Calling freelance illustrators who have been paid for work: pls take a few mins to answer an anon 7-question (multiple choice) survey re: how you found paying work? illustrator-promo.paperform.co Researching for my #SCBWI wkshop at #scbwiNY25 + will share aggregate results publicly. Thank you!

To those who want to help book creators but can't afford to buy right now: there are still SO MANY WAYS you can show your support! Here are just a few: debbieohi.link/HowToSupport

Thanks to all who have shared my Unofficial Guide To Bluesky! MUCH appreciated. Other ways to help: - Pass it forward. Help/welcome a Bluesky newcomer. - I make a living writing/illus #KidLit, so consider boosting, borrowing, or buying one of my books? More: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/bl....

Thank you @autumnleaflet.bsky.social for sending along the signed bookplate and swag to accompany your beautiful A GIFT FOR NAI NAI. I just know my students are going to love it! #kidlit

📚👍 A tender, touching intergenerational story. jenabenton.com/2024/07/16/s... #kidlit #picturebooks #amigurumi #giveaway @autumnleaflet.bsky.social

I'll continue my Bluesky Starter Thread later but had to share this #ALAAC24 photo from @autumnleaflet.bsky.social ❤️. #IWantToReadALLTheBooks will my 1st solo picture bk in over 6 yrs (!!!) . Pls consider pre-ordering? Helps show publishers people value my WRITING as much as my art. 🙏🏼 #kidlit

I have a meeting with publicity & marketing people at Simon & Schuster Canada today (about my upcoming picture book) & am going to try convincing them to come over to Bluesky. Wish me luck! 🤞🏼📚 p.s. Thanks to @autumnleaflet.bsky.social for the photo from the SimonKids booth at #ALAAC24 💙 #kidlit

Can’t believe A GIFT FOR NAI NAI has been out for half a year already! Thank you everyone for all your love and support! ❤️ Check out this adorable 3D latte art from @chiffon643shii of @cafe_reissue 👧🏻🐼 Lyn Lyn and her best plushie friend! So grateful! ❤️ Hope you are all doing well 🤗

“Always remember that small things become great when done with love.” New on my blog + BOOK GIVEAWAY: Interview w/debut picture book author/illus @autumnleaflet.bsky.social, about A GIFT FOR NAI NAI: debbieohi.com/2024/01/kimh... Incl. journey to publication, art tools, advice for young creators.

As an expt this morning, I promoted interview w/ @autumnleaflet.bsky.social on multiple socials. Results so far: Bluesky - 6 shares, 28 likes Instagram - 13 likes X - 0 shares, 9 likes Threads - 5 likes Facebook - 1 share, 7 likes I have > 55,000 followers on X but post was only viewed 354 times.

Update on my socials expt: Checked xTwitter & found a flurry of new retweets of my interview with @autumnleaflet.bsky.social! Investigating, I realized it's because Kim-Hoa helped boost ❤️. I'm always grateful when creators I interview take the time to share on their own socials.

*New* on my Substack: Round-up of advice for young writers & illustrators from pros I interviewed on my blog last year. Includes @kazwindness.bsky.social @thornockstudios.bsky.social @katejenkslandry.bsky.social @autumnleaflet.bsky.social @teresarobeson.bsky.social & others!

It's my goal to read 100 new-to-me picture books each year. 📚 Sharing what I find to help anyone looking for inspiration! #kidlit #kidlitart #writingcommunity #picturebooks #kidsbooks @monicaacker1.bsky.social @paranillustration.bsky.social @autumnleaflet.bsky.social @breannacarzoo.bsky.social

Santa brought the perfect gift early! Thank you for the personalized bookplate and swag, @autumnleaflet.bsky.social - our whole family LOVES your book - and YOU!!! Have a happy, healthy, safe holiday, surrounded by - and filled with - all the love always 🥰

Happiness is . . . Book Swag from one of the kindest, sweetest and most talented author/illustrators in the #kidlit community! Thank you, @autumnleaflet.bsky.social! This warms my ❤️!

💖👧🏻👩🏻‍🦳🧶💝 Ringing in 2024 with this totally heartwarming #PBStudyBuddy feature: A GIFT FOR NAI NAI (#KimHoaUng @autumnleaflet.bsky.social, #MacKidsBooks). Let’s #bookboost #AGIFTFORNAINAI, #Kidlit! 🥳📚👍🏼   *For a closer-up view and more, visit pbstudybuddy.com

My copy of A Gift for Nai Nai arrived! Beautiful book @autumnleaflet.bsky.social 🥰😍🤩 #kidlitart #kidlit #asiankidlit

A sweet #picturebook of #family, #love, and #perseverance by @autumnleaflet.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart #BookRecommendation #readingcommunity #crochet #read #kidlitreview #kidbooks #storytime #librarybooks #grandparents #SEL

@autumnleaflet.bsky.social I am holding your book!!! This one feels extra special.🥰

When the most generous debut author around, @autumnleaflet.bsky.social, sends you the cutest swag to brighten your day... congratulations Kim-Hoa on A GIFT FOR NAI NAI! #kidlit #scbwi #picturebook

#HappyThanksgiving everyone! 🍁 Thankful for all your support throughout the year. Wishing you lots of love always. ❤️ Hope you have a wonderful and peaceful holiday with your loved ones. 💛🙏🏼 #Thanksgiving #thanksgiving2023 #ThanksgivingDay #autumnleaflet #amigurumi