I was annoyed by who was left out from the NYT’s Greatest Living Songwriter list so now I’m binging notable omissions from the comment section. Jackson Browne, let’s go!

Anyone else still haunted by the dialogue around “best” or “best regards” being rude? I’m still using it for most business emails because it feels like the least worst, practical option, but occasionally I worry everyone I know is quietly offended 🫠

You know what doesn't get its support unceremoniously pulled by a tech company? Fuckin' books, brother

This is giving the same energy as the infomercial that convinced me to buy an ab wheel as a highschooler

There is nothing like a good, thorough-but-not-over-the-top copyedit to make you feel that the world is still a place of calm, sensible people doing good work

Any time a bad thing happens today it’s like “that sucks, but at least we’re not in a nuclear war.” 🙃

Brutal.

Ever wonder if a career in publishing might be for you? 😂

My parents met protesting the Vietnam war, & prior my dad’s death from early onset Lewy body dementia, he attended peace protests every Saturday for over a decade in objection to conflicts in Afghanistan & Iraq. I hate war so fucking much—And I wish there were more people like my dad in the world.

Somehow this ice dancing movie is EXACTLY what I needed right now. Don't even care if it's a ripoff of The Cutting Edge.

Does anyone know if there's simple desktop app to keep a running tally of something? My hope is to press a button that makes a pleasant noise and gives me dopamine rush each time I respond to a submission, keeping track of how many I've reviewed over the year.

Chilling.

Question for the hive-mind: What is the etiquette around asking whether something is AI-generated in a professional setting? Is there a way to frame the question that minimizes offense to the person being asked?

Are we ready to talk about the 25th amendment yet? Asking for a country.

Reposting as a reminder to myself as much as anyone else.

Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.

Happy New Year, kidlit community! I spent the last few weeks reading no news and The Golden Compass out loud with my family and this is the world I want to stay in forever. Have you read anything you loved lately?

Good night and good luck… to CBS’s integrity

Hey @michaelhobbes.bsky.social and @notalawyer.bsky.social, maybe we need an update episode on this dude’s shameless pivot from scammy self help books to a scammy AI chatbot

Welcome to the world, little tool book! May you find your way into the hands of readers who love to make and build! Special thanks to my dad, whose love of tinkering inspired my own, Jen Taylor who made a jackhammer look cute, & the whole team at @sourcebooks.bsky.social who made it all possible ❤️

My picture book is out tomorrow so we bought a table saw to celebrate! One more sleep til THE POWER TOOL ALPHABET… 🪚📚🎉

Kidlit community, nothing fills me with self-doubt and disappointment more than these annual best of the year lists. If you’re feeling blue, remember it’s subjective, and this year I’m seeing very few of my faves (the ones I didn’t work on) recognized. Let’s all raise a glass to the unlisted!

Now and again, especially in Autumn, I think of Strega Nona—and how clutch it would be if someone made Tomi DiPaola branded pasta shapes

UGH why am I such a cringey Millennial and, more importantly, why is this latest Jeff Tweedy album so good 😭

theconversation.com/learning-wit... I think the maddening thing here is many more critical folks who study info search, learning, etc could have (and have been) saying this. The process matters

Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.

Prose like this is a good reminder that we editors are doing Important Work.

I needed plenty of safety gear to film this unboxing video for my new picture book, THE POWER TOOL ALPHABET! Thanks to @sourcebooks.bsky.social for making this book a reality and my assistant Harper for advising on tool selection. Coming to stores December 2 🔨🪚📚

Was getting a cat the best choice ever? Or has the toxoplasmosis fully taken over my brain? Some mysteries will never be solved.

Growing up in a time when “selling out” was the most shameful thing you could do and then being forced to live through the 2020s feels like being kicked in the head by a horse every day

“Empathy is the oxygen of democracy.” -Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress

National treasure Carla Hayden speaking at the RHCB town hall on a random Thursday, someone pinch me 🤩

Happy book birthday to A Quick Trip to the Store by Sam Wedelich!

Totally obsessed with all my Spring 2026 middle grade covers!!! Do you have a favorite? MACAW: art by @georgeermos.bsky.social ; design by Jen Valero MOON: art by Robbi Behr ; design by Jen Valero WILDERNESS: art by David Dean ; design by Suzanne Lee

Dammit! Don’t make me regret leaving Twitter!

If I could share but one pearl of publishing wisdom: there is ALWAYS a better way to query your novel than a LinkedIn message. Exercise self-care by avoiding this method at all costs.

This weekend was the first time I’ve worked up the nerve to walk into a bookstore and tell them I wrote a book, and… it wasn’t a disaster! Thanks to Margaux Meganck and @earldizonwriter.bsky.social at Green Bean Books for making this as painless and fun as possible!

Trying to promote the book I wrote is exactly as Maggie describes 🙃

Friends, as you come down from the high fructose fugue of Halloween, why not give a gift to your future self and support a local bookstore by preordering BUT I’M A PUMPKIN today?

… have I got a book for you!!

With Halloween right around the corner, I’m thrilled to share the cover of my new Summerween picture book with all you bookish ghouls and ghosties out there! BUT I’M A PUMPKIN is now available for preorder too 🎃 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/802076...

More of this energy please!!!

Definitely did NOT know what I was getting into with COLIN GETS PROMOTED AND DOOMS THE WORLD, but can't stop laughing. It's like the memoir of an employee of The Bad Place. If depraved mirth and demonic office politics tickle your fancy, this may be the book for you. @markwaddell.bsky.social

Their project depends on making us all feel alone, isolated and powerless. Taking part in a protest destroys all of those feelings in an instant. Go.

Lauren Castillo isn’t on here, but I’m delighted to share the next book in her Our Friend Hedgehog series: SCHOOL FOR WOODLAND CREATURES! If you love little critters sporting backpacks and being kind to one another ala Winnie the Pooh, this one’s for you! 🦔❤️

I say this as a jazz appreciator, but I believe that publishers and gatekeepers VASTLY overestimate children’s interest in picture book biographies of Jazz musicans.

This this this!

Just in time for Halloween, I’m delighted announce my new picture book, BUT I’M A PUMPKIN! It’s the story of a little watermelon seed who dreams of becoming a Jack-o-lantern… I can’t wait for you to see the adorably spooky art from Heidi Moreno!

The year withers. Dead paths across the ghost soil are revealed. Colder magics rise. Our boots are muddied, we begin to breath like dragons. Our witcheries turn with the season and our ancestors talk a little louder. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky