So proud of my critique partner @suemt.bsky.social for reaching out and grabbing that dream! Support a newly published author by grabbing this cute eBook about Glacier National Park for the little nature kid in your life! www.amazon.com/TWELVE-DAYS-...

Hey #kidlit and #amillustrating #amwriting friends… Our community unexpectedly lost a member just before Christmas. There is a Go Fund Me set up to help his family. Hope you’ll consider donating: 58c27552.click.convertkit-mail2.com/4zu3x5x4zdue...

#kidlit and #amwriting friends, I hope you’ll consider directing your holiday giving this year to a new non-profit started by @ebonylynnmudd.bsky.social and her son, which helps build home libraries for kids. You can purchase new books to send from this directory: bookshop.org/wishlists/5c...

Whoa! Powerhouse alert! #amquerying writers- check out @starlingliterary.bsky.social

Hey #kidlit friends! If you’d like to check out my entry for the 15th annual #Halloweensie contest, here’s the link! Thanks for having a look! www.amychini.com/kidlit-fun/2...

Like animals doing people things? Can’t get enough jazz flute? Think Owls & Bears are friendship magic? You’ll LOVE #ThisIsNotASleepyBearBook! This book is a total blast, but you already know that because you pre-ordered it right? No? You can do that now! learningtreetoys.com/products/thi...

Have you preordered #ThisIsNotASleepyBearBook yet!?!? Not to be missed- a funny and gorgeously illustrated romp. Snag a signed copy here if you DARE!! learningtreetoys.com/products/thi... @briangehrlein.bsky.social

What book did you read as a kid that you still think about? I feel like if I re-read Island of the Blue Dolphins, I’ll learn or remember something about myself that I’ve forgotten. Anyone want to reread a book you loved & share what you discover? Which one? #kidlit #iamwriting #writingcommunity

Hey pre-agented friends. Check out this awesome opportunity to submit to @mmanlove.bsky.social!

Head over to Bookshop.org for 20% off banned books thru October 19th! These two caught my eye. 😍

Big kudos to @briangehrlein.bsky.social for his Starred Review for #ThisisNotaSleepyBearBook! Available for pre-order, so get out there and pre-order! You’ll love it!

Hey @abicushman.com, check out what my daughter brought home from her school library last week. 😀

Popping in with a new drawing- this one from a cool Procreate course I’m taking. #amillustrating

Hey #kidlit folk! Our friend @jerroldconnors.bsky.social has a book coming out TOMORROW! Go pre-order Jim! www.moppsbooks.com/jim-jerrold-...

A drawing diff from my usual style.

Hey, if you’re looking to back a cool kid lit project, check it out! Help these folks get to the next stretch goal! kck.st/4jEJkdv

I haven’t posted in a while, but come tonight to remind everyone to eat polenta. It’s cheap. It’s delicious. Your forearms will get ripped in the process. Make a puttanesca. Be happy.

Heads up #kidlit #writingcommunity! If you are in San Diego, check out #SDBookCrawl this weekend… Today at The Book Catapult in South Park, Susie Ghahremeni @boygirlparty.bsky.social will be signing her new picture book, and Dave Eggers will be there later this afternoon!

New blog alert!! Go support @staceystories.bsky.social! She’s a fantastic writer and knock-out human!

Hey #writingcommunity & #kidlit community! I urge you to consider adding your name to this open letter to Harper Collins. Deadline to do so is Monday, April 28! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Making bookmarks for my little’s bday party!

@scottslaterbooks.bsky.social Saw your book FACE OUT out in the wild!

Been looking forward to participating in #economicblackoutday today and have already had THREE end-of-the-month or annual auto-pays process today. How did I fail already? It’s only 10:30!

Check out my talented CP! So exciting and so well deserved. Congrats to both!!

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I appreciated reading this today: “When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order.” Ilya Prigogine, Nobel Prize-winning chemist

What a cool opportunity! Get in there #kidlit folk!

Not sure you have all the pieces guys. #kidlitart #amillustrating #procreate #kidlit

#kidlit #hivemind: Does anyone know agents or editors who offer a service like “Helping you figure out what the heck to do with that manuscript?” I have an MS I love, but I need direction steering it into the right market. PB? CB? MG? Heeeeelp.

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Happy to be participating again in @12x12challenge.bsky.social! #12x12PB

I cried yesterday while listening to “Teenage Dirtbag.” What do you think- is this my midlife crisis?

I’m stressed out about how obsessed my kid is with Fortnite. Tonight, as a big battle raged in the living room, I remembered my mom’s concern over me playing Mortal Kombat, and like, reading Stephen King books. In thirty years will Fortnite feel as benign as the King-Kombat combo?

What #kidlit creators out there can relate? 😂

Feeling the vibes! Love this time of year.

This is better!

How is everyone doing today? #kidlit #kidlitcommunity

Super excited to share that my #fallwritingfrenzy entry Ghost Shanty was among the winning entries! amychini.com/kidlit-fun/fal… Thank you to @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social , @lydialukidis.bsky.social , and @ebonylynnmudd.bsky.social. Thank you donors, and congrats to all participants!

Hey #kidlit creators with STEAM chapter books- check it.

Hold tight to yer britches critters, a storm’s a comin’! Drought’s got the bug town of Dragonfly Wash crispier than a biscuit in a bonfire. The townsfolk are ready to skedaddle, but Ant’s got a plan to wrangle the rain and bring life back to the wash, IF they can beat out that storm. #SkyPitch #IF

Biscuit & Scone are the best of friends.They’re also in a fresh-baked rivalry (Scone just doesn’t know it yet). Now Biscuit’s sour attitude and need to win costs threatens to flatten their friendship when he takes Scone on a surprise quest to find out who’s the better-loved baked good. #SkyPitch

When Brix jumps into a smoking hole that has appeared in the woods, she expects underground-things like darkness, dirt, and unavoidable adventure. But something unexpected awaits her as well: a someone who needs a hole to hide in as much as she does. #SkyPitch #ChapteredPB

Leggings are all the rage in Little Owl’s neighborhood, and she wants in! So what if her legs are hidden beneath her extra plumy plumage? With a little creativity and a lot of determination, Little Owl will find a way to show off her leggings like all the other birds on the block! #SkyPitch

#ABLArtFest #ThatOnesMine #AmIllustrating #KidLit

Well, I thought I’d jump into #kidscomicsunite ‘s Self-Promotion Bingo with a work-in-progress page from a PB dummy I’m working on. #kidlit #amillustrating #writingcommunity #pipandlolo

When I was a kid, I loved drawing Halloween pics. Guess what- still do! #kidlit #kidlitcommunity #amwriting #amillustrating #writingcommunity #picturebooks

Hey #writingcommunity and #kidlit folk- I’m working on a chaptered picture book (kind of along the lines of The Skull, or Wild Honey from the Moon)- But in a query, how does one note a 1300 word count without an agent immediately chucking it into the bin? Ideas welcome 🫣!

Hey, check it out and spread the word!

Do you listen to this pod by @literaticat.bsky.social ? This episode was particularly awesome: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/literaticast/id1261036909?i=1000659545160