Erin Petti
@erinpettiauthor.bsky.social
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#middlegrade
author! rep: Jennifer Wills of the Seymour Agency www.erinpettibooks.com
Hi! My name is Erin. I'm an author and a kid's creative writing teacher. The tough winter is over! Spring is here! I am so ready for allll the beautiful things to happen! Let's goooooo,
#kidlit
!
#middlegrade
#kidlit
#spring
8 days ago
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Victoria Strauss
14 days ago
New
#WriterBeware
blog post: An update on the Anthropic copyright settlement, now that the deadline for filing claims has passed, including how many claims there've been and an objection to the settlement that could change everything if approved
writerbeware.blog/2026/04/10/a...
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Anthropic Copyright Settlement: April Update - Writer Beware
The deadline to file a claim in the $1.5 billion Bartz v. Anthropic copyright settlement passed at midnight on March 30, 2026. Now that all claims have been filed, I’m taking a look at where things stand and what’s yet to come. If you need a refresh, my backgrounder on the settlement and the classRead More
https://writerbeware.blog/2026/04/10/anthropic-copyright-settlement-april-update/
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open.substack.com/pub/erinmpet...
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In which the metaphor is the thing, and the thing is the metaphor, and everything is really quite literal actually.
crikey.
https://open.substack.com/pub/erinmpetti/p/in-which-the-metaphor-is-the-thing?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=ftv5f
2 months ago
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Please make a list of five things you are proud of yourself for doing. If you can do that and wash your feet before bed every night I bet your quality of life will like triple🧚 Kbye!
2 months ago
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I bought so many glue sticks. I can find zero glue sticks.
#amrevising
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2 months ago
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Hiii everyone, hiiii! I forgot about this platform and how much I enjoy it🤓 How's everyone doing,
#kidlit
? What are you working on?
#publishing
5 months ago
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Stephanie Campisi
5 months ago
ooh, there's going to be a hardcover edition of The Unfinished Business. Fancy!
regal-house-publishing.mybigcommerce.com/the-unfinish...
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The Unfinished Business, Book One
The Unfinished Business, Book One by Stephanie Campisi
https://regal-house-publishing.mybigcommerce.com/the-unfinished-business-book-one/
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Hi MA friends! I'll be signing books at Buttonwood Books in Cohasset today from 10-12 if you wanna say hi! xoxo
#kidlit
#ma
#spookymg
10 months ago
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Now that Thelma #3 is in, I'm taking a minute to go "holy crap, I wrote all these."
#kidlit
#gratitude
@snowywingspublishing.com
about 1 year ago
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New arrival! S'MORE SPOOKY STORIES is here at last. Proceeds go to our National Parks🖤 thank you
@owlhollowpress.bsky.social
!
#kidlit
about 1 year ago
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Greg Andree
about 1 year ago
Got my first "Violating an Executive Order" and "I'll make sure you lose federal funding" parent threat today for teaching "DEI" books in our upcoming "Liberty and Justice" themed unit. Even in "Blue" Massachusetts we're dealing with this. Anyway, don't obey in advance, and don't obey later.
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Kelly Barnhill
about 1 year ago
Hey, friends. I hope you're all doing okay. Or something approximating okay. May your breath be a blessing. May your work be a blessing. May your care for others and may your receiving of care be a blessing as well. I feel blessed just to know you. Hold on to something beautiful for me, will you?
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⬇️❤️❤️❤️
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about 1 year ago
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Mary Averling
about 1 year ago
BITTERFLY BAY is an Amazon Hot New Release in Children's Ghost Stories!!! Thank you everyone for supporting my weird little haunting book!!
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SpookyMiddleGrade
about 1 year ago
Check out this interview with our very own
@maryaverling.bsky.social
about her new book, THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY, available now!
spookymiddlegrade.com/2025/02/06/a...
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Author Interview: 5 Questions with Mary Averling, Author of The Ghosts of Bitterfly Bay
Welcome to another installment of our author interview series, “5 Questions with…” This time around, we’re talking with Spooky Middle Grade’s Mary Averling, author of THE CURSE OF EELGRASS BO…
https://spookymiddlegrade.com/2025/02/06/author-interview-5-questions-with-mary-averling-author-of-the-ghosts-of-bitterfly-bay/
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PEN America
over 1 year ago
The US Dept. of Education’s Office of Civil Rights has dismissed 11 complaints and six allegations related to book bans, saying it was ending "Biden’s book ban hoax." PEN America counted over 10,000 instances of school book bans in the 2023-24 school year, nearly 3X the number in the previous year.
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HI👋 A little intro post for new friends! I'm Erin, mom, author of middle grade fiction, and sometimes-poet. I miss book publishing talk 🤓 Next release is a spooky mg anthology from
@owlhollowpress.bsky.social
and my 3rd Thelma Bee adventure from
@snowywingspublishing.com
hits shelves in May!
#kidlit
over 1 year ago
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I'm so pumped to have a story included here!!
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over 1 year ago
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So many different lives, but I've been writing through all of them. That's a thing I'll let myself be proud of. ❤️
#kidlit
over 1 year ago
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I've had 2 great writing days but I'm in the messy middle of a first draft- in a new genre😅 I feel kind of scared.
#writingcommunity
over 1 year ago
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Samantha M Clark
over 1 year ago
Looking forward to reading THE LOSTING FOUNTAIN after reading this interview with
@lorasenf.bsky.social
on the
@spookymiddlegrade.bsky.social
site.
#newbooks
spookymiddlegrade.com/2025/01/03/a...
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Author Interview: Five questions with Lora Senf, author of The Losting Fountain and The Clackity
We’re back with another author interview in our series, “5 Questions with…” This month we’re talking with Bram Stoker Award-winning author Lora Senf, whose brand-new novel THE LOSTING F…
https://spookymiddlegrade.com/2025/01/03/author-interview-five-questions-with-lora-senf-author-of-the-losting-fountain-and-the-clackity/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2wBh5ouRFvCkKyeuFL5qX1h0yTk54JAqfHmqxYAMKpCmBkDHjxb5582h8_aem_4suth5efb-gYQZhfesELMA
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Louie Stowell
over 1 year ago
Did...Did Tolkien write this article?
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OK insomnia, so let's write the book.
#writingcommunity
over 1 year ago
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We lost this sweet friend a few days ago. Heaven gains a queen.🐾🪽❤️
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over 1 year ago
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Mood
#christmas
over 1 year ago
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"Giddy up giddy up giddy up, let's scram... Just look at your hands .." Sleigh Ride as understood by my 7 year old who has apparently never questioned this mid-song dark turn.
over 1 year ago
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Coming 5/6/25, Thelma Bee and the Darkwood Queen! Beautiful cover art by Kris Aro McLeod 🖤 Published by
@snowywingspublishing.com
🐦⬛
#kidlit
@spookymiddlegrade.bsky.social
over 1 year ago
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Friends, I hav so many bookmarks on the way🥹🥰🥹🥰 the kids are going to go bananas - THANK YOU. What a super amazing group you are,
#kidlit
❤️
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over 1 year ago
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Hey
#kidlit
!! I just started volunteering at our elementary school library, and we could sure use some bookmarks 🤓✨ If your an author with some extra swag that you are looking to give away, get in touch!!
over 1 year ago
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Actual royalty, real authority.
over 1 year ago
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Doodly doo cover-shaped-thing 👀🤓✨
over 1 year ago
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Poetry for 11/7/24
over 1 year ago
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School visit today and one child asked if I wrote The Lord of the Rings. Thrilling moment for me tbqh🤣
over 1 year ago
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I love these librarian queens!✨👑📚
over 1 year ago
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over 1 year ago
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Jen
almost 2 years ago
⚽️🏀🏈110 Middle Grade Books Featuring Girls In Sports🏈🏀⚽️
popgoesthereader.com/recommendati...
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Library/ Community art project at Townsend Public Library in MA! ❤️🐍📚! So many beautiful, unique stones🥰
#kidlit
#libraries
#librarylife
almost 2 years ago
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Darcy Marks
almost 2 years ago
One of my favorite books of last year!
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JLMeyer
almost 2 years ago
Big Fan
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SpookyMiddleGrade
almost 2 years ago
Hello BlueSky and Kidlit folks! We are a group of middle grade authors sharing a love of spooky stories all year round. Offering FREE virtual visits for grades 3-8 🎃 Looking forward to finding our community again here!
#SpookyMG
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Next up! (This is the actual book I purchased at Sherman's after my ladder riding dreams were mercilessly squashed)
#kidlit
#indiebookstore
#spookymiddlegrade
almost 2 years ago
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Heartbreaking, yet practical signage at Sherman's Bookshop in Bar Harbor, Maine!
#kidlit
#barharbor
#indiebookstore
almost 2 years ago
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Berry picking glory
almost 2 years ago
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Ryan Estrada
almost 2 years ago
Okay, I'VE BEEN GOOD for years. I ignored the most prolific and hateful book banner in America repeatedly jumping into my replies shouting lies so many times. But I went off on him just one little time, as a treat. Once he sees it I'll block him.
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Brian LaRossa
almost 2 years ago
Hey
#kidlit
illustrators, do you love DRAGONS? I do! I’m looking for an artist who can breathe life into a comedic dragon w/ mass appeal for a new character-driven graphic-reader series (ages 4–6). Respond here with images and a link to your folio. Please no DMs. Agents are welcome to email. 💙❤️
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In honor of this awesome new
#kidlit
community on bluesky, I'm re-sharing the best thing I ever made for the internet 🐶🎙️📚
#audiobooks
#dogs
#creativedifferences
youtu.be/ggaax-WocNQ?...
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Announcement! ... and Creative Differences
Honey tries to lend a hand with the Thelma Bee audiobook.Now available wherever audiobooks are sold!Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Peculiar-Haunting...
https://youtu.be/ggaax-WocNQ?si=6wnEV1luKQxHe-XG
almost 2 years ago
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Honey the dog is hanging on every word! We are sneaking some
#spooky
#middlegrade
reading time, and this sequel is the real deal!😱
@danpoblocki.bsky.social
#kidlit
almost 2 years ago
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Hey
#kidlit
#horror
#folkhorror
peeps- I am just wondering if anyone has favorite nonfiction recs for New England hauntings?
#bookresearch
Thank you!🦴🏚️🕯️
almost 2 years ago
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1.25 hour til summer vacation
almost 2 years ago
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@snowywingspublishing.com
Hi Snowy Wings! ❤️🤍🪽🪽
almost 2 years ago
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