This week two clients got “the call” and we’re ending the week wrangling up their contracts. I know publishing feels harder than ever lately, but good things are still happening, and great books are still being scooped up. Hang in there. ❤️

It's Texas Book Festival weekend! Really excited to see all the authors and illustrators, celebrate all the wonderful books, AND I get to chat with readers at the @scbwiatx.bsky.social book at noon! Come visit in Tent 5. Great time to get signed books for pressies. #kidlit #kidsneedbooks

The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.

WHAT IF WE JUST INVESTED IN ARTISTS AND AUTHORS LIKE MANY OTHER COUNTRIES

omg. I LOVE this. 💗

I've been listening to The Magnus Protocol and I just got to the Archivist and HELEN!!! AAAHHH!!! Can't wait to see where this goes. I'm just obsessed with the Magnus Archives universe. Such a great listen, if you're looking for a podcast.

this truly is the thing that brings me real joy because this is the piece that’s replicable everywhere. if enough of us show up, their millions of dollars in dark money, bribes and attack ads accomplish nothing. Mamdani is clearly a generational talent but he won’t be the only one we find if we look

In my quest to do more people things out in the community I signed up for yoga through the rec department and went to class today. It was great. I've really missed yoga and it's a bonus that I can walk to this one!

It’s almost like if people tell you that to win you have to turn your back on poor people, or Muslims, or trans people, or immigrants, you can just say, “no, that’s immoral, we’re not doing that,” and keep doing good old fashioned organizing and campaigning and things will be ok

Young whip smart democratic socialist!!This feels right! No more illiterate 80 yr old convicted felons who are not dealing with a full deck & are stuck in the past. Its 2025 & we have work to do. No more oligarchs buying favors. No cutting off SNAP. No $40 billion to rich buddies in Argentina

Does anyone else have that little song that went viral after the debate stuck in their head? 🎵My name is Mamdani. M-A-M-D-A-N-I.🎵

and we don't have to settle for shitty candidates a year out from the midterms. we can hold out for better. we can always hold out for better

This is still a democracy. I'll be damned if we're gonna just give these pathetic fascists power they don't have.

Ooh, this is a great graphic novel!

Teen Vogue was producing amazing journalism. This is awful.

Dragula has been my background show lately & I love the disclaimer they make before judging. Rejection is such a huge part of being in the arts, & I think a lot of us as authors or illustrators could use that reminder whether we're querying, on submission or just having our art out in the world.

Hmm...for some reason I don't think Nora Roberts wants to bond with me over writing.

These visits are always a ton of fun, and a free 30 minute author visit is a great option for schools with limited funds. We've also visited internationally!

Seriously! I was wondering where those great Teen Vogue articles went.

I know people sometimes forget, but your local elections ARE CRUCIAL. Your schools & libraries depend on local elections. Your AG choice is the one who will stand up to unjust federal actions. We've seen mayors stand up. And if you want to shift your party, the local elections are where you do it.

If you haven't voted, and you have an election today, GO VOTE NOW.

Friends, Tuesday is Election Day in NYC, and it's time to VOTE FOR @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! Here's a thread of why I'm voting for him, along with photos I've taken over the past few months. FIRST, the dude cares. He loves this city and he loves us. And care > punishment, baby.

This has been a really rough few days. I recently learned of a controversy around our book THE PRINCESS IN BLACK AND THE PRINCE IN PINK. Some were outraged that Deseret Book carried it (a chain of bookstores in the west). Deseret Book appears to have complied to their demands and removed it. 1/

Your art isn’t bad just because it’s not selling right now. We’re in a recession and people don’t know when they’re gonna eat next, nobody can afford fun things because the economy is crumbling. It’s going to be hard a while.

This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works. I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.

“They were careless people, … they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made" - F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Reading The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan with my youngest and noticed this very particular car mentioned. Hmm...Sam and Dean battling giant ants? #SPNFamily

About time!! 🖤🖤🖤

Every year I marvel at how we just all agree to do this and it happens. We should agree to do so much more.

You know, now that I think about it. I didn't really notice a trend in costumes when we were out. I saw a couple of Chucky's but that may have been the only repeat.

Write something. Write it today. Write your heart out. Write something weird that only you would think of. Your enemies will not topple to your silence. Write your future and live it.

My perhaps controversial assessment is that when you share the propaganda of your enemies to call it out or to mock it… you’re still spreading their propaganda and maybe doing exactly what they hope you’ll do.

A rainy but awesome Halloween. My youngest made his Hollow Knight costume himself!

Something with tiny hands was having fun on my porch. ❤️

Happy Halloween! Read some ghost stories. Give out some candy. Meet your neighbors. Watch a scary movement. Connect! Celebrate! Relax! There's plenty of space in this fight for fun!

That is a great idea!

Judging political parties by how they treat trans people doesn’t make you a single issue voter. It means you recognise the litmus test for how those seeking power treat one of the most vulnerable groups in society who are also currently the easiest to target. It’s a show of values and a gut check.

I always loved this!

So cute!

It's here! It's here! Happy Halloween everyone! Get that candy and do your best to stay on this side of the veil! 🎃 (We'll be doing our best to stay dry *sigh*)

Aah! Thank you @charlenedraws.bsky.social! 🎃❤️

Support your local indie by ordering directly through them or ordering via @bookshop.org! Books are resistance. Art is resistance. Life should be more than just survival.

100%. Vermont just voted to fund SNAP and food banks during the closure (they'll reevaluate every couple of weeks). The feds just denied our FEMA request. We're a small state, but for a state like California? It's a much easier choice to not participate.

Local elections are happening all over Massachusetts next week, including for school boards! You know what happens when you assume, right? Do your research now to make sure you're voting for candidates that support the right to read

My local bar listed a book club as one of the events this month and the book looked great, so I checked to see if the club was open to anyone and went last night with a friend! Super excited about jumping outside my comfort zone. I also really enjoyed this book. I'm all about the cozy right now.

A rising tide lifts all boats. This is the opposite of that. And it always, always is with them.

This is a great book! Highly recommend

My hell babies ARE pretty great. 😉 Thanks, @allymalinenko.bsky.social!

Grounded for All Eternity is a GREAT book! And perfect for Halloween! 📚🩸