This is another insanely good opportunity— and you’ve got just 24 hours to bid on it.

If you are an aspiring picture book author, this 6-month mentorship from editor Melissa Manlove is probably the best item in the entire Publishing for Minnesota auction. It's an incredibly generous offer. #kidlit #picturebooks www.32auctions.com/organization...

The Publishing for Minnesota auction is now live! If you want my feedback on your picture book text (or the first 1,000 words of a longer manuscript), you have 24 hours to get your bid in! www.32auctions.com/organization...

Agreed. I wish writers were more honest about the parts of writing that aren't blissful communing with the Muse. Along those lines, I always recommend this article by Ann Bauer. www.salon.com/2015/01/25/s...

This is another insanely good opportunity— and you’ve got just 24 hours to bid on it.

The Publishing for Minnesota auction is now live! If you want my feedback on your picture book text (or the first 1,000 words of a longer manuscript), you have 24 hours to get your bid in! www.32auctions.com/organization...

Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks

The Publishing for Minnesota auction is live. Manuscript critiques! Portfolio reviews! Autographed books! Bid on them all, with proceeds going to worthy organizations that are fighting the good fight. www.32auctions.com/organization...

Honestly, the whole past week from Paintings of London has been non-stop bangers.

I could look at this painting all day. It captures so many of the things that make me love north London.

for example

The best way of describing someone who’s all talk and no action that I’ve ever heard in the UK, by far, is “they’re all wardrobe and no Narnia.” * read on for fun ways of saying “all talk and no action” in other languages (a thread)

I’ve eaten figgy pudding. Trust me: you should go before you get some.

Merry Christmas to my Christian friends and Joyous Isaac Newton’s birthday to my friends who remain at constant velocity unless acted on by an external force.

Here's Jason Kirschner's cover art for my next picture book, which comes out in September 2026. It makes me laugh every time I look at it! You can pre-order it at your local bookstore, or use one of the links here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/786426... #kidlit

I am embarrassed to notice that in my pinned tweet about the wonderful cover of my new book... I neglected to credit the brilliant illustrator Jason Kirschner. Mea culpa! Going to fix that right now...

I've played 133 escape rooms, and this may be my favorite thing out of any of them. It's an accessibility panel that gives players direct control over sound volume and flashing lights. (Plus it directs them to other accessibility options elsewhere in the room.) Bravo to 60 Out Hollywood!

Your daily dose of irony: this click-baity headline on why you should stop chasing views.

Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary: His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”

Last chance to turn it off. On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default. To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.

Bertolt Brecht has gone too far this time

"Alas, poor Yaris. I knew him, Horatio."

"But soft! What light through yonder window... BRAKES!"

"Parking is such sweet sorrow..."

Years from now, people will contend that it actually hit Marlowe's house

Buster Keaton was born 130 years ago today, on October 4, 1895

Man, I love London. www.reddit.com/r/london/com...

MC, it's your cousin Marvin. Marvin Escher. You know that new style of graphic art you're looking for? Well, here it is! [HOLDS PHONE UP TO THIS POST]

I read the most fascinating article on the placebo effect, but it turned out to just be a blank piece of paper.

"You’re alive to me!" — zombie disowning their child

I just read MAEVE MULVANEY HAS HAD ENOUGH by @kellyamangan.bsky.social and it's a strong recommend. All the characters are nuanced and well observed, but I want to particularly single out the MC's relationship with her parents. It's very hard to get a realistic parent-child relationship in MG...

To my American friends, happy Independence Day! To my British friends, a very joyous Reason Donald Trump Can't Be Prime Minister Day!

*LIAM NEESON VOICE * “I can smell ham at the limit of human possibility— a level that makes me a nightmare for people like you. Release my daughter, or I will find a way to sniff 801. Perhaps 802.”

This is a must read. It's great analysis and it's a great piece about what this does mean, and what it doesn't. Importantly, Kelly calls out that schools and teachers should not obey in advance by pulling LGBTQ+ books off the shelves. Read and share, please!

Good grief. Now THAT's what I call a library.

“What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?” Ideas are the easy bit. Great ideas are - well - great, but some of the best books come from a perfectly ordinary idea executed with rigour and flare.

I got a little pushback on this, so let me unpack it a bit: 1) If you are relying on ChatGPT to do research for you, you either don't know how to do research yourself, or don't understand the limitations of AI, or both. (Authors have to do A LOT of research. IF you don't know how, that's not great.)

There are ten billion kinds of people in the world: those who appreciate hyperbole, and those who don't.

At least with LYRIC MCKERRIGAN, SECRET LIBRARIAN, the key was that I didn't think of it as a political book. I was just writing a superhero story. So it made sense for my protagonist to use two things that I think are powerful weapons for good: libraries and unions.

Kid has rediscovered Lyric McKerrigan, Secret Librarian, a book in which an undercover librarian defeats a supervillain by convincing his henchmen to form a union.

This book is based on a time when I was a jerk to my big brother on the holiest day of the Jewish year. If I'm lucky, I will eventually get Jason Kirschner to illustrate ALL my embarrassing childhood memories.

At the @societyofauthors.bsky.social we are speaking out strongly against this 'opt out' scheme, which places the burden on creators to monitor & notify. It would be like having to put notes on your wallet that say 'Robber, don't steal this'.

I have lived in the London for more than two decades, and I have only just learned that in the UK, April Fool's day pranks are supposed to stop at noon. I honestly thought my wife and kids were pranking me when they told me this until I looked it up.

I am enough of a nerd that I have a favorite Venn diagram, and enough of a theme park nerd that it's this one.

Some people believe that SCUBA stands for Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. I think that we'll never know for sure. I'm agcrostic.

a melted clock is right twice a dali.

Me and countless other authors today…😂

I wonder if the most helpful distinction would be "selective publishing" vs "non-selective publishing." Depending on the situation, either option can be the right choice for an author. But being very clear about the distinction can help authors avoid scams.