A week or so ago, I was looking for a couple books by an author from 10 and 15 years ago and my library didn't have them. I requested them via a library form. Today I got a notification in Libby that they purchased both titles. Asking your library for writers' books is an amazing way to support us.

GUS AND GLORY has been named an ALA Notable Children’s Book of 2026! @mackidssl.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

A WISH WITH WINGS is out now! When Evan’s dad is in a mine collapse, Evan learns a lot about truth and using her own voice. Bookshop: tinyurl.com/54h7t7c9 B&N: tinyurl.com/bdhhz35a Amazon: tinyurl.com/5ck6y4ux

I call bullshit on most. I have never and will never.

Nope. Not everyone.

Tomorrow!!!

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A WISH WITH WINGS is out now! When Evan’s dad is in a mine collapse, Evan learns a lot about truth and using her own voice. Bookshop: tinyurl.com/54h7t7c9 B&N: tinyurl.com/bdhhz35a Amazon: tinyurl.com/5ck6y4ux

One of the best things you can do as an adult is realize that you didn’t actually have to stop drawing, coloring, painting, playing with clay, doing whatever else you loved as a kid. Even if you’re bad at it. Maybe especially if you’re bad at it

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Guess what? It’s double release day! GUS AND GLORY is now out in paperback! @mackidssl.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

A WISH WITH WINGS is out today! With 3 starred reviews, @sguillory262.bsky.social's latest middle grade novel is a deeply heartwarming exploration of the importance of imagination, the freedom in nature, and the power of the truth. tinyurl.com/3tx9vkby #bookbirthday #edusky

A WISH WITH WINGS is out in the world today! I am so proud of this story and hope you love Evan as much as I do. @macmillanlib.bsky.social @mackidssl.bsky.social

I wrote about writing my upcoming novel A WISH WITH WINGS at Writer’s Digest! www.writersdigest.com/writing-arou...

I’ll be launching my latest middle grade novel A WISH WITH WINGS in Baton Rouge on Saturday, May 23rd, at 2 PM at TBR Books and Tea!

it's hard to name one thing I resent most about how AI has broken our society, but the fact that trust in reality is so shattered that we're just spending all day whispering "are you human?" at everything we stumble across with no real idea how to tell either way? fuckin' exhausting

Please do not try to clock “balanced list of threes” as an AI tell because that’s been classic rhetorical structure for going on three millennia and it’s baked into all our writing now, I‘m begging people to read more old things

Look at these postcards! If you preordered A WISH WITH WINGS, let me know if you want me to send you a postcard. And if you haven’t preordered yet, you have a few more days! @mackidssl.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

This is your periodic reminder that word of mouth moves more books than any formal advertising! I invite you to rec something you've recently enjoyed -- preference for the stuff that's *not* already extremely well-known and talked about everywhere.

One more week until A WISH WITH WINGS is out in the world!

Mass market paperbacks in every grocery store, drug store, and gas station.

Bought my house in 2010 and I pay $1000 more a month in homeowners insurance than when I bought it. A MONTH. There were points in my life when that was a make-or-break amount of money. People are being priced out of home ownership here (New Orleans, where we've had MULTIPLE insurance companies fold)

“I can’t write so I stole other people’s thoughts and feelings and hearts in a bargain with a witch and now I have a manuscript”

This is really terrible, & my editor has been among the employees impersonated. “This list is not exhaustive.” us.macmillan.com/publishing-f...

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Thrilled to learn that GUS AND GLORY is a nominee for the Volunteer State Book Award! @mackidssl.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

Shout out to @katemessner.com for suggesting we lift up kidlit authors and #BeAnAmbassador. Honest to goodness, the last middle grade book I read was hers: THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES. Told in verse, recipes, text messages: it was freaking phenomenal. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

For decades it’s been well understood that learning by doing is essential. If you are not doing the thing—writing the essay, solving the math problem, reading the book—you aren’t learning. Public education should not be all about learning to use a company’s products.

Happy May 4th to all who celebrate!

🌼 Hey, YA readers! You won't want to miss these 68 exciting new young adult books being published in May 2026! 🌼 popgoesthereader.com/hot-off-the-... #BookSky #KidLit #YALit

Nothing makes me happier or more frustrated than a bloodhound. 🐾😍

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Can’t make it to a bookstore but still want to celebrate Indie Bookstore Day? You know we’ve got you covered with free shipping all weekend long 🥳📚

Nothing warms my little author heart than seeing a kid reading one of my books. 😍

"Libraries are for everyone"

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Happy Earth Day.

If you are looking Earth Day reads, I wrote a book about climate change and coastal erosion in Louisiana! @mackidssl.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

It's National Library Week! The theme this year is Find Your Joy and we asked @sguillory262.bsky.social about her connection to her local library! Check out Sarah's latest middle grade, A WISH WITH WINGS here: tinyurl.com/3tx9vkby #NationalLibraryMonth #library #librarian #nationallibraryweek

It's National Library Week! The theme this year is Find Your Joy and we asked @faitherinhicks.bsky.social about her connection to her childhood library, the Milton Public Library ❤️📚 Check out Faith's graphic novel, INBETWEENS here: tinyurl.com/yck72em7 #NationalLibraryMonth #MiltonPublicLibrary

Posting on Instagram about my upcoming book feels like screaming into the void. I would get more notice if I stood on the street corner and shouted about it to people at the red light.

The preorder campaign for Soon By You is live! Preorder from one of four amazing indies to get not only a bookmark and signed bookplate but a gorgeous vellum overlay illustrated by Petra Braun! www.dahliaadler.com/gb-preorder-...

Happy National Library Week! This week you should: 1) Donate $ to your local Friends of the Library 2) Write to your public library director to thank them for standing up for diversity or to condemn them for caving to fascists 3) Plan a similar public comment for the next library board mtg

Join us as we continue the fight attempts across #Louisiana to ban and restrict access to #books. You can find out more about our efforts at www.la-cac.org, and get info on steps you can take at uniteagainstbookbans.org/right-to-rea....

It's been so interesting to watch this unfold. Barnes & Noble and other big book chains shut indies down in the the 1990s (and on) and then Amazon came along and ate up all the book market share. Now people tired of big corporations are creating demand for more indies

School libraries are the heart of learning 💙 a place where every student belongs, every question is welcome, and every story matters. Celebrate your school librarian this April! #SchoolLibraryMonth - Amanda Kordeliski, AASL President #AASLslm #AASL

Happy National Library Week!

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It’s hard promoting your own book, and even harder when your imprint is closing, but I worked very hard on a book I am enormously proud of, so I will keep screaming into the void. Celebrate your own accomplishments, y’all, because you earned it. ❤️

Rules for creative work always end up being rules for life as well, & they all come down to the same six principles, IMO: 1. Pay attention. 2. Tell the truth. 3. Honor your work. 4. Love your people. 5. Have fun. 6. Stay open.