Fellow SLPs are going to crush today's Minute Cryptic: Minute Cryptic - 15 September, 2025 "Tingers tolded!?" (4) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 I scored: 2 under par www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

I just backed The Childless: a 120 page Comic Book Anthology on Kickstarter!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dev...

"A.i." doesn't empower anyone. It strips them of belief in themselves and the power of their own minds and hands and abilities and stories. EVERY KID CAN DRAW. EVERY KID CAN TELL STORIES AND MAKE COMICS. Fuck "A.i." for telling kids lies and making them less-than.

Are you an educator or librarian & want to go to San Diego Comic Con? Comic Con International is a non-profit org & it offers FREE professional badges to educators & librarians (pending approval). Apps for 2026 are due SEPTEMBER 19TH. See link for more info: www.comic-con.org/cc/industry/...

Part of my morning routine is playing games across a few different apps including LinkedIn. What sets the LI games apart from the others is the comparison to others' performance.

SDCC 25! @janawritescomix.bsky.social @hinessolo.bsky.social @ncte.org

We are @janawritescomix.bsky.social @kyledhiggins.bsky.social and me, and you’re not

MIDNIGHT MYSTICS MADE IT!!! (But there's four hours left and you should still pledge if you haven't.) Midnight Mystics: An Anthology of Fantasy Comics By Black W, via @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/844...

Calling all #educomix folks attending #SDCC! Come attend this *incredible* panel at the Comic Conference for Educators and Librarians at the San Diego Central Library held alongside San Diego Comic Con! #kidlit #educomix

Ripley is back home and on the mend! Her sisters are giving her welcome home sniffs through the bars of her pen, where she (and I) will be for the foreseeable future. 🩷

Ripley is done with her surgery and on the good drugs. The surgeon had to improvise a bit because in addition to her luxated patella, she also had a torn ACL and a torn meniscus. Woof. Luckily, the recovery time and rehab plan is similar, and we look forward to having her home tomorrow. 🩷

Please send healing vibes toward my dog, Ripley, who is getting knee surgery today. And ulcer-soothing ones for me.

I just backed Midnight Mystics: An Anthology of Fantasy Comics By Black W on @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/844... I can't believe I have to wait until next January for this, but it's going to be so worth it!! I splurged for the hardcover, because my dogs are ✨not✨ college material.

I'm nerdy proud of this one. Anyone else figure out the answer 1st based on definition & then reverse engineer? #minutecryptic "Console backing up characters' progress in Sims, Doom, BioShock, Civilisation, Halo 2, Minecraft" (6) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 I scored: 2 under par www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Minute Cryptic - 14 June 2025 "Straight talking any boring fibber" (6) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 I scored: 2 under par www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Welcome to the (print) world, SEEKER SOCIETY! A few years ago, Kyle Higgins and I met for drinks over Christmas, and he asked if I would be interested in co-writing a children's graphic novel.

Minute Cryptic - 2 June 2025 "Tips on Thursday's racing events edited for tomorrow's paper?" (4) ⚪️🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 I scored: 1 under par www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Minute Cryptic - 30 May 2025 "Hybrid gene's hidden connection" (6) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 I scored: 1 under par www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

I love this goofy game. I hated it at first thinking it was too hard for me ever to understand, but I stuck to it, and now it's my obsession. Minute Cryptic - 27 May 2025 "Buyout arranged by Google ultimately!?" (7) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 I scored: 3 under par www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Minute Cryptic - 26 May 2025 "Strap on the arm from stealing tea leaves" (5) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 I scored: 1 under par www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Minute Cryptic - 24 May 2025 "It's not important to wash nuts" (2,4) ⚪️🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 I scored: 1 under par www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Entries for the Collaborative Summer Library Program #ColorOurWorld writing contest open June 1! I can't wait to read these stories about characters who take action and make change. Contest details: www.mackidsschoolandlibrary.com/colorourworl... Please share with the young writers in your life!

We've been post democratic for a while (and for some groups, we never were), but what annoys me / pisses me off is that it's clear the majority of Congress is frightened to death. They know what they should do, even some Republicans. They just won't do it. And that makes the rest of us furious.

Since I'm not seeing Disney push ads for this anywhere on social media, I'll do it for them. Ironheart premieres June 24th on Disney+ so make sure you tune in! Chicago, you better show up for your hometown show!! #ironheart #chicago

One of my jobs in college was working at the Barnes & Noble in downtown Naperville. I spent slow times writing stories on the back of receipt paper and borrowed just about everything with a dust jacket I could get my hands on.

I play 10-12 daily games each morning, but this one is absolutely consuming my entire soul. Minute Cryptic - 3 May 2025 "More cops moving someone behind bars?" (8) ⚪️🟡🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 I scored: 1 under par www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Happy Free Comic Book Day, all! Check out your local comic shop and buy a few while you're out. #FCBD

SINNERS was excellent. The writing. The performances. The music. The long takes. The dash of humor. The COLOR (instead of being washed out gray grit like every other movie). The lore. The patience. The story. The build. The surprises. The inevitability. The themes I resonated with.

Is there an eReader that will read @bookshop.org books? I need an e-ink display rather than a glowing screen.

Along with the illustrious @historycomics.bsky.social, I was interviewed by @neatoday.bsky.social about using comics in the classroom! #edusky #educomix

They're just over 80% funded with 3 days to go. Check out Come Out and Play: The Queer Sports Project, via @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/sta...

I turned 40 this week. I still don't want kids, but I am suddenly overwhelmed by the urge to start composting.

I just finished CHILDREN OF VIRTUE AND VENGEANCE by @tomiadeyemi.bsky.social this morning, and now I'm just supposed to go to work? All day?🤯😡😭

Thanks to @illaurastrates.bsky.social for the post - I just backed Come Out and Play: The Queer Sports Project, via @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/sta...

"Humans killed one another over skin color or eye shape or because they prayed differently to the same god. Hard to imagine humans welcoming seven-foot-tall goblins into the local Boy Scout troop when they couldn't even manage to tolerate some gay kid." --The Pretender, @kaaauthor.bsky.social (1998)

I just backed Dark Pink Comics on @Kickstarter! I went for the three signed copies and the t-shirt package. I am so hyped!!! About 24 hours left in the campaign, so get on it! Dark Pink Comics, via @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/dar...

I got to sign a very beat up copy of my first book, ANIMAL RESCUE FRIENDS: FRIENDS FUR-EVER today. My heart is so full. 🩷🐕📚

I had a wonderful evening at Yellow Bird Books in Aurora, IL, this past week for their first Galentine's Day celebration. There were art stations for needle felting, paper crafts, and bead art plus hot cocoa, tea, and other sweet snacks.

Happy (belated) 9th birthday to our first fur baby, Ripley! The fur may be getting whiter, but the snores are just as loud, the food thievery just as quick, and the cuddles just as sweet. Thanks for putting up with all of these dogs we keep bringing into your house.

I support all DEIA initiatives except for the increasing number of cats I have to look at while watching the ✨PUPPY✨ BOWL. 🐕‍🦺🐕🐩🐶

SEEKER SOCIETY. The book of my heart. And the very first professional comics job I ever got. I was hired to write this with middle school pal and comics superstar Kyle Higgins. After being warned not to get my hopes up for a print release SEEKER SOCIETY got its release date - June 3rd, 2025!!

I've been an SLP for almost 15 years, but I have only just now gotten the Holy Grail* of toys!! *Some SLPs believe the Holy Grail is Cariboo. I'm agnostic on this issue.

Happy 7th birthday to Newt, our middle child and our sweet baby angel who can do no wrong. You are the first one back inside after potty breaks & the last one on watch each night before bed. You haven't rolled in wild animal poop on Thanksgiving in years, & you almost never have scary medical crap.

I woke up a few nights ago with an awesome premise for a story, and now I'm white-knuckling it through plot development. Why can't this part be easier?! 😭 #amwriting #comicswriting

OpenAI: China stole our tech!! Luddites: Oh weird how'd you make your tech in the first place OpenAI: 😡

How much time/how many pages/what percentage do you give a book before you decide to DNF?

I've been working with my middle schoolers on parts of speech recently, and it popped into my brain... Is "jawn" a pronoun? Philly area SLPs and teachers, do you teach this word explicitly?

I want to make an author/educator/presenter/consultant website this year, & Idk where to begin. I'm so overwhelmed with choices. Does anyone 🩷 the person they hired to build their page? Did anyone make their own w/o coding know-how? I haven't made a website since Homestead days... #WriterSky #kidlit

Literally never. Not once have I wondered. (I only rate and review on the zon to help authors for their sales algorithm.)

I turn 40 in a few months, and I sort of want to do something awesome. Any ideas for memorable 40th birthday experience in the Chicagoland area??