Sitting down just in time to take part in #kidlitchat tonight. Hi #kidlit and #kidlitart friends! 👋🏽

Muscle memory is a wild thing, isn't it? I have to retrain my hands to go to B instead of T when I'm looking to see what folks are talking about online. I do enjoy that BlueSky is becoming a cozy #kidlit community. I'm aiming to jump in more.

#Booksky friends, I've started a Substack. It's where I'll be sharing process videos of my work and musings about being a professional illustrator. Would love to have you there! 🩵💜💚 open.substack.com/pub/veronica...

When we say “tech guys need the humanities too” we’re not talking about diluting the pool of Linus Torvalds with underwater basket weavers, we’re talking about arming them with enough literacy to comprehend Sci-Fi in a way that doesn’t get them sued by Scarlett Johansson

It's amazing how much of this overlaps with book #publishing. Production and book costs are steadily increasing while sales in various segments decrease + employees aren't well compensated. Analyze the business model & make it accessible for consumers instead of overflowing the market w/ product.

“Don’t trust everything you read on the internet.” AI search results: what if I did tho

A Kweli Journal newsletter pointed me to this 2020 Q&A with Jason Reynolds, which is GOLDEN for #kidlit writers: "I think every person who reads wants to feel like they're turning those pages rapidly... It's a progress clock. Who doesn't like to see their progress?" www.arts.gov/stories/blog...

Over the last few months, I've noticed the heads of non-tech companies announcing that they're "leaning into AI"... but they never explain HOW. It feels very similar to when random companies were jumping onto the NFT bandwagon. We see where that went.

More support for the theory that OpenAI is equal parts “never have an original idea” + “steal other people’s work because you’re constitutionally incapable of imagining anything on your own”—with a hefty dollop of “fetishize women and refuse to take no for an answer.”

The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 1/20 #booksky

Oh, it's #booksky over here now? I'm with it.

Oh gosh, I've had this account for a while but didn't realize haven't posted yet. I promise I'm real! 🫣