💕🍂HAPPY FRIENDSGIVING is out today from Random House Kids! A cozy celebration of food, friends, and finding your place at the table. Grab a copy wherever books are sold—and save a seat for a friend. 🧡

And here's Lucy Bellwood with some INCREDIBLY useful advice for comics writers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXO1... @lubellwoo.bsky.social

Never forget. Today we honor the lives lost on 9/11 and the resilience that followed. 💙❤️ 📚 SURVIVOR TREE by @marciecolleen.bsky.social 📚 BRANCHES OF HOPE by Ann Magee 📚 30,000 STITCHES by Amanda Davis Find them here: buff.ly/OjuajLB #12x12PB #kitlit

🦃🥧Pull up a chair! HAPPY FRIENDSGIVING is almost here! 🧡It’s two weeks until release day(9/23), but you can preorder now to join the celebration of food, friendship, and found families. #picturebook #kidlit #friendsgiving #Thanksgiving #holidayreads #seasonofgratitude #foundfamily #gratitudeseason

🌳❤️ #september11 #survivortree #schoolvisit #kidlit #neverforget #backtoschool #teachers #schoollibrary #schoollibrarians @littlebrownyr.bsky.social @storybreathing.bsky.social

💥NEW SERIES ALERT! 💥 First pitched as “Shaun the Sheep meets Die Hard,” I’m excited to introduce readers to the adventures of Steel Wool.🐑 #kidscomics #comics #kidlit #randomhousegraphic #kidsgraphicnovels

New book deals on the way @leightherriault.bsky.social @benomeli.bsky.social @marciecolleen.bsky.social + more buff.ly/Eq9jfRw

Back for a second year! Let's meet those goals together. Registration now open! #goals #productivity #amwriting #writinggoals #resolutions

Join us this Saturday at the KPBS San Diego Book Festival. Admission is FREE! I’ll be signing KITTEN NINJA books in the SCBWI booth. Visit KPBS.org/sdbookfestival for more info. #scbwi #sandiego #bookfestival #kittenninja #kidscomics #kidlit #kpbs

A crowd of #Yankees fans assemble outside the stadium. Only one thing can stop the slide.

Upcoming #12x12PB members-only webinar! 📚 Join us 8/5 at 1pm ET/10am PT for Panel by Panel: How to Write Comics and Graphic Novels (Even if You Can't Draw) with @marciecolleen.bsky.social. Replay will be available for members who can’t attend live! #kidlit #12x12PB

💥This coming weekend is Comic Con! Will I see you there? Let me know. I’ll be around all weekend. And while you’re there, don’t forget to check out this fun panel with my fellow KidLit creators! 💥 #sandiego #kidscomics #sdcc #kidlit

Help celebrate the legacy of @kateywrites.bsky.social by buying or borrowing the recently launched WHERE THE DEER SLIP THROUGH, written by Katey & illustrated by Caldecott medalist Beth Krommes, w/ @simonkids.bsky.social. #KidLit bsky.app/profile/kate...

More socialists and fewer rapists please

Our first review—and it’s a great one! HAPPY FRIENDSGIVING lands on bookshelves everywhere Sept 23rd. But you can preorder today.

Pride Month 2025. Prioritize the safety of queer kids over the discomfort of adults.

💥It’s a brand new KITTEN NINJA! 💥 #kidscomics #epicforkids #kittenninja

It’s the most wonderful time of the year—the San Diego Book Crawl! 📚 Catch me at UCSD Bookstore on Saturday from 2-3pm. Hope to see you there, book lovers! 💕

🔦There’s nothing better than spooky stories at a sleepover! But Bentley’s favorite tale takes a not-so-spooky twist—what did Hoot do this time? 👻 #kidscomics #timebuddies #comics

Register today: www.scbwi.org/events/chapt...

Only 2 spots left! 📣 Join instructor @marciecolleen.bsky.social for 6-months of drafting, deadlines, goals, support, feedback and MORE. **Applications close on 4/20. Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

💥It’s time for CAT NINJA #39: READY, RESET, GO! 💥 For the sake of his family, Adonis has set out to ask his creator for help. But can an evil scientist make a bad dog turn good? #kidlit #kidscomics #catninja #epic #superhero

📺Some exciting developments happening toward my 2025 career goals! I'm participating in the following: *a 1:1 mentorship through Children's Media Association, *a group mentorship through Women in Animation, and *a course through elvtr on Animation Scriptwriting. Stay tuned for more exciting news!

Will you be going to WonderCon in Anaheim? If so, I hope to see you on March 28th for two great panels and a book signing to follow. For information on purchasing a badge, visit www.comic-con.org/wc

💥Super excited to kick off a brand new season of CAT NINJA today with #38: A CASE OF THE ZOOMIES.💥 Available on the Epic app.

⚡Hoot and Bentley are kicking off a BRAND NEW season of TIME BUDDIES with a little fact-checking.⚡ Learn the truth about dinosaurs, Leonardo da Vinci, and ancient Egypt in this special volume. 🦖 And then join us for all new adventures starting March 10th! Only on Epic. 📚

First task of the morning…get this brand new book in circulation and into the hands of readers! They’ve been waiting! @marciecolleen.bsky.social @ellenstubbings.bsky.social

Look who's back--and cuter than ever! KITTEN NINJA #2 is out today, wherever books are sold.

Pull up a chair! HAPPY FRIENDSGIVING was featured in Publisher’s Weekly Fall 2025 Preview. We cannot wait to share this book with you all. On bookshelves everywhere September 23rd. 🦃💕

Literary groups, publishers, and and professional writers' orgs issue joint statement condemning Donald Trump's recent anti-trans executive order www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Want to help trans people amidst the current horrors & talk to an editor too? Donate $100 to distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red... & DM me the receipt. I’ll do 20-min AMAs with the first 5 donors & match their donations.

Just like a snake sheds its skin, growth means evolving, refining, and moving with purpose. Here’s to growth, success, and shedding anything that holds you back! Happy Lunar New Year, everybody! 🐍🧧🎉 #ShedAndShine #LunarNewYear #YearOfTheSnake

Join us next week! This intensive will be chock full of everything you need to get your own series off the ground. Plus, an opportunity to get feedback on your work!

Two items up for bid from Marcie Colleen! A signed copy of The Survivor Tree and a 45 minute virtual school visit and A ONE TIME PICTURE BOOK CRITIQUE:  @marciecolleen.bsky.social is a multi-published author of children’s picture books, chapter books, and comics. #kidlit

The KidLit for Los Angeles auction is now live! There are many, many amazing items including school visits, signed books, original artwork, and opportunities to connect with renowned editors and agents. 📚💕 #kidlit #fundraiser #kidlitforlosangeles #kidlitforLA #childrensbooks #auction #la

The Kidlit for Los Angeles auction is NOW OPEN! We have more than 340 INCREDIBLE items from top authors, illustrators, editors, agents and publishing professionals. You don’t want to miss out! Go bid here: www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles Auction runs Jan 20th - Jan 26th. #kidlit

Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉 Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying. Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...

There will be a virtual screening of #BannedTogether streaming on 1/20/25. You can register for tickets here: watch.eventive.org/bannedtogeth...

This was such a good documentary. The students will inspire you!

Building on @marciecolleen.bsky.social 2024 webinar, Developing a Premise for Serialized Fiction, we are delighted that Marcie is coming back for an full intensive class, Planning & Plotting a Series for Young Readers. Perfect for CB, Early Readers and GN writers! app.inkedvoices.com/event/worksh...

In August, Award-winning author & founding #12x12PB member @marciecolleen.bsky.social will share how to write comics and graphic novels even if you are not also an illustrator! #GN #kidlit #kidlitart Want to attend? Join us at http://12x12challeng...

Did you see 📣 ☔️#Storystorm2025 is open? Sign up at taralazar.com/2024/12/27/s... to join the fun! Read the rules before you comment.

In late 2023 I declared that 2024 would be the year I broke out of my musical shell. So I joined a band and I’m not looking back! 🤘🎸 Thanks to my Covercraft band mates for a fantastic year, especially our really cute keyboardist, Jonathan (who also happens to be my husband!)

It was a year of ups and downs professionally. 🎢 But 2024 is ending on a high note. Plus, there is so much to look forward to in 2025! 🎉😎🍾 #kidlit #childrensauthor #writerlife #writer #creativerollercoaster

Do I know any freelance designers who work with typesetting for a picture book?

Author & teacher friends! Many of us are working on proposals for NCTE25, and given our current situation, it's more important than ever that all panels include voices from historically marginalized groups. All-white panels don't reflect the kids we serve. If you need suggestions, just ask around!

WRITER FRIENDS: I am wanting to learn to better embrace the sh*tty first draft. Give me your tools and tips for how to write those first drafts without the nasty inner editor getting in the way!

Check out these books by our WSS faculty! 📚 Write. Submit. Support. is a 6 month program where acclaimed authors like @davidobowles.bsky.social, @kirstenwlarson.bsky.social, and @marciecolleen.bsky.social develop your writing, your confidence, and your literary life. Apply here: thewritingbarn.com