What are some of the most significant lessons you've learned since you started pursuing writing as a profession (craft advice, industry advice, etc.)? 👀✍️🤔 #WritingCommunity #writers #authors #lessons #indulgeme

The Earth doesn't belong to us. We belong to the Earth. 🌎🩶 And it's our duty to care. Let's brainstorm small, easy ways we can care for our beautiful blue planet. #WritingCommunity #writers #authors #earthlings

I just wrote more of my current WIP... for the first time in MONTHS. 867 brand new words. I guess I have more to say after all. If I could bottle the relief I feel, I'd be a rich woman. This is the life, #WritingCommunity! ✍️🥳 #justwrite #takethatimpostersyndrome #writerslife #authors #drafting

Lit Kids is open for submissions until 1/31!! 🗓️ Calling 5-13 y/o creative kids! 📣 Please send writing, art, and photos for Issue 9: Mystery. 🔍We won't need a magnifying glass to spot your talent! Our mentors simply can't wait. Keep shining! ✨ www.litkidsmagazine.com/submissions #parents #emag

Nothing feels as good as when a reader interprets your work exactly as you intended. Many thanks to @kristinwrites.bsky.social for her lovely review of Loophole. What a way to start 2026! 😍 (P.S. Still spreading the word about Loophole! If it sounds up your alley, DM for a free digital copy.)📖

As a former teacher and current author, this tickled my fancy! 🤣 lol #WritingCommunity #writers #authors #teachers

Know a talented 5-13 y/o kid? Lit Kids is open to submissions through 1/31 for Issue 9: Mystery! 🔍Please send your peculiar writing, art, and photos to our mentors. Thrill us with your best Whodunnit, and keep shining! ✨ www.litkidsmagazine.com/submissions #kidlit #parents #emag #teachers

I've got a #theory: Stories that resonate most with each of us are a window into our soul. Look closely at your favorite #stories to decode your strengths, weaknesses, secrets, and potential. Characters strike a chord within us because they are us. Wonder further.📖🪞 #selfaware #readers #books

And passion, belief system, motivation ...etc. 📚 #WritingCommunity #books #readers

I'm a simple human being. It makes me happy when other people are happy. I want everyone to win. 😘 I'm well aware the world doesn't always work that way, but I'll cheer for your personal accomplishments, regardless. 👏 #WritingCommunity #rootingforyou #togetherwewin

#kidlit authors, how do you motivate yourself given the current climate of the industry toward MG and YA books? What keeps you excited about writing in those genres? 🤔 (P.S. Middle grade is my happy place!) #WritingCommunity #writers #publishing

I'm a few days late, but wanted to post my completed 2025 reads! Shout-out to these amazing authors. (I'll tag who I can.) Please add these titles to your 2026 TBR if you haven't read them yet!🥰 What a MARVELOUS spread of books!📚 I loved them all! 💜 #WritingCommunity #books #readers #tbr

Calling 5-13 y/o creatives! 📣 Lit Kids is open to submissions through 1/31 for Issue 9: Mystery! Send your best writing, art, and photography, but be sure to make your work extra baffling. Our mentors wait with bated breath. Keep shining! ✨ www.litkidsmagazine.com/submissions #kidlit #emag #parents

PSA: Though it's currently naptime in our neck of the woods, we've got a free concert with songs from Frozen going down right now courtesy of my 3 y/o daughter! No microphone necessary. Her voice echoes through the entire house. 🤦‍♀️❄️🎤 #WritingCommunity #naptimeconcert #letitgo

I can't say thank you enough! My heart is full! <3

Our brand new blog interview features author and librarian Kate Simpson chatting about her favorite books and her dystopian middle-grade novel, The Paper Museum! Please give it a read and share across platforms! Keep shining! ✨ www.litkidsmagazine.com/post/kate-si... #kidlit #blog #parents #writers

2026 professional goals: 1. Finish drafting Foreverland. 2. Write more often. 3. Continue reading. 4. Publish four more issues of Lit Kids. 5. Get more comfortable promoting my books. 6. Attend first out-of-state author event. 7. Show myself compassion. #WritingCommunity #goals #writers #authors

Today is the first page of your new 365 page manuscript. Fingers crossed each of us writes a comedy versus a horror. One thing I know: though there are bumps and bruises along the way, we choose the direction of our story. Keep moving forward, #WritingCommunity! 🥰 #HappyNewYear

I'm so flattered and grateful to be included in this phenomenal list. Of 257 books read, Loophole made her top 6. I never thought my name would be next to Suzanne Collins. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your kindness! 🥰 #kidlit #NewYear #books #readers #writers #authors #surreal

Happy 2026, everyone! 🥳 As of today, we're OPEN to submissions for Issue 9: Mystery! 🔍 Calling 5 to 13 y/o kids: send your writing, art, and photos by 1/31 for consideration. Our mentors can't wait to fit all the pieces together! Keep shining! ✨ www.litkidsmagazine.com/submissions #kidlit #parents

Curious question for all the #parents out there. How often do your children visit or interact with their grandparents? Also, do they live in close proximity to you? Thanks for indulging me! 🥰 #family #parenthood #childhood

HELP! 📣 We need published children's authors, illustrators, and photographers to feature on our blog! As a participation perk, we'll list one of your books on our site. WE HAVE AN OPEN SLOT THIS FRIDAY! Please reach out if interested, and keep shining! ✨ www.litkidsmagazine.com/blog #kidlit #blog

In 2025, I released my 2nd MG book, Loophole! My hope for next year is to grow the # of reviews. Here's what past readers said: "Beautiful and engaging" "Deep empathy" "Obsessed with this book and I never wanted it to end" Please DM if you'd like a free digital copy to review! 🥰 #kidlit #readers

Confession time: I'm in love with words. Give me the lengthy descriptions, the whimsical wordplay, the purple prose... Let literature swallow me whole. I read to lose myself in ink because only when I'm lost can I find who I truly am. May this language love affair never end. 📖💜

Every year I offer the same advice to anyone who will listen: Start a #gratitude jar. 🫙(It transformed my life.) Jot a note when you experience little/big joys, place inside the jar, then on New Year's Eve/Day, empty the jar to reminisce. Watching it fill up is a reminder... life can be good. 🥰

2026 is mere days away! Can you believe it? Calling creative 5-13 y/o kids! On 1/1, Lit Kids opens to submissions for Issue 9: Mystery! 🔍 Please send your writing, art, and photos by the end of January for consideration. Keep shining! ✨ www.litkidsmagazine.com #parents #teachers #emag #kidlit

Raise your hand if you've been there! 🙋‍♀️🫠 #WritingCommunity #writerslife #characters

Rant incoming because I'm annoyed. 😒 I haven't felt a shred of self-confidence since giving birth 3 years ago. I eat a moderately healthy diet (the same as my husband), but my body behaves in ways I don't understand now (fluid retention, unexplained weight fluctuation, etc). (1/4)

Book 109 of 2025: Loophole by @rweberwrites.bsky.social A FANTASTIC book. More thorough review will follow but I was ENGROSSED. Maybelline’s voice is so authentic and believable — and illuminating. Her growth and healing are realistic. OCD, anxiety, domestic violence, parental loss #BookSky

One of my favorite pastimes... What am I doing today? WRONG ANSWERS ONLY. 😂🫣 #WritingCommunity #selfcare #makeitfunny

I was so impressed by Yan's artwork! Please give her interview a read, and share, share, share! 🥰

Our new interview with artist and immigrant @garlicbunnyy.bsky.social is such a lovely read! She shares her artistic process and beautiful pieces from her portfolio. Please follow her on SM. Share her post for all to see! Keep shining! ✨ www.litkidsmagazine.com/post/yan-jia... #kidlit #artist #blog

Know a 5-13 y/o kid who deserves publication? Lit Kids opens to submissions for Issue 9: Mystery on 1/1! Get ready to send your best writing, art, and photos for consideration. Please subscribe and keep shining! ✨ litkidsmagazine.wixsite.com/lit-kids-mag... #kidlit #emag #newyear #genres #parents

Somehow, I am both Phoebe and Joey. 🫣🤓📖 #WritingCommunity #writers #readers #books

You can't scroll on until you do! 👀🥰 #WritingCommunity #writers #authors #selfcare

The #WritingCommunity is brrrrr-illiant, and don't you forget it! 💜⛄❄️ #writers #authors #awesomeness

Direct feedback from a reader: “Wow! A 13-year-old did that artwork?! That’s cool, looks like anime.” And this is why we publish kids - so more grown-up people realize that kids are people with stuff to say, and talented at saying it through art and writing!

Lit Kids' 2026 issues will revolve around GENRES! 📚 On 1/1, submissions open for Issue 9: Mystery! 🔍 This is your clue to prepare writing, art, and photos to get our mentors scratching their heads. We feature work by 5-13 y/o creatives. Keep shining! ✨ litkidsmagazine.wixsite.com/lit-kids-mag...

Absolutely nobody: Me (having written and published 2 books since 2020): "But am I even capable of writing a book?" 🫠 #WritingCommunity #writers #authors #impostersyndrome

You're stronger than you'll ever know! 🥰 #WritingCommunity #strength #keeptrying

The perfect game doesn't exist---😍📚 #WritingCommunity #writers #authors #books #perfection

Lit Kids is in a pinch! 🤏 We need a published #kidlit #illustrator to feature for a #blog interview by next Friday. If you complete an interview, we'll add one of your published children's books to our site. Please reach out for more info! Keep shining! ✨ litkidsmagazine.wixsite.com/lit-kids-mag...

In case no one has told you lately, I'm proud of you for pursuing your dream! This road isn't easy, and you're working so hard. Keep going! I believe in you! 🥰 #WritingCommunity #writers #authors

Just checking in, #WritingCommunity! How are you doing today? What's new? 👀✍️ #writers #authors #checkingin

One of the scariest thought ruts as a writer is when you get stuck wondering, "Do I have any more stories inside of me? What if I don't? What then?" Yep, that's where I'm at today. 😬 #WritingCommunity #writers #authors #stuck

Calling published children's #authors, #illustrators, and #photographers! Lit Kids needs professionals to feature in blog interviews. As a perk, we'll list one of your published books in our Bookshop. Reach out if interested and keep shining! ✨ litkidsmagazine.wixsite.com/lit-kids-mag... #kidlit

What are your personal writing strengths and weaknesses, #WritingCommunity? 🤔✍️ #writers #authors #craft

All I want for X-mas is to get the word out about my second MG novel, Loophole! I have free digital copies available in exchange for honest reviews. Loophole follows a young girl with anxiety and OCD as she learns how to navigate middle school. Shout if interested! #kidlit #books #mentalhealth

#WritingCommunity, what is the best way you've found to promote your books? 👀🧐📖 #writers #authors #marketing #promotion #books

Recently, I was lucky enough to write a guest post about books and mental wellness for the blog Smack Dab in the Middle! Please read and share my post to help promote Loophole! I would be forever grateful. 🥰📚 smack-dab-in-the-middle.blogspot.com/2025/12/book... #kidlit #mentalhealth #books #readers