Hey fellow kidlit writers in the MG space, check this out! There’s *free* contest for writers that’s open until January 31st — tinyurl.com/wdwcontest4 — Judged by Agent Morgan Hughes of Fineprint Literary, via @writingdaywksp.bsky.social. Winners get an agent critique of their work! Cool, huh? :D

Hey #WritingCommunity, any recommendations on good craft books about pacing? That's the writing area I want to focus on improving this year!

Dear @teedotally.com, I can never get KitKats without thinking of you 🤣😅, here's the latest random find. Happy New Year to you! May it be filled with KitKats lol

Finally got to watch season 2 of #HazbinHotel!! Loved it so much… gotta say though, I’m worried about my fav boi Alastor and what he might be up to. (Thank you for voicing the best boi @amirtalai.bsky.social!!)

The end of last week kicked me in the teeth (emotionally). We had to put our old lady cat down Thursday. Friday I took my daughter and a friend of hers to Urban Air to have some fun, be distracted from the loss of our cat... (P.S. This is an old pic of my daughter and our old lady cat lol) 1/4

Finally, finally watched Haunting of Hill House, I know, it's been out for a while--I'm sorry! But it was amazing. Thank you @mikeflanaganfilm.com for creating it. So many feels while watching it, and not just the oh shit ones while getting scared 😆. 1/2

I feel like this often happens on the eve of November, going full chaos mode for Not #NaNoWriMo 😂

GHOSTBUSTERS x SUNSHINE CLEANING 👻 Alice sees ghosts 🏠 Rani cleans houses Together they start a business cleaning haunted houses & banishing spirits. But spectral scrubbing soon turns into a serial killer investigation, and the ghosts from Alice’s past won’t give her the day off #PitDark #PN #NA

One sister sees monsters, the other doesn’t. One sister goes missing, the other’s responsible. A prank gone wrong Severed sisters Nightmare world Stolen children A secret art book Desperate searching Guilt & Forgiveness STRANGER THINGS x PETER PAN’S LOST BOYS (only darker) #PitDark #MG #DF #Q

Gorgon and Gallows 🧪🕯️👀 Poppy Gorgon and Gemma Gallows are perfectly normal twelve-year-olds who assist their fathers in a perfectly normal family candle shop.... except the candle shop is a cover for a dark artifact business hiding a powerful secret. #GhostPit #MG #F #Q

Facing your fears is a lot harder when they’re living nightmares, just ask 13yo Eve. But her 11yo sis, Samara, don't believe her. After a prank goes wrong and Eve's missing, Samara will stop at nothing to find her. Only Eve's not in the real world. She's in one of nightmares. #PitDark #MG #DF #Q

Every so often that scene in The Wire where Bunk and McNulty pretty much only say f*ck pops into my head and it cracks me up. Today was one of those days. That scene lives rent free in my head.

I've got my excel sheet ready for my #NotNaNoWriMo as November draws near. I'm still aiming to get those 1667 words written every day of November. It'll be split between projects but shhhhh. It's still writing! Anyone else doing their own version of #NaNoWriMo? #AmWriting

BLACK MIRROR × SEVERANCE × THE GOOD PLACE Having a happy death is a luxury service for the rich and Wren is the rising top salesman—until a cynical coworker and a depressed billionaire force him to rethink it all in a world where even your last smile has a price tag. #SFPit #A #Dys #WIP

I've reached the point with my old lady cat where anything she might eat, I'm giving her. Arby's roast beef? Sure, why not! She tried it for the first time yesterday and was actually eating. There are days she's barely eating at all 😭.

Using ChatGPT

I'm working on a YA right now (a romcom + MMORPG) and goodness, it's freeing to be able to swear 🤣 that's one thing MG world doesn't let me do lol

Guess what fellow writerly types!! I just entered #RevPit #10Queries, and you can too! Enter now for a chance to win free feedback on your query and 1st 5 pages!

For the cozy fantasy fans, this is a great story!

This book is so much fun folks! I've gotten the great luck of reading!!

Ally is giving me some good reads to look into, some I've read, some are on my TBR, some I've never heard of!!

I greatly enjoyed the Autumn Frights workshop yesterday with @edenroyce.bsky.social!! Even came away with a new story idea 🤩. This workshop has been such fun, thanks @alexdavis1981.bsky.social for making this workshop possible!

Calling all #agents, #editors, and #publishers of #graphicnovels for #kids through YA! Check out all the fantastic stories pitched at KidlitGN.com , now through October 31... and don't forget to request! There are over 150 #pitches from over 125 #creators!

Jane Goodall offers sage advice for the rest of us. #3E

After Tuesday's Autumn Frights class with @laurenwrites.bsky.social on witches, I'm fueled with some ideas for my MG witchy horror comedy. Perfect timing for the writing retreat I'm on this weekend 🤩. So excited to write! #AmWriting #KidLit

I just dropped my pitch on @kidlitgn.bsky.social!

I’m working so hard on book 2 of the Encantadora series that I forgot to share the incredible review from The Horn Book! #kidlit #booksky

Are you readying your manuscript to query agents? Preparing for this year’s RevPit event? What better way to know if your query and first 5 pages have what it takes to stand out in the slush pile than to get an editor’s eye on it? We are hosting a #10Queries event, October 10th - October 24th!

@kidlitgn.bsky.social I have a question, one you've maybe already answered somewhere 😅 for graphic novel script query letters, do we put a wordcount? I've not had much luck googling the answer. Sorry for bothering you 🙈

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

Had a blast at the first session of the Autumn Frights workshop 😄! Thanks @lyndseycroal.bsky.social and @alexdavis1981.bsky.social for a great first week!

A Free Prize for Everyone! Graphic Novel Literary agent Janna Morishima offers advice and a free master class. Don't miss it! Janna's take on marketing is always inspiring! Details: wp.me/pcVwAl-1Hq #KidLitGN #kidlit #graphicnovels #kidscomicsunite #kcu #pitchevent #class #comics #marketing

The 2025 #PitchDis pitch form is now open! 🎉 Click below to enter and submit your pitch! Remember - you don't have to rush. Pitches will be posted in random order. Take your time. Good luck and happy pitching! forms.gle/nKMDdnHKJ8MY...

Fine-tuning my pitches for #PitchDis :o #Excitement

I've been getting up at six all of this week to prep for school starting next week, today I used it for good and worked on one of my MG fantasies that's getting closer to query-trench land! Somehow my kiddo stayed asleep until 7:30. Ya'll she's normally up at 6:30, sometimes earlier.

#Q #MG #PosterPit #C #SPF

The Parent Trap x Good Omens x Wednesday When the god of the Underworld’s daughter switches places with an angelic doppelgänger, she uncovers a sister plot to overthrow her beloved underworld. #posterpit #q #f #h #mg

Curtis' belief in fairy tales started the fire that uprooted their family. With a new start, they want to be done with all fantasies. But when a magical world is plagued by chaos that threatens to spread into the real world, Curtis is suddenly at the center of it all! #PosterPit #Q #MG #F

12yo #STEM genius Ada Lovelace hides prohibited poetry, & dreams of flight to freedom. Both risk the volitile connection with mom. She must persuade Lady Byron STEM & dreams are the future, or lose the tenuous connection completely. STARFISH X ENOLA HOLMES #MG #AG #HF #PO #NIV #PosterPit #KidLit

🧹 EARLY MAGIC - When a cocksure witch loses her magic to a cunning daemon, she hatches a plan to steal it back—though it means betraying a grieving classmate who’s only just discovered the world of magic. #posterpit #PosterPitQ #F #YA

HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE X BEAUTY & THE BEAST 1 kidnapped ballerina 4 fantasy fugitives desperate to recover their leader’s magic stuck inside her She spies to facilitate rescue, but then bonds w/ them & must choose: them or freedom & her ballet dreams #PosterPit #Q #YA #F #M #R #FT

#PosterPit #AG #C #HF In this dual-timeline novel, a feminist retelling of Beowulf is intertwined with modern scholars uncovering the truth behind the legend. A fast-paced literary puzzle that rages against the silencing of women. #WeBlameTheWildThings #OnSubmission

With their attempts at coming out repeatedly thwarted and the attempts on their life getting more and more serious, Andy realizes they’re being stalked by their pre-transition doppelganger—and she won’t stop until she’s taken the life they thought they’d left behind #PosterPit #YA #H #AG

#PosterPit #AG #SF #A 150 years from now, a girl notices a boy living on the streets. She feeds him, teaches him, and eventually loves him. 35 years later, the girl is a criminal wanted by the interstellar military, and the boy is the veteran soldier sent to terminate her.

Demon queen Zhao Yao wants revenge on her mother's murderer, rival queen Gui Jing. But Jing's icy beauty and poisonous magic are too alluring, and soon Zhao Yao can't decide between stabbing the woman she's always hated...or seducing her. Art by hisurii💙♥️ #PosterPit #AG #F

HUNGER GAMES x COBAB x POWERLESS Inspired by Central Africa's Underworld of Kalunga A boy with dangerous magic must compete in a deadly competition to save his mom's soul from the Underworld, but his growing love for the Prince threatens to destroy the kingdom #PosterPit #Vague

INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE x PERCY JACKSON 12 y.o. Félix gets body slammed to a parallel dimension where magic is real and his recently deceased mom is alive. But when a dark force threatens his new life, Félix must fight to stop it before it destroys both dimensions #PosterPit #MG #OS

From the creators of ARCANE x FMA x CRIERS WAR 🦾metal-based magic system 👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨queer romance 😱anxiety rep 💀anti-colonialism 🤖the dangers of propaganda #PosterPit #YA #LGBT #SF #SFF

A #NA dual-POV #F #R where These Violent Delights meets Arcane. Featuring: 🥀 A firebrand FMC from the slums 🥀A gilded MMC with blood on his hands 🥀 Class war meets monster horror 🥀 Fated mates with a twist 🥀 He'd do anything for her 🥀2 publishers interested / 10 manuscript requests. #PosterPit #Q