What I reposted earlier may have been a misleading article (see below), but I was still super happy to finally figure out how to turn off predictive text. It drove me crazy to have Gmail guessing what I wanted to say in my emails. Now it's GONE.

Oh, this dog! ❤️ (Basically reposting this so I can go back and look at it over and over on my profile page.)

I had a blast at the Louisiana Book Festival in Baton Rouge this weekend! Thank you to everyone I got to meet at my panel, program, and signing and thank you to the young readers who voted for Acorn Was a Little Wild as their favorite picture book of the year!

Technically, this is a book of spells.

Love this! Watch the whole thing. 😊

My inner 8-year-old got super excited when I opened Impossible Creatures and saw the absolutely beautiful illustrations. 😍 More of this please!

I love that if I like a post on BlueSky, I know my feed won't be flooded with similar posts. I liked a few #NoKings posts on IG and now that's all it shows me. I check Denis Philips for hurricane reports on Facebook and now it feeds me every two-bit midwest weather forecaster. Thank you, Bluesky!

$41 million: The amount of money we’ve raised for indie bookstores since 2020. $0: The amount of money Amazon has raised for indie bookstores since 1994.

Is there any warmer welcome than going to a new city and a new bookstore and finding lots of copies of your books? Thank you so much, Austin and @bookpeople.com!

I'm visiting Austin for the first time soon! I can't wait to go to @bookpeople.com because I've heard it's such a wonderful bookstore. 😊 📚 But what else should I do? Where should I go? And what should I eat?

Thirty years ago tonight, a monumental event: the first installment of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE premiered on BBC One. @cristinabeltran.bsky.social & I have watched the five-hour series . . . how many times? A dozen? Two dozen?

The 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years | Slate

Apparently today is World Car Free Day! Tonight I'm going to ride the FREE #1 bus to downtown and back. What should we do there? 1) Check out the '80s bar. 2) Walk the Riverwalk. 3) Get really bad Tampa pizza. (New Yorkers, you have no idea how lucky you are!)

Thinking about the idea that you need to do something 10,000 times to become good at it. With so many kids using AI for school assignments, and even to write texts, where will the next generation of writers and editors come from?

Students in Louisville, Ky., are checking out library books at record rates after their public school district instituted a cellphone ban | WAVE

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I got this box in the mail and my husband was concerned. He knew it probably was the MerryMaker plush for Acorn Was a Little Wild, but calling it "creepy pair of underwear"? He thought that was to discourage porch pirates. 😂 Luckily there were acorns inside!

Grownups, if you are envious of kids Summer Reading contests and are motivated by PRIZES, join me on the @nationalbook.bsky.social ‘s Summer Reading Adventure! www.nationalbook.org/adventure/

My best advice for writers? Read like a writer. When you love a book, read it again & pay attention to how the author made you love it. What is it about their writing that makes you love the main character (or despise the villain!) or feel so much suspense that you can't wait to turn the page?

Allen Lane’s @penguinpress.bsky.social published its first ten paperbacks ninety years ago today. In 1935, @theguardian.com gave the series a thumb’s up: “The type is clear; the boards stout enough to stand the wear and tear of pocket or haversack. The enterprise deserves a warm welcome.” #BookSky

This is so not important at all, but I've been wondering, why are red hearts black on BlueSky? ❤️❤️ Other hearts retain their color. 💙 💚 🧡 Broken hearts stay red. 💔 (I thought it was me, but I just saw someone else's post with the same thing.)

Writers often focus on outcomes well outside their control, ranging from landing an agent to winning a literary prize or writing a bestseller. @amylbernstein.bsky.social looks at how to avoid a cycle of disappointment and failure by focusing on perseverance of effort instead.

ALA in Philly was a blast! I saw old friends, made new friends, and reconnected with colleagues from all different parts of my publishing life. Plus I came home with some great books to read! 📚📚📚

I hope someday to write a picture book good enough to earn a review as awesomely enthusiastic and unconventional as these from @fuse8.bsky.social. My TBR list just tripled! afuse8production.slj.com/2025/06/04/a...

I love that The Cat Who Saved Books includes a note from the cover illustrator. I've never seen that before! It seems like a great idea in light of all the AI generated art we've been seeing.

USA Today's 10 Best Indie Bookstores as voted on by readers. 📚📚📚 This is like a TBR list for traveling! 10best.usatoday.com/awards/best-...

My hair stylist told me yesterday that she read 140 books last year. Wow, I love that! I consider myself a big reader and I read 50 last year.

Another great quote from Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live, written by Susan Morrison: "One of Michaels's core teachings . . . is telling people to spread credit around. Credit, he likes to say, is the easiest thing to give away." 💙

A quote from Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live: "Copyrights, [Paul] Simon told him, are like children; they'll take care of you in your old age, in the form of passive royalty income." 🤞📚

Manuscript calling to you from the grave? Get ready for #KidlitZombieWeek 2025. Just two more weeks until all of the blog post-discussion-& great #prizes fun kicks off! For the official rules: sites.google.com/view/kidlit-... #WriterSky #Kidlit #WritingCommunity

This might be the absolute greatest reply we have ever received. Thank you, Cookie Monster 📕🍪💙

I'm still in shock that this is happening! MerryMakers is making a plush toy of the Acorn from Acorn Was a Little Wild! They captured Jessica Gibson's art perfectly. MerryMakers sent me a prototype--it's the cutest little nut ever! 🌱🌳📗😍

Really nice post, but what is "dinner with Kevin"?!

😂 This is so on target and dishy (looking at you B&B with the Disney Influencer mom). I laughed out loud at Holiday House.

I got an amazing batch of mail for Acorn Was a Little Wild from students in Maryland yesterday. Most were very complimentary. And then there's this one. . . . 😂 Is there any way to read this that's not throwing shade?

This is wonderful news! Sarah is so smart and talented and I know she'll continue to bring amazing books to print!

Wow! I'm blown away--K-2 students in Louisiana chose Acorn Was a Little Wild as their favorite book for 2024-2025! What an incredible honor. Thank you so much, you wild little acorns! 🎉🎉🎉 library.la.gov/services/for...

Vote for your favorite independent bookstore in this readers' poll--so many great ones to choose from! 10best.usatoday.com/awards/best-...

I don't think enough people who are using AI to write books realize this.

There's no intelligence in artificial intelligence.

Just once I want to spell "rhythm" correctly on my first try. Ditto "silhouette."

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

SKWERL

Independent Bookstore Day Spotlights Children's Books buff.ly/er1OciH

My sister gave me a necklace with a crystal that's supposed to encourage my creativity . . . and I broke it. I broke the creativity crystal. This seems bad?

A Jane Austen cartoon for @theguardian.com

This is how Tampa celebrates Independent Bookstore Day! Since they're waiting for their bricks-and-mortar location to be completed, BookEnds Ybor set up in a rum distillery. There were even special literary cocktails, like Hemingway Margaritas. Yo ho ho! ☠️🦜🍹📚

Arbor Day just snuck up on me this year. I'm going to head to a nursery and try to find a new tree to plant! 🌱🌳🌴 If you're looking for free tree-related activities to do with kids, check out the educators' guide for Acorn Was a Little Wild. www.jenarenabooks.com/whats-new/20...

I needed to write about something that’s giving me hope, so I wrote about Independent Bookstore Day which is this Saturday. lithub.com/something-go...