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

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...

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!

I bought so many glue sticks. I can find zero glue sticks. #amrevising #kidlit

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

ooh, there's going to be a hardcover edition of The Unfinished Business. Fancy! regal-house-publishing.mybigcommerce.com/the-unfinish...

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

Now that Thelma #3 is in, I'm taking a minute to go "holy crap, I wrote all these." #kidlit #gratitude @snowywingspublishing.com

New arrival! S'MORE SPOOKY STORIES is here at last. Proceeds go to our National Parks🖤 thank you @owlhollowpress.bsky.social ! #kidlit

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.

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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BITTERFLY BAY is an Amazon Hot New Release in Children's Ghost Stories!!! Thank you everyone for supporting my weird little haunting book!!

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...

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.

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

I'm so pumped to have a story included here!!

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

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

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...

Did...Did Tolkien write this article?

OK insomnia, so let's write the book. #writingcommunity

We lost this sweet friend a few days ago. Heaven gains a queen.🐾🪽❤️

Mood #christmas

"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.

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

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 ❤️

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!!

Actual royalty, real authority.

Doodly doo cover-shaped-thing 👀🤓✨

Poetry for 11/7/24

School visit today and one child asked if I wrote The Lord of the Rings. Thrilling moment for me tbqh🤣

I love these librarian queens!✨👑📚

⚽️🏀🏈110 Middle Grade Books Featuring Girls In Sports🏈🏀⚽️ popgoesthereader.com/recommendati...

Library/ Community art project at Townsend Public Library in MA! ❤️🐍📚! So many beautiful, unique stones🥰 #kidlit #libraries #librarylife

One of my favorite books of last year!

Big Fan

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

Next up! (This is the actual book I purchased at Sherman's after my ladder riding dreams were mercilessly squashed) #kidlit #indiebookstore #spookymiddlegrade

Heartbreaking, yet practical signage at Sherman's Bookshop in Bar Harbor, Maine! #kidlit #barharbor #indiebookstore

Berry picking glory

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.

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. 💙❤️

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?...

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

Hey #kidlit #horror #folkhorror peeps- I am just wondering if anyone has favorite nonfiction recs for New England hauntings? #bookresearch Thank you!🦴🏚️🕯️

1.25 hour til summer vacation

@snowywingspublishing.com Hi Snowy Wings! ❤️🤍🪽🪽