If you're looking for a #picturebook agent this year, be sure to check out the #12x12pb podcast episode with agent @adriagoetz.bsky.social. She was so generous with her insights into the market today! bsky.app/profile/12x1...

Wondering what to do while everything in publishing is so slow? We talked about this very issue in the latest Picture Book Summit podcast episode. #kidlit #kidlitart #amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity

GUESS WHAT? I started a podcast for #12x12PB! I'm GIDDY with excitement. I launched today because it's also my daughter's birthday, which seems like an auspicious time. If you're a #picturebook creator or lover, I hope you check it out!

Seriously, the #12x12PB webinar program for 2026 is FIRE! If you are a #picturebook author or illustrator, check it out! All of these are included in your annual membership. #kidlit #kidlitart #writingcommunity 🔥

I'm so honored that my words resonated with you, @laurenkerstein.bsky.social. Thank you for being there last night and for sharing.

It's the MOST wonderful time of the year! The 12 Days of Christmas for Writers is back! Join us for this free, fun, supportive series where you'll get ready to make 2026 your best writing year yet! juliehedlund.com/12days

Loved my time at #NCTE25, especially spending time with my #12x12pb peeps!

If there's one layer of #picturebooks I've studied more than any other, it's heart. Join me one week from today for a webinar on how to make readers fall in love with your books. Just $25 and a replay if you can't attend live. #kidlit #kidlitart juliehedlund.teachable.com/p/heart

Hey #kidlit #picturebook creators, here's a chance to go to a GREAT conference (#pbsummit) and be entered to win a critique from me! Today is the deadline though. Go to picturebooksummit.com to get your ticket.

I'm so honored to be a guest on the Women, Books & More podcast! Thanks @irenerawlings.bsky.social for having me! www.iheart.com/podcast/1323... #kidlit #picturebooks #kidlitart

In response to the PW article about Gemini Storybook app, I put the #12x12PB webinar led by PB author and AI guru @chiaracolombi.com on sale for 40% off. #kidlit folks need to know how to protect themselves. juliehedlund.teachable.com/p/chiara-col...

Emma reports on our third Superstar Speaker for #PBSummit! Registration is now open. Sign up today and get $100 off + a chance to get your ticket refunded. picturebooksummit.com

I'm SO excited for #PBSummit this year! Yesterday, I announced our second superstar speaker (take a peek). If you register today, you'll automatically be entered to get your ticket refunded. #kidlit #kidlitart picturebooksummit.com.

Aww, I enjoyed speaking with you about your cute story! Thank you for trusting me to give you feedback!

Sharing here too - tomorrow (Sunday, March 1) is the LAST day to join #12x12PB in 2024. Come write and illustrate #picturebooks in the friendliest #writingcommunity on earth! #kidlit #kidlitart 12x12challenge.com/membership

We cannot let this stand. @cswild.bsky.social is a friend and #12x12PB member. This case will have implications for all #kidlit authors & illustrators. #freadom #booksnotbans

It would be interesting to know whether pantsers end up with more abandoned mss than plotters. I have so many that I write and then don’t look at again. #kidlitchat

Happy #bookbirthday to @heidieys.bsky.social and Happy BIRTHDAY birthday to Jane Yolen! Here's a short excerpt from an interview where Heidi and Jane talk about this origin story that became a book. <3 #kidlit #picturebook

It was such a great webinar, and encouraging to boot!

I cannot express how excited I am for all of the #12x12PB #ALAYMA winners! Gah! Great work, all! So happy for you!

Want to know why I started 12 x 12 back in 2012? (Hint: Because I NEEDED it). #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks #writingcommunity youtu.be/5BX2sF1aLSA

For my fellow friends who like to write in rhyme...

I am pleased to join @kidlitforla.bsky.social by donating a #picturebook query critique + a 30-min AMA. Proceeds benefit those impacted by the fires in the Los Angeles area. Bid today at www.32auctions.com/organization...

Yes, I AM willing to make a fool of myself if it means you'll join us in #12x12PB. 🤣

It's here! It's finally here! Opening day of registration for 12 x 12 in 2025! Join the friendliest writing community on earth TODAY! :-) 12x12challenge.com/membership

It's a great week over here because 12 x 12 registration opens on Thursday!! Join me that evening for a free webinar on being a lifelong learner as a #picturebook author and to learn more about #12x12PB!

Successes for 2024! 6 new PB drafts & 12 revisions! SONG AFTER SONG longlisted for Reading the West & won a Crystal Kite. 3 new #picturebook presos & 7 free resources. Grew visibility via in-person events & teaching. Great @picturebooksummit.bsky.social. 4 webinars for @pbsubmissions.bsky.social.

Over @12x12challenge.bsky.social, we're counting down to opening day of registration. Every day there's a chance to win writing-related prizes! Join in. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks #amwriting #writingcommunity

Calling all writers! If you want to end the year with optimism, illumination and inspiration, consider joining my free program, The 12 Days of Christmas for Writers. We start on Jan. 26! #amwriting #writingcommunity #kidlit juliehedlund.com/12days.

Take whatever else you want, but the raccoon stays with me! (Pepper’s protective of toys era). 🤣

Hey #kidlit peeps! Join me TONIGHT at a webinar featuring agent @mirandapaul.bsky.social talking about submissions & working with an agent. Attendees can submit a pitch & enter to get discounted paid critique. 8pm ET/5pm PT w/replay. #amquerying #kidlitart juliehedlund.com/miranda

Last day for 40% off past #12x12PB webinars!

The #12x12PB #blackfriday sale is still underway. I'll be revisiting some of my favorites on this quiet Sunday. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks

Stopping by dinner on a snowy Thanksgiving.

And - a Black Friday sale on past #PBSummit sessions - 40% off! #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks #amwriting

Next Black Friday deal is 50% off the @pbsubmissions.bsky.social webinar on comp titles. #picturebooks #kidlit

Sharing all the Black Friday deals across all of my #kidlit endeavors. First up is 40% off all past #12x12PB webinars!

This is my niece Audrey. Her favorite book is JUNE MOON by #12x12PB member @lynnbbooks.bsky.social. This is why we keep going, keep creating. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! #kidlit #kidlitart

I love it when I forget about #kidlitchat but then stumble onto it when I'm already online! It feels like a present.

Getting the #December calendar out early due to the holiday! We'll resume The KidLit Weekly email after Thanksgiving. The new year is already hopping with #KidLit events! Check them out! #KidLitEvents #PB #MG #YA carolynbfraiser.com/kidlit/

I loved what Ada Limon had to say about writer's block in her talk at #NCTE24 today: "It is not so much that you don't have anything to say; it's that you have so much to say." We have to take time to sort through the overwhelmingness of it all, time to let one good idea at a time shine through.

A plea to those posting art, photos, etc they didn't create themselves: ALWAYS credit the original creator. Only share if you know creator is ok with it. Take time to research. To authors: Credit ILLUSTRATORS, esp if you use their work to promote a book. #PicturesMeanBusiness

New webinar featuring author/agent @mirandapaul.bsky.social focused on submissions & working with an agent. Attendees can submit a pitch (all genres) & enter for a chance to get a discounted paid critique. Dec 5th, at 8pm ET/5pm PT. Will be recorded. #kidlit #amquerying juliehedlund.com/miranda

As a co-founder of @pbsubmissions.bsky.social, how many comp titles you should include in a query is one of our most frequently asked questions. So I'm reposting our response. :-)

New blogpost... emmawaltonhamilton.com/blog/enliven...

Anyone else trying to follow people back here but finding their follows aren't "taking?" I've tried 3 times in 3 different accounts. I'll follow someone back but they don't show up in my follows. When I go back to my followers, they still show up as "follow back." Hope this makes sense. #bluesky

Here’s a book I’m getting for myself!

If you're creating funny #picturebooks, it's the LAST DAY to sign up for COOKING UP FUNNY PBs: 4 Key Ingredients! TOMORROW at 8pm ET/5pm PT - a fun-filled webinar where we'll dive into the secret sauce of writing laugh-out-loud PBs. Replay available. #kidlit #kidlitart

Ex-librarian here—I'd say encouraging your followers to put in requests for books with marginalized authors/MCs and check out those books both in person and online would be best. To get books and keep them on shelves in times of scrutiny like this, there has to be a quantifiable demand for them.